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~~~ CARING TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH ANNOUNCEMENT LIST ~~~ A moderated list to announce research jobs, studentships, conferences and workshops in: telecare, telehealth; assistive technology; inclusive design, and the accessibility of ICT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Send your announcements to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NOTE: Please reply to article's originator, not the News Service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear KT-EQUAL supporters, Here's an update about some of our activities and other news that may be of interest to you. ------------------------------------------ Upcoming events programme You are warmly invited to join us at our upcoming events: ------------------------------------------ Issues and Perspectives on Digital Technologies and Care ------------------------------------------ When: Tues 16 April 2013 Time: 13.00pm - 17.00pm Where: Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London, N7 6PA This workshop event will explore changes, challenges and opportunities associated with new digital technologies for care. Research aimed at improving the lives of older and disabled people has produced a wide range of digital applications designed to help maintain independence in later life. Examples include on-line digital services, caseload management, and easy communication between service users as well as across service providers. The workshop aims to: - Understand the new community care landscape that increasingly incorporates digital technologies - Share perspectives across stakeholders - Widen the knowledge of issues around innovation of care through use of digital technologies - Make new contacts This workshop has been designed to appeal to practitioners, researchers and care providers (including voluntary organizations and small enterprises) and anyone with an interest in digital technologies for care. Free to attend with lunch and refreshments included. For further details and to book: http://ldn16apr13.eventbrite.co.uk ------------------------------------------ UX MATTERS Product Design Conference ------------------------------------------ The University of Bath R&D and KT-EQUAL would like to invite you to our ifOnly conference called *UX MATTERS* - exploring how user experience can guide the future of product design. When: May 10, 2013 Time: 09:00 to 14:00 Where: The Hilton Bath City Hotel, Walcot Street, Bath, Somerset BA1 5BJ We have been looking into the use of assisted technology in the home for people with painful, long term conditions, to enable independent living. Our iphone app, ‘ifOnly’, encouraged people with disabilities to tell us what gets in the way of everyday life. People recorded, uploaded, and shared video to tell us of everyday problems they were facing. We then asked design students across the UK to enter our design competition, and come up with innovative solutions for new, user friendly, products. At our free event in the Hilton Hotel, in Bath, on 10th May 2013, the competition winner is presented with an award for the best idea. Also featuring guest speaker - Guiding Design Principles, Patrick W Jordan. Author of Designing Pleasurable Products IfOnly website - http://www.ifonlyitworked.com/ If you have any queries about this event, please contact Maria Korea, Project Officer: Email: [log in to unmask] Tel: 01225 385128 For further details and to book: http://kt-equal.org.uk/calendar/96/64-IfOnly-UX-User-Experience-product-design ------------------------------------------ New posts on the KT-EQUAL blog which may be of interest to you: ------------------------------------------ Please see our blog for latest news including updates and details of other events which may be of interest to you: ------ New parliamentary reports published: 'Ready for Ageing?' (House of Lords, March 2013) 'Digital Britain 2: Putting users at the heart of government's digital services' (National Audit Office, March 2013) ------ The Housing Learning & Improvement Network (LIN) have released the March 2013 edition of their newsletter, Housing with Care Matters. It is full of comment and information relevant to everyone working at the interface of housing, care and support. In particular, news on the capital allocations by the Department of Health for the dementia-friendly environments programme, two new Housing LIN papers on housing design and dementia and a section on other useful publications on housing and dementia. ------ Assisted Living Innovation Platform – Telecare LIN Newsletter, March 2013 The March 2013 newsletter from the Technology Strategy Board Knowledge Transfer Network and the Telecare Learning and Improvement Network is available. It provides a comprehensive update on the latest news covering telecare and telehealth. ------ Other events which may be of interest to you: ------ Design that Makes a Difference The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design at the Royal College of Art are holding an exhibition and seminar event: Design that Makes a Difference People-centred projects from Norway and the UK Exhibition: 19-26 April 2013 (free entry) 10am – 5.30pm daily (closes 1pm 26 April) Henry Moore Gallery, Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London SW7 2EU Further details at: http://www.hhc.rca.ac.uk/194-5277/all/1/Design-that-Makes-a-Difference.aspx ------ Older People and Technological Inclusion: Multidisciplinary perspectives on contemporary realities and aspirations Seminar 3: Inclusion, usability and difference Monday, April 22nd 2013, 10.00am – 4.15pm at Library Seminar Room, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK ------ Forthcoming events from the New Dynamics of Ageing programme Emerging Researchers in Ageing, 22 April 2013 Health Ageing Workshop, 22 May 2013 Further details at: http://www.newdynamics.group.shef.ac.uk/events.html ------ ------------------------------------------ Highlights - I’DGO awarded diploma in major international prize ------------------------------------------ We are pleased to let you know that Inclusive Design for Getting Outdoors (I'DGO), one of the consortia within KT-EQUAL, received a Diploma in the not-for-profit category of the international Design for All Foundation Awards 2013 (March 2013). ------------------------------------------ I hope that this is helpful. Many thanks for all your on-going support. If you have any queries and or comments/suggestions please do not hesitate to contact me. With warm wishes Bangar ------- *You are receiving this email because at some stage you asked to be kept in touch with SPARC/KT-EQUAL activities. If you no longer wish to receive our email notifications - please reply to this email with the word 'Unsubscribe' in the subject line - thanks. ------- -- S Bangar Researcher KT-EQUAL Research Co-ordinator School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) University of Sheffield Regent Court, 30 Regent Street Sheffield S1 4DA office: 0114 222 2997 mob: 07928 570405 www.equal.ac.uk *Please note: I work 4 days each week. _______________________________________________ Sparc-network mailing list <[log in to unmask]> http://www.lists.rdg.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/sparc-network ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To join or leave the Caring Technology Research Announcement List, go to http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/caring-tec-research ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Announcement archives: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/Caring-Tec-Research.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~