Research project

Teaching Accessibility in the Digital Skill Set

Project overview

Digital technologies have transformed daily life. Yet capacity for producing accessible digital tools and services has not kept pace with demand, exacerbating digital exclusion for disabled people and older people. To address this, ‘Teaching Accessibility in the Digital Skill Set’ is a 5 year research study (2019-2024) funded by UK Research and Innovation that seeks to build understanding of accessibility pedagogy, so that teachers of accessibility, trainers and peer-educators in academia and industry have empirical research and evidence-based resources to call upon when developing their teaching.

Staff

Lead researchers

Dr Sarah Lewthwaite BA(Hons), MA, PhD, FRSA

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Higher Education
  • Critical Disability Studies
  • Digital Accessibility
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Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs