Input on Research Questions

Hi there

The timeline outlined here for this research is sensible enough from a
logistics perspective, but if you're looking to involve students in the
university-linked work (as I believe is the case) they don't mesh well
with the academic timetable for honours projects within the UK.
Typically these are first proposed towards the end of March/April, and
then began in September/October when Semester one commences.     A
january start means that a very large portion of student work wouldn't
be possible to integrate into their studies, because they can't have a
semester where the 'lie fallow' as it were.   Similarly, the end point
of the research phase (30th of August) falls outside of the academic
calender, meaning student input would be curtailed.

There is, unfortunately, little room to maneouver here since the
academic calender doesn't lend itself well to flexibility.   As such, if
the intention remains to have UK students conduct a non-trivial
proportion of this work it would be necessary to restructure the plan
somewhat or give more flexible start and end-points within which it can
be allocated.

As to the research questions, I would be especially interested in
looking at two areas:

1) Accessibility for recreational purposes, and the additional
requirements/complications involved.  Accessibility for games (primarily
web based games I would think given the scope of the larger work) as an
example.
2) Stigma and expectations of those that need accessibility support, as
well as the attitudes of to the same of the larger context.

Regards,
Michael.


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