Government Analysis Function (AF) Learning Curriculum #
Summary #
This document is designed for analysts across the civil service. It is available under the OGL3.
It is divided into five areas:
- Ability
- Gain aptitude or potential to perform to the required standard – “I need to learn how to do something now”
- Technical
- Demonstrate specific professional skills, knowledge or qualifications – “I want to get better at doing something”
- Behaviours
- Actions and activities that people do which result in effective performance in a job – “I want to change a behaviour”
- Strengths
- The things we do regularly, do well and that motivate us – “I want to learn from the experiences and strengths of others”
- Experience
- The knowledge or mastery of an activity or subject gained through involvement in or exposure to it – “I want to experience something that will help me grow”
70 : 20 : 10 learning model #
The learning opportunities on the Learning Curriculum are grouped according to the 70:20:10 Learning Model. This framework suggests that in the workplace:
- 70% of learning is experiential. It happens through daily tasks, challenges and practice
- 20% of learning is social. It happens with and through other people, like colleagues
- 10% of learning is formal. It happens through structured training courses and programs
This is a key insight in the current context and elsewhere and illustrates how important it is to:
- give analysts opportunities to practise their skills
- give analysts the opportunity to network and learn from each other
Formal training makes up a very small proportion of the value in learning.
Technical #
The technical part of the curriculum lists the following topics:
- Data analysis
- Data management
- Data science
- Data visualisation
- Economics
- Geography
- Modelling tools and techniques
- New systems and ways of working
- Operational research
- Quality assurance, validation and data linkage
- Software programming, tools and techniques
- Survey design