{"id":29102,"date":"2021-02-12T16:36:48","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29102"},"modified":"2021-02-12T16:36:48","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T16:36:48","slug":"wecanaccess-student-challenge-enhance-accessibility-in-1000-words-by-1-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29102","title":{"rendered":"WeCanAccess Student Challenge: Enhance accessibility in 1000 words, by 1 March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wecanaccess_120221.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-29103\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wecanaccess_120221.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"241\" \/><\/a>WeCanAccess is calling on students to devise suggestions on how to make their own subject area or future profession more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities; who are neurodiverse or have other access needs, in an essay competition with a closing date of 1 March.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u2026 challenge university students to write articles that will inspire better inclusion and accessibility\u2026<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>WeCanAccess writes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">WeCanAccess has teamed up with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.disabilityreviewmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disability Review Magazine<\/a>\u00a0to challenge university students to write articles that will inspire better inclusion and accessibility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em><strong>The winning article and author will be featured in Disability Review Magazine Winter 2021!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>All shortlisted articles will be published here on the WeCanAccess Blog space.<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>How to Enter<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In no more than 1000 words tell us:<br \/>\na. how accessibility and inclusion could be embedded into your\u00a0<strong>subject area at university<\/strong>, OR<br \/>\nb. how accessibility and inclusion could be embedded into your\u00a0<strong>future careers<\/strong>, OR<br \/>\nc. examples of inclusive\u00a0<strong>best practice\u00a0<\/strong>that you have experienced at university.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Submit your entries by email to challenge@wecanaccess.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Closing date is 1st October 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Our Judges<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Our judges are:<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Elizabeth Wright<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Disability and Inclusion Expert, Triple Paralympic Medalist, International Keynote Speaker and Editor of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.disabilityreviewmagazine.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Disability Review Magazine.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Ad\u00e8le Ramet<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Internationally published author, including a series of \u2018How to\u2019 books on writing. Experienced teacher of creative writing and writing for publication.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>David and Emma Bara<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 CoFounders of WeCanAccess.<\/p>\n<h3>For some inspiration read:<\/h3>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wecanaccess.com\/enjoying-university-with-a-disability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Enjoying University with a Disability by Charlotte Smith.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wecanaccess.com\/wecanaccess-student-challenge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WeCanAccess is calling on students to devise suggestions on how to make their own subject area or future profession more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities; who are neurodiverse or have other access needs, in an essay competition with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=29102\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29102","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29102"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29104,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29102\/revisions\/29104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}