Ben Coates

Ben Coates is a deputy director at the Department for Education (DfE).

He is currently responsible for a team of project specialists in the Higher and Further Education Group of the department.

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Mastering the dance

Ben Coates, 26 March 2020 - Learning, People and culture

Last autumn, I was part of a small team of volunteers from the Department for Education (DfE), HMRC and the Department for International Development (DfID) who spent some time working with the Systems Unit in the Cabinet Office.  We wanted to explore what systems leadership meant. 

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