Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label Robbie: Studying chemistry while visually impaired What's it like to study chemistry when you have a visual impairment? In this post, Robbie Sinclair writes about starting at uni, labs...
Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label VIP@Uni: University InSight podcast Hi everyone, this is Sofia writing (I'm the editor of this website). I'm really excited to tell you about a project I have been working o...
Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label Sofia: My parents' perspective on early education Being a parent can be very challenging, sometimes even more so when a child is visually impaired. For example, parents to visually impair...
Elin Williams fullDate time-to-read.short-label Elin: Studying at the Open University I’m Elin, a visually impaired blogger and Open University student. I was diagnosed with a degenerative eye condition called Retinitis Pig...
Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label Sofia: My UCAS application To apply to university in the UK, you have to submit an application to UCAS, which stands for Universities and College Admissions Service...
Claire Amoroso fullDate time-to-read.short-label Claire: A Short introduction and Five Top Tips Hi everyone, I’m Claire and I have been visually impaired from birth. I have about 10% vision with a small visual field and can see shape...
Belmina Koca fullDate time-to-read.short-label Belmina: About me Hi, My name is Belmina and I have studied behavioural sciences including sociology, psychology and pedagogy. I’m legally blind which in m...
Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label Sofia: Talking about your visual disability How do you tell others that you are visually impaired? I talk about my own experience and my strategies when it comes to informing others...
Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label Sofia: Conferencing as a VIP What does a visually impaired physicist have to think about when attending a scientific conference? This post is intended for VIPs who wa...
Nathan Shagen fullDate time-to-read.short-label Nathan: Studying Computer Science with a visual disability What is it like to study computer science with a visual impairment? In this post I provide a bunch of suggestions that helped me througho...
Dániel Hajas fullDate time-to-read.short-label Dániel: PhD - The way I see it PhD – The way I see it Originally published at http://www.grapheel.com/2017/11/27/phd-the-way-i-see-it/. Reprinted here with Dániel's per...
Dániel Hajas fullDate time-to-read.short-label Dániel: The way I see it Greetings, I’m Daniel. When people ask if they should call me Dan, Danny, Daniel, I usually say, you can call me Bob if you like, as long...
Nathan Shagen fullDate time-to-read.short-label Nathan: Let me introduce myself Hey there, I’m Nathan. I have just finished my masters degree in Computer Science and I work as a full-time software engineer in Amsterda...
Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label Sofia: The VIP pre-university checklist You've just been accepted on the degree course of your dreams, congratulations! Here are eight things you might want to consider before y...
Dennis Ivarsson fullDate time-to-read.short-label Dennis: A short introduction Hi and welcome to this short introduction of a visually impaired lawyer and entrepreneur. My name is Dennis Ivarsson, I grew up in Sweden...
Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label Sofia: A VIP in the physics lab In this post, I talk about experimental physics and how a visually impaired student can get through undergraduate (and postgraduate) phys...
Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label Sofia: Seeing in lectures and seminars How can a visually impaired student see the board in lectures and seminars? Here I explain how I solved this problem and was able to foll...
Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label Sofia: How much do I see? How much can I see and how does it affect my everyday life? I explain the extent of my vision loss here to provide context for my other p...
Sofia Qvarfort fullDate time-to-read.short-label Sofia: A short introduction Hi there! My name is Sofia and this is a short entry about myself. I grew up in Sweden and later moved to England to study physics at Imp...