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Speaker & Creative Director at @HeX_Productions specialising in accessibility for higher education & local gov. Powered by WordPress, Terminalfour & Umbraco

Beeston, Nottingham
Joined February 2009
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Really terrible news. Alex was always wonderful to be with during my time at Gedling while I was learning the local gov world and alwsys had good laughs in the Beeston world! An all rouund great guy
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To celebrate our 10th birthday, we are giving away 10 full #accessibility audits. This in-depth analysis will give you a complete usability review of your website. To be in prize draw: - Follow us - Share this post - Comment, telling us why you would like to have an audit #A11y
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Our team is at #SENDCONF25 today, raising awareness about the need to prioritise digital accessibility. Visit our stall, where we're providing free accessibility health checks, VR empathy lab experiences and giving live usability demonstrations with assistive tech on your sites.
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Do you have any questions about #accessibility in education? Ask our experts! Let's work together to create #Education4All! Either drop us a comment on this post, send us a direct message on social media, or schedule a time for a chat via our website: zurl.co/nXdt
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Are you #learning materials designed to be inclusive? We have a downloadable poster to print off and have around your workspace to act as a reminder of what to include to make resources easy to navigate, view, understand, and digest: zurl.co/ysXu #Education4All #A11y
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Wonderful to see our friends Homefield College today at #natspecNC24. Amazing to see how easy read options help people like Bryony – at Manchester, England
Earlier, you heard how easy read options helped Bryony to better understand content. Now, see the feature in action! Find out how this facility and other #accessibility website options have helped to assist students at Homefield College: zurl.co/Tpez #Education4All
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A key point that has come out of #natspecNC24 is the need for accessible documents. Come along to stand 4 tomorrow for a quick guide! – at Manchester, England
Documents are used frequently in education. For them to be inclusive for users of assistive technology, there are certain aspects to consider to provide #Education4All. Read our full guide to inclusive learning: zurl.co/wpah #A11y #Education #Accessibility #Teaching
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Find out how our team helped to upskill Queen Mary University of London's (QMUL) in-house web development team on how to seek out and eliminate #accessibility barriers across their web estate to keep them compliant with web standards: zurl.co/ycm2 #Education4All #A11y
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Our blog explores ways to remove digital barriers to provide equal #Education4All. Learn how #accessibility audit testing can seek out online barriers in education, what inclusive website features can assist students, and about the empathy lab experience: zurl.co/SOrY
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We're looking forward to Natspec National Conference tomorrow! The team is heading into Manchester today - we're looking forward to seeing everyone there There's a great programme with (hopefully) no further changes ... can't wait to get started! #NatspecNC24
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Through the use of interactive devices, our #accessibility empathy lab simulates online barriers that many #students face online. Learn more about our empathy lab experience and how it can help both #students and #teaching staff: zurl.co/ddYA #Education4All #A11y
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A recent survey discovered that in #education an average of 48.3 errors were found across homepages alone. When's the last time you checked that your website is accessible for your students and their parents? Take a free check to find out: zurl.co/WO7F #Education4All
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Accessible typography ensures your content is easy to see, read, and understand. Choosing the wrong font or colour could create #accessibility barriers for students with dyslexia, low vision, or learning disabilities. Read our guide: zurl.co/VDNe #Education4All #A11y
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Hear from @bryony_moss1, who shares the barriers that she has faced in #education due to her #disability. Obstacles which could have easily been removed by ensuring all students have basic IT skills and that websites can be altered to a high contrast mode. #Education4All #A11y
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Hear from science teacher, Carrie Morris, who gives an insight into the crucial need for digital #accessibility in #education and what technology can be used within the classroom to provide inclusive #Education4All students: zurl.co/ULdT #DisabilityInclusion #A11y
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To assist in creating inclusive learning resources to provide #Education4All students, we've put together a guide of everything that you need for students to easily navigate, view, understand, and digest your content: zurl.co/vVBW #Education #Teaching #Accessibility
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The #Education4All campaign has now commenced! Learn more about what this important awareness raising campaign aims to achieve, what will be coming up during the week, and ways to get involved: zurl.co/bPwB #A11y #Education #Accessibility #Disabilities #Inclusion
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We are sharing some of @SignatureDeaf and the @BDA_Deaf's resources for this year's #SignLanguageWeek. Today, learn how to sign greetings and start communicating in British Sign Language (BSL). #SLW2024 #TakingBSLForward #Deaf #DeafAwareness #SignLanguage #BSL #Inclusion
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To celebrate #WorldDownSyndromeDay and the #LotsOfSocks campaign, the Trust welcomed the amazing Jack Groom to the City Ground, where he received a signed shirt courtesy of @NFFC. Thanks Jack for taking part! #NFFC @NFFCDSA
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Thank you George! Happy #WDSD to you too! George & his publisher have also shared a lovely film of him reading part of his book 'WhyNot?' with us. You'll find it on our YouTube channel: loom.ly/lg3HcL0 #EndTheStereotypes #WorldDownSyndromeDay #LotsOfSocks @scholasticuk
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