Civil Service Induction
Source: gov.uk (2025-10-30)

The Civil Service Induction covers the basics of working in government.

Induction is a crucial moment. The quality of your induction influences how you feel about your new organisation. Induction provides the foundation for performance on the job, but also for future success in navigating the wider organisation.

Government Skills has built an online Civil Service Induction course. This is aimed at new joiners, to help them grasp what it means to be a civil servant.

Find out how the Civil Service Induction helped Dominic Lee get his Civil Service career off to a great start (https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/how-the-civil-service-induction-course-kick-started-my-new-career).

The Civil Service Induction course covers the basics of working in government, including:
- the benefits and obligations of being a civil servant
- working with ministers and Parliament
- understanding devolution
- knowledge of the government professions and functions, and what they offer
It is also a chance for virtual interaction with other new starters. There is no charge for the course.

The Civil Service Induction is on the FutureLearn platform. Participants have access to a wealth of information with articles, videos, quizzes, tests and activities spread over three modules, and a digital certificate of completion. Participants can dip in and out of the course, learning at a time and pace suitable to them.

The FAQs document should answer most queries about the course.

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Register for the Civil Service Induction

If you have a gov.uk or equivalent government email address

Register for the induction on the Civil Service Learning website (https://identity.learn.civilservice.gov.uk/login).

If you don’t have a government email address

If you are the line manager of a new starter who does not yet have a government email address please visit the Civil Service Induction homepage on Civil Service Learning (https://identity.learn.civilservice.gov.uk/login) and select the most relevant induction for your new starter. You will be taken to the platform FutureLearn and you can share this page with your new member of staff who can still register from a personal email address and work through the course while they are waiting for official IT.

Alternatively if you are a new starter who does not yet have a government email address, you can register your interest for forthcoming induction courses by using the appropriate Eventbrite link below. You will be asked for details of your line manager or HR/recruitment team contact.

Sign up for an induction course on Eventbrite:
- 3 November 2025 Eventbrite link (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/civil-service-induction-3-21-november-2025-tickets-1412389337529?aff=oddtdtcreator)
- 1 Dec - 23 Jan 2026 Eventbrite link (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/civil-service-induction-1-december-23-january-2026-tickets-1763446759729?aff=oddtdtcreator)
- 2 Feb 2026 Eventbrite link (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/civil-service-induction-2-20-february-2026-tickets-1708398298299?aff=oddtdtcreator)
- 2 March - 23 April 2026 Eventbrite link (https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/civil-service-induction-2-march-24-april-2026-tickets-1763451022479?aff=oddtdtcreator)