Clare Aldworth, RNIB Voice of the Customer Insight Officer shares the latest opportunities for blind and partially sighted people to get involved in with RNIB Connect Radio’s Toby Davey.

Highlights this week included:

The RNIB have been contacted by Anja, who works as a User Experience Researcher at Oxford University Press. They want to make their digital resources, specifically their academic content, more accessible.

They are regularly conducting studies on the usability of their content. This includes things like user testing, interviews, surveys, and focus groups. 

They want to put together a market research panel of people they can contact whenever a relevant study comes up. The panel members can of course choose whether they want to participate or not. They are looking for university students, researchers, academics, and anyone else who uses academic content. They also offer incentives as a thank you for taking part. 

For more details do email - [email protected]

See Work Differently is RNIB’s employment initiative for unemployed blind and partially sighted people to secure that first rung on the career ladder or who are returning to work following a career break. New opportunities are live now - 

See Work Differently Work Placement – Evaluation Assistant

This role could be an ideal placement opportunity for someone studying, or someone who has recently graduated from a degree in social sciences, or a subject that incorporates research skills.

See Work Differently Work Placement – Content Development

This role is part of the Culture, Media and Immersive Technologies Team who not only work with braille but also in areas such as gaming, audio description and music.

This role would be ideal for someone good IT skills, someone who has good attention to detail and solid communication and organisational skills. You’ll be helping to develop the content of a new online course – editorial support, proof reading and testing.

Interested applicants should visit the RNIB website Jobs page and type ‘See’ into the search box, and details should come up.

The Government want to ensure assistance dog users have the same access to transport as everyone else and for them to travel confidently, easily and without extra cost.

If you use an assistance dog, or have done so in the last year, we would love for you to share your experiences by completing the survey. You can do this over the phone 0800 652 4570.

To find out more about these Connect Voices opportunities and how you can get involved with RNIB Connect Voices do visit -

https://www.rnib.org.uk/connect-community/connect-voices-network/connect-voices-current-opportunities

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