#Lowvision

Blog

Below you will find the most recent blog entires and the full blog archive.

Sofia Qvarfort

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...

Claire Amoroso

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...

Sofia Qvarfort

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

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...

Nathan Shagen

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...

Sofia Qvarfort

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...

Sofia Qvarfort

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)...

Sofia Qvarfort

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...

Sofia Qvarfort

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...

Sofia Qvarfort

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...