The Disability Interest Group (DIG) relaunched in July 2023 with a new Co-Chair model. The network now has three chairs: Stephanie Roberts, Christian Lawson-Perfect, and Kevin Johnson. The chairs have a variety of professional and lived experiences and have a passion for disability inclusion. They are also looking for new members to join our DIG […]
Do you want to convert documents into formats that work best for you? Newcastle University is running a pilot with SensusAccess, a self- service system which automatically converts documents into alternate formats. You can: Convert PDFs, JPEGs and other files into an e-book, text file, audio or braille. Combine more than one .JPG into a single […]
Elaine Smith, a member of the DIG committee, has created a Google map showing a selection of some of the more wheelchair accessible pubs and restaurants in Central Newcastle. You can find the map here. You may also be interested in AccessAble, a website (also available as an app) covering venues across the UK and […]
DIG Chair Dr Becca Wilson and HaSS EDI Officer Kelechi Dibbie were recently invited as panel speakers at the British Science Association and BIG STEM Communicators Network workshop “What can we do to be better equality, diversity and inclusion allies?” held 17th July 2019 in Edinburgh.