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Category: Accessibility

World map showing tens of red and blue markers/pins.

Interactive Content were contacted by CMVM Research Office and Communications and Marketing to create a bespoke, engaging and easy-to-use interactive map. This resource highlights where the University’s research and innovation in health are making a difference around the world.

Let me take a moment to share my thoughts around one of our newer services with Learning, Teaching and Web: Anthology Ally. Accessibility is fast becoming one of my favourite topics working within DLAM. A Humanities graduate myself, maybe the link between Hermeneutics (Interpretation theory) and digital transformations in accessible design play a part. Whilst […]

Do you know that today is Global Accessibility Awareness day, an annual event which began in 2015.  It promotes and highlights IT accessibility for disabled users.  Digital accessibility is about ensuring websites, applications, learning resources, social media postings and other digital products are accessible to disabled users.  Accessible sites and …

My colleagues and I have been doing a lot of work to try and improve digital accessibility across the University.  It’s important that we try to make everything we do as accessible as possible – we want all of our students to have the same access to our learning activities, …

Transparent lamb minifigure sitting at a computer desk.

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Making our online content accessible to a broad audience is something a lot of us strive to achieve. But how many of us consider who created the content we consume daily and what their publishing journey was?

LogMAR chart after floaters. Several thin and blurry black threads obscuring the chart. Stewart’s Animoji avatar is sitting behind a MacBook.

How I’ve been using the accessibility features on my Apple devices to adapt to further changes in my vision.

A few years ago the sounds of piloting new software was pretty exciting and still is however one thing has changed in my job is ensuring we are compliant with numerous layers of regulations, standards and policies. The list is long and can be complicated depending on the service your looking to pilot however it […]

Extreme close-up of Stewart's right eye showing redness and dilated pupil.

After five major eye surgeries for a detached retina I’ve written a new reflective blog post describing my experiences to date. I’ve illustrated my vision loss for each medical procedure and current condition to potentially help others going through similar medical journeys.

Screenshot of OpenEd website with simulated vision loss (includes shadowing, blurring and floaters)

Reading Time: 5 minutes Within the last month the vision in my right eye has significantly diminished. This personal blog post details what the impact has been on my daily life and how recent web accessibility work has helped me cope a little better. …

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