[senit] Notifications and Announcements

Hello everyone

Two notices this week:
1.  Simon Evans of the Rix Centre simon.evans at rixcentre.org has sent in 
details of a research post (closing date for applications 23 February)
2.  David Colven, of the ACE Centre Advisory Trust 
training at ace-centre.org.uk has sent the Centre's Training Programme for 2007

For details see below.

Lesley Rahamin
SENIT Co-Moderator
lesley.rahamin at btinternet.com
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1.  From Simon Evans of the Rix Centre simon.evans at rixcentre.org
School of Social Sciences, Media and Cultural Studies
NEW MEDIA RESEARCH FELLOW
Two Year Fixed Term Contract
Salary up to £25,025 p.a. incl.
(subject to outcome of current job evaluation exercise)
With growth of more than 50% to over 19,000 students in the last four years, 
UEL is a dynamic, ground breaking university rated in the top 10 modern 
universities for research by the Guardian.
The Rix Centre for Innovation and Learning Disability is a research and 
development centre committed to improving the lives of people with learning 
disabilities through the use of new technologies. We have been awarded a 
grant from the AHRC through their joint initiative with the EPSRC 'Designing 
for the 21st Century' to run a project entitled 'Inclusive New Media 
Design'.
We are looking for a new colleague who shares our creativity, energy, 
ambition and our passion for equality and diversity to help run workshops 
and carry out observations and interviews with new media designers, 
exploring the strategies which most successfully encourage them to design 
websites which are accessible to people with learning disabilities.
You will have a PhD or equivalent research experience and have knowledge 
and/or experience of the web, qualitative research methods and one or more 
of the following: working with people with learning disabilities; web 
content accessibility guidelines; new media production; design and 
creativity.
Preferably you will have a humanities or social science background and will 
be able to contribute research ideas to the project and compliment the 
expertise of the research team.
To obtain a booklet about UEL and further details about this vacancy please 
write to Personnel Services, University of East London, Docklands Campus, 
4-6 University Way, London E16 2RD, quoting reference number 44r2007, visit 
our website at www.uel.ac.uk/vacancies, or e-mail recruitment at uel.ac.uk.
For further information about the project visit 
www.thebigtree.org/roots/inmd.
The closing date for applications is 23 February 2007.  Interviews will take 
place on 8 March 2007.
CVs without completed application forms will not be accepted
We are working actively to improve the diversity of our staff

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2.  From David Colven, of the ACE Centre Advisory Trust 
training at ace-centre.org.uk :

ACE Centre Training for 2007
Do you work with children/youngsters with complex physical and/or 
communication needs?
Do you need to develop your skills and expertise in working with 
Augmentative and Alternative Communication and/or Electronic Assistive 
Technology?
The ACE Centre, based in Oxford, is launching its 2007 training programme of 
courses to support your professional development in these areas.
The following courses are being offered:-
Communication partners - January 18
Supporting children along the road to competent control of technology -
February 22
Moving on from PECS - March 14
Switches - who, why, how - April 19
Developing low tech communication resources - May 17
Maths recording for students with physical disabilities - June 21
Fixed overlay communication aids: maximising their potential - July 12
Speech recognition - who, why, how and when - September 27
Eye control and disability.  What's all the fuss about? - Oct 10 or Oct 11
Creating motivating activities for users of AAC - November 15
Visit the ACE Centre website
<http://www.ace-centre.org.uk/>www.ace-centre.org.uk or contact the
training co-ordinator at
<mailto:training at ace-centre.org.uk>training at ace-centre.org.uk or by phone
on 01865 759800 for more details. Customised training for small or large
groups can also be organised to fit your circumstances.  Why not get a
multi-disciplinary group together and ensure the training is tailored
around your needs.

David Colven, Technical Advisor

The ACE Centre Advisory Trust
92 Windmill Road
Headington
Oxford      OX3 7DR

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