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<\/a>Second-year student studying History with Politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Darren<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Click on image to hear from Darren.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nFirst-year student studying Teaching, Learning and Child Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maya<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Click on image to hear from Maya.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSecond-year student studying Film and Television Production.
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There\u2019s never been a better time to get on board with the University’s \u2018Build Accessible\u2019 initiative, aimed at supporting staff to create accessible content from the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Join us on Fix Your Content<\/a> and Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a>, Thursday 20th May.
For more information about this and our plans for the day, read our blog post:
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"Three](\"https:\/\/blogs.edgehill.ac.uk\/learningedge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/130\/2021\/05\/GAADLTD-Banner-smll-1024x112.png\")
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<\/a>First-year student studying Teaching, Learning and Child Development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maya<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<\/a>Click on image to hear from Maya.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSecond-year student studying Film and Television Production.
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Join us on Fix Your Content<\/a> and Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a>, Thursday 20th May.
For more information about this and our plans for the day, read our blog post:
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>Second-year student studying Film and Television Production.
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There\u2019s never been a better time to get on board with the University’s \u2018Build Accessible\u2019 initiative, aimed at supporting staff to create accessible content from the outset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Join us on Fix Your Content<\/a> and Global Accessibility Awareness Day<\/a>, Thursday 20th May. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Since 2018, Blackboard Ally has provided clear feedback and guidance about improving the content you create. At Edge Hill University, we all know the benefits for staff, but what\u2019s in it for students? Here are three students who have taken time to tell us, in these short videos, what Ally means to them and their […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[11098],"class_list":["post-9163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-learning-edge"],"yoast_head":"\n
For more information about this and our plans for the day, read our blog post:
Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n