A5103128981- Sport and Mega-Event Impacts
- Digital Accessibility for Disabilities
- Sports, Gender, and Society
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Usability and User Interface Design
- Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Doping in Sports
- Tactile and Sensory Interactions
- Geography Education and Pedagogy
- Biblical Studies and Interpretation
- Cultural Industries and Urban Development
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Sports Analytics and Performance
- Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Political and Economic history of UK and US
- GNSS positioning and interference
- Literary Theory and Cultural Hermeneutics
- Online and Blended Learning
- Community Health and Development
- Catholicism and Religious Studies
- Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
- Community Development and Social Impact
- Advanced Software Engineering Methodologies
- Rousseau and Enlightenment Thought
Edge Hill University
2013-2024
Manchester Metropolitan University
2018
Boston College
2014
University of Oxford
2009-2011
Vision Australia
2011
Interaction Design (United Kingdom)
2004
City, University of London
2003-2004
Finding participants for evaluations with specific demographics can be a problem usability and user experience specialists. In particular, finding disabilities is especially problematic, yet testing disabled people becoming increasingly important. Two case studies are presented that explore using asynchronous remote evaluation techniques participants. These show while quantitative data comparable, the amount richness of qualitative not likely to comparable. The implications formative...
This study seeks to understand participation levels in sport across socio-demographic groups, specifically for the period 2008–14, context of austerity measures taken by central government resulting local authority income and expenditure reductions. Participation over time were analysed using data from Active People Survey (APS), which was preferred method measuring Sport England until its replacement 2015. Budgetary constraints authorities have subsequently resulted an decrease...
There appears to be a widespread belief within the web design community -- and possibly amongst website commissioners - that accessible sites cannot visually pleasing. We present results of accessibility testing 100 websites with 51 disabled users should dispel this belief. While there are aspects do affect visual design, such as structure, colour contrast text size, these can all users, not only users. These concerns must considered if both users' experience business objectives met.
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the actual and potential utility social return on investment (SROI) analysis as an instrument strengthen financial “case” for local authority sport recreation services (SRS) in context recent research by Association Public Service Excellence. Design/methodology/approach APSE, undertaken author, consisted a survey series interviews over 18 months with policy officers within leisure across authorities England. Data “making case” SRS extracted...
In the context of significant reductions to local government finance since election a coalition in 2010, this paper examines impact on sport services. particular, research focuses change policy, governance and modes service delivery. The findings are extracted from conducted by author for Association Public Service Excellence (APSE) that consists national survey (n = 95) interviews with senior officers 55). Findings signal acceleration an established trend away direct provision services,...
Based on research undertaken by the author for Association of Public Service Excellence (APSE), this paper assesses local authority sport services in England context an economic recession since 2008, election a coalition government 2010 and subsequent reductions finance. The study took form review secondary sources, nationwide online survey heads council (n = 95) series follow-up interviews with senior personnel sector representatives 55). focuses one theme to emerge from study, namely,...
The EU-supported TeDUB (Technical Drawings Understanding for the Blind) project is developing a software system that aims to make technical diagrams accessible blind and visually impaired people. It consists of two separate modules: one analyses drawings either semi-automatically or automatically, presents results this analysis people allows them interact with it. capable analysing presenting from number formally defined domains. A diagram enters as types: first, contained in bitmap images,...
Abstract The EU-supported TeDUB (Technical Drawings Understanding for the Blind) project is developing a software system that aims to make technical diagrams accessible blind and visually impaired people. It consists of two separate modules: one analyses drawings either semi-automatically or automatically, presents results this analysis people allows them interact with it. capable analysing presenting from number formally defined domains. A diagram enters as types: first, contained in bitmap...
This book assesses the impact of austerity measures introduced by UK and EU governments for public third sector organisations providing sport-related services service users.
As new web-based technologies emerge the challenge to make them accessible people with disabilities intensifies. This communication paper discusses findings of an Australian assessment technical accessibility Portable Document Format (PDF), and user experience by 23 a disability. The questions posed answered this research in relation PDF are same that asked any web technology, challenges will apply. puts forward number recommendations based on enable governments take inclusive approach...
The TeDUB system is a new method for providing access to graphic information blind people, using synthetic speech, sounds and forcefeedback from joystick. Currently certain types of visual diagram, such as architectural floorplans, can be automated by the presented user. A variety features allow users navigate through diagram (Text View, Map Spatial Navigation Walkthrough) explore have been developed. This article presents an overview system, some work carried out in developing user...
It is a widespread belief amongst web designers and implementers that sites are accessible to users with disabilities must by necessity be uninteresting simple, particularly visually -- plain, vanilla sites. tempting believe such do not pose interesting challenges implementers. However, it our contention this profoundly misguided. Certainly, very simple site quite likely (although guaranteed). the opposite necessarily case can sophisticated still highly accessible. Visual design largely...