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.
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Read our research into the accessibility of further education for blind and partially sighted students, and the ways colleges can improve their systems and processes.
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 about TPT and VICTARs joint research project into the careers advice provision for blind and partially sighted young people, and the results it found.
Find out more about 'Research Shows Careers Education Information is Failing 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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