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Expert Resources: students


These are the items that relate to students found on the AbilityNet website. They may be factsheets, webinars, news stories, blog posts or reports.

  • Top three ambient apps to improve focus and help you work

    Jessica Doyle | 07 Sep 2023
    Apps that deliver low-level ambient or ‘white noise’ can increase creativity, focus, and productivity, according to a study by the Journal of Consumer Research. These apps can combat digital distractions, such as that compulsion to check your smartphone, which we each do on average every 12 minutes...
  • A round up of tech support options for students

    Annie Mannion | 25 Jul 2022
    University life is so exciting. However, this past year and for the near future, being a student is a little bit different. AbilityNet is here to offer you help and advice about making the best of the situation.
  • Auto captions come to Chrome

    Adam Tweed | 30 Mar 2021
    Live captioning is now available to everyone using a Google Chrome browser.
  • 10 actions for universities to ensure safe access for disabled students during Covid-19

    Annie Mannion | 25 Aug 2020
    GUEST BLOG: Paul-Georg Ender, a postgraduate Master of Laws (LLM) researcher at the University of Kent
  • Inclusive technology for disabled students: your questions answered

    Lizi Green | 04 Jul 2019
    On our recent webinar on 'Free Training on Inclusive Technology for Students' we shared some of our favourite free and low-cost apps that can help students facing barriers to learning related to focus, note-taking and organisation, time management and mental health. In this blog we answer your...
  • Four game-changing apps every student needs at university

    Jessica Doyle | 07 Jun 2019
    As of 2017, almost every undergraduate student (95%) owns either a laptop or a smartphone. Most students today are digital natives; technology is no longer just a convenience, it is a necessity and an inevitability, fully ingrained into every aspect of life, including higher education. 
  • Accessible spoken content hacks for hearing impaired students

    Jessica Doyle | 23 May 2019
    1 in 6 university students are hearing impaired. Spoken information is an integral part of learning, whether you’re being taught in a lecture, discussing in a seminar or collaborating in a group project, the barriers hearing impaired students face are clear to see.
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