1719: RNIB Connect Voices Round Up 17 May 2023

<div>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.<br> <br> Highlights this week included:<br> <br> <strong>An Opportunity for Students and Academics to work with Oxford University Press</strong><br> 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.<br> <br> They are regularly conducting studies on the usability of their content. This includes things like user testing, interviews, surveys, and focus groups. <br> <br> 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. <br> For more details do email - oxfordresearch@oup.com<br> <br> <strong>See Work Differently Work Placements- New Opportunities are now Live!</strong><br> 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 - <br> <br> See Work Differently Work Placement – Evaluation Assistant<br> 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.<br> <br> See Work Differently Work Placement – Content Development<br> 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.<br> This role would be ideal for someone good IT skills, someone who has g