Associate Professor, University of Exeter & SSC@Edinburgh Uni. Researching: Sensory Impairment, Disability, Accessible Technology, Ageing, Research Methodology.
Exeter, England
Joined February 2012
- Tweets1.3K
- Following933
- Followers501
- Likes863
Pinned Tweet
I am delighted to say that my new book, The Psychology of Blindness and Visual Culture, was officially published today. It was almost 20 years since the beginning of the study for this book, so very pleased to see it in print!
routledge.com/The-Psychology…
My new book chapter "Philosophical and pedagogical theories on the creative play of children with visual impairments" has been published in "Beyond the Visual" (UCL Press). The book can be downloaded for free in its entirety on this link: lnkd.in/e8S-GZ8s
And so it begins ... plus ca change? "Private sector lobbyists embedded into Labour’s shadow cabinet teams" theguardian.com/politics/art…
Hi All, my son Nicholas and I are currently on the train to London to do the Twilight Walk for the Brain Tumour Charity. I hate to skin you for cash, but this is the link to our JustGiving page, if you could donate, we would be really grateful justgiving.com/page/simon-ni…
Just love Marta. I'll miss her so much in this game: bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/…
“All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake up in the day to find it was vanity, but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible.” T.E. Lawrence, Seven Pillars
Simon Hayhoe retweeted
just starting off deaf-blind awareness week incredibly frustrated that people think it's acceptable to research us about us, looks like we have gone back to the old phrase 'nothing about us without us'
The hybrid lecture I gave at KU Leuven as part of their Disability Film Festival / KU Leuven Health Humanities Series, titled Cultural Heritage Ageing Disability and Identity, is now publicly available online #disability #ageing @KU_Leuven @EducationBATH
youtu.be/j4I8HPPXScA
The online lecture I presented at University College London last year, titled Disability and the Cultural Sector: Arts, Culture and Blindness, is now publicly available on UCL's media site @EducationBATH @ucl #disability #artists #arts #culturalheritage
mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Playe…
Never any doubt: nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
The lecture I am giving on the 11th May jointly for the KU Leuven Health Humanities series on Ageing and the Leuven DisABILITY Film Festival is now offered as a hybrid, live and on the web. Details here @EducationBATH @LSEPhilosophy @Routledge disabilityfilmfestival.be/en…
Very pleased to see my new book, Principles and Concepts of Social Research, has entered the three charts on Amazon a month after publication.
Is there a GCSE in pointless research? Give the Department for Education a grade 9 | Brief Letters theguardian.com/education/20…
An interesting article on our most pervasive form of prejudice and exclusion that gets shamefully little coverage in the UK media. I wonder why? American Nepo Babies Have Nothing on the British vice.com/en/article/3adgnk/a… via @vice
We are looking for more volunteers, if you are in the Bath area and have time on your hands please consider becoming a volunteer.
Newly retired or time to spare? #BRLSI are currently looking for people to fill leadership roles in #Finance #communications & #fundraising. @VolunteerBANES @bathu3a @rotork @banes3sg @TheBathMagazine @richardwyatt @BathLifeMag @BathnesL @burohappold @Wera_Hobhouse #Bath
Has US politics poisoned the UK? With Jon Stewart | Armando Iannucci | T... youtu.be/E6rSsLsptBw via @YouTube
So proud to be a small part of this project: RM Soundpad Documentary youtu.be/AB4jpmfMzVE via @YouTube
Published today: Canterbury, Revisited: Reflections on a Collaborative Photography Course for Sighted and Visually Impaired Participants, in The Routledge Companion to Photography, Representation and Social Justice #photography #blind #blindness #visualart routledge.com/The-Routledge-…
My new book, Principles and Concepts of Social Research is out today. It is also on sale! #NewBook #researchmethods #socialresearch #socialscience #methodology @routledgebooks @Routledgepsych @UniofBathNews @CQRBath @EducationBATH @LSEnews @LSEPhilosophy routledge.com/Principles-and…
