Want to develop your knowledge of the barriers blind and partially sighted students encounter when in education, and the effective ways to counteract them?. Then you’ve come to the right place! The research articles, reports and statistics below were funded wholly or in part by Thomas Pocklington Trust.
Have a question, or looking for some more bespoke one-to-one advice? Whether you are working with a particular student or want to learn more about access and inclusion in general, please get in touch with us via email at studentsupport@pocklington.org.uk or by phone on 0203 757 8040.
Read our research into the accessibility of further education for blind and partially sighted students, and the ways colleges can make their systems and processes more accessible.
Find out more about 'Technology and Accessibility in Further Education'Explore our Safe Stats report with its comprehensive overview of data on blind and partially sighted students in education.
Find out more about 'Safe Stats: Data on Blind and Partially Sighted Students in Education'Read more about TPT and VICTARs joint research project into the careers provision at school, college and local authority levels across the country, and the results it found.
Find out more about 'Research Shows Careers Education Information is Failing Many Young People with Vision Impairment'Explore the issues of accessibility for visually impaired learners in Further Education, with the discussions from an event we held with the Association of Colleges
Find out more about 'Responding to the Research: TPT and AOC Working Together'
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