beta.parliament.scotApp-etite for Design
Voting is one of the key parts of Parliament. On business days, MSPs gather in the Chamber at Decision Time to vote on the issues of that day. Covid has created many challenges for how the Parliament works, but voting …
Better by design
One of the main aims of the Parliament’s content strategy is to ensure our website is consistent. This means we use the same look and feel throughout the site, so that users can easily move around different parts of it. …
About Parliament information now on beta
There’s a lot to know about Parliament. From parliamentary processes, to what it’s like to work at Holyrood, to when the Parliament was first established, people have a lot of questions. Part of what we’re doing on the new site …
SPICe World
Can you write a blog about the Scottish Parliament’s information centre, commonly known as SPICe, and not reference 90s Brit pop? We make no promises. SPICe stands for Scottish Parliament Information Centre. Researchers in SPICe provide independent information and briefings …
Search for MSP votes and motions on Beta
Our new release on our beta website means you can now search through all of this session's Votes and Motions. We thought we’d tell you about some of the process behind the release. Votes and motions is exactly what is …
2020: Helping the web project from Visitor Services
2020 has changed how we work and interact with people in almost every way. My role at parliament is a Visitor Services Officer. Visitor Services revolves around public interaction. We answer questions over the phone and face to face every …
The UNCRC and the Beta site
Last week the Scottish Government introduced a Bill that would incorporate the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) into Scottish law. The UNCRC is an international human rights treaty that covers all aspects of children’s lives. …
Introducing a Dark Mode for our beta site
This summer, the Web Project has gone over to the dark side. Or dark mode, at least. Users on our beta site can now choose to use a dark mode design option. Dark mode allows you to choose if you …
Next steps for committees on Beta
Earlier this year, we began work on moving our committee information to Beta. A few months ago we reached a milestone for the web project when all 19 committees had their first presence on beta, displaying: membership contact details a …
Remote user research at the Scottish Parliament
The arrival of Covid-19 almost overnight means moving quickly to a new way of doing things in unfamiliar circumstances. So, how do we go about conducting user research in the middle of a global pandemic?