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The Digital Accessibility Unit is 1! We were formed in late 2024, so we’ve just completed our first full year and wanted to share a few stats and highlights from our first year: Our linktr.ee/DigAccYork has our key links including our Bluesky account (@uoydigacc.bsky.social). We work closely with other teams in the Student Success Unit … Continue reading 2025: Our Year in Review
“Who watches the watchmen?” is a famous question. Less well known but also worth considering is “How accessible is accessibility training?”. To improve digital accessibility in society, we need as many people as possible to engage positively with training and adopt more inclusive habits and accessible practice. Therefore accessibility training needs to be accessible in … Continue reading Making accessibility training accessible
The Braille in Focus event in November 2024 was organised by the Scottish Sensory Centre to celebrate the 200 years since braille was created by Louis Braille in France. Apart from learning about the history of braille, it was an opportunity to meet with other people supporting blind students and to try out some of … Continue reading Reflections on the Braille in Focus event, Nov 2024, Edinburgh
Welcome to our new unit and our new blog site! We’re excited to have a specific team promoting Digital Accessibility at York, consisting of Lilian Joy and Alice Bennett. Both of us have been working in this area for a while under separate teams but we now form a unit under the Student Success area … Continue reading New Digital Accessibility Unit at York