Blog
Here is a collection of blog posts that I've written so far. Happy reading!
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Establishing Accessibility in the DDaT Profession
Date posted: 25th October 2022
In this post, I talk about the work I lead on with David Caldwell, Head of Accessibility at Home Office, to create a definition of the accessibility profession.
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Setting up an Accessibility Book Club
Date posted: 1st March 2022
In this post, I talk about the Accessibility Book Club I run at the Ministry of Justice, and how you can set up your own one, too.
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Reflecting on 2021
Date posted: 1st January 2022
I’ve always really enjoyed reading blog posts from other people on their reflections of their years. So this year, I thought I’d have a go at my own.
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Trip to Epping forest
Date posted: 22nd October 2021
I recently read a book called ‘Gossip from the Forest’, by Sara Maitland. It’s a book that talks about the history of forests in the UK, and their relationship with fairytales. Each chapter...
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Perfect is the enemy of good
Date posted: 20th June 2021
I’ve had a weird couple of months. Brace yourself for an intense opening paragraph (spoiler alert there are narwhals the other side) - I broke up with my long term partner of 8 years,...
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Training people to do accessibility reviews
Date posted: 14th January 2020
This was posted on the UK Government accessibility blog. In this post, I talk about the 'Intro to accessibility testing' workshops that I've been running at meetups and conferences across the country.
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Accessibility profession project
Date posted: 9th January 2020
This was posted on the MOJ Digital and Technology blog. I talk about a 6 month profession project on accessibility that I was placed on at the Ministry of Justice, in 2019.
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Motorbiking to Scotland and Back
Date posted: 14th September 2019
A few years ago, I went to the Edinburgh Fringe festival by coach. When I saw the beautiful, winding, coastal roads out the window, I made a mental note to come back on my...
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Accessibility Resources
Date posted: 16th May 2019
As it’s Global Accessibility Awareness, I’m sharing a list of accessibility resources that I regularly refer to. Happy reading, watching and listening!
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Building Geese Games
Date posted: 16th September 2018
I got into a general life slump recently, and so to try and cheer myself up more, I’ve taken up building fun projects. I joined this industry because I wanted to build things, but...
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2018 Oxford Indie Web Camp
Date posted: 23rd October 2018
The Indie Web movement is a movement all about content ownership, in the current times of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and so on. It has been something I’ve been interested in ever since hearing <a...
</li> </ul>Blog posts that are hosted on other people's blogs
Here is a collection of older posts that I've written on other people's blogs.
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Success stories: women in tech awards - posted on the Oxford Computer Consultants Blog.
Discussing the awards I was nominated for and won in 2017, and the value in these types of awards.</i>
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Hosting the September codebar Oxford Workshop - posted on the Oxford Computer Consultants blog.
A write-up of the first event hosted by Oxford Computer Consultants, nearly a year on from our first workshop.
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Introducing Our Front End Intern - posted on the Oxford Computer Consultants Blog.
Introducing myself as a Front End Intern at OCC, what I'm doing there so far and what it's been like.
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Introducing the codebar Oxford Team! - posted on codelog.
An introduction to all three of the codebar Oxford organisers - Bonnie, Marten and Beverley.
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Web Dev Bev Out - posted on the Daily Zooniverse.
A round-up of what I did during my internship with the Zooniverse.
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Codebar With the Zooniverse - posted on the Daily Zooniverse.
A write-up of the first ever codebar in Oxford, hosted by the wonderful Zooniverse!
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A Month in at the Zoo - posted on the Daily Zooniverse.
A blog talking about the challenges I've found with programming, one month into my Zooniverse Web Developer Internship.
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Meet Beverley - posted on the Daily Zooniverse.
A blog about what my first two weeks of my Zooniverse internship have been like.
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Stepping Away from the GitHub Desktop Client: Intro to the Terminal - posted on Medium.
A tutorial on using the terminal for the first time after having only used the Git Desktop Client
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Success stories: women in tech awards - posted on the Oxford Computer Consultants Blog.