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PCWA provides accessibility expertise for the web, digital comms and apps

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Looking to upskill? Listen to this podcast and read the transcript about the six-week online Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility (PCWA) course. It offers graduates an internationally recognised qualification and was recently honoured by the respected Knowbility group in the USA by making their 2017 list of ‘Heroes of Accessibility’ in their ‘Educational Achievement’ category.

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Listen to a recent interview where Senior PCWA Course Lecturer and global accessibility expert, Dr Scott Hollier, talks with Media Access Australia’s Philip Jenkinson about what the PCWA course covers, along with the benefits of studying it, in a fascinating podcast.

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Transcript of Dr Scott Hollier podcast interview on the PCWA online access course

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Introduction

You’re listening to a podcast from Media Access Australia. Inclusion through technology.

Philip Jenkinson:

I’m speaking with Dr Scott Hollier, Media Access Australia’s Specials Advisor, Digital Accessibility, and senior lecturer of the Professional Certificate in Web Accessibility, the PCWA. This university-accredited web and digital access course has been operating since 2011, and over 500 people have graduated with an internationally recognised qualification. What’s more, the PCWA was officially praised for educational achievement in the highly respected Knowbility 2017 Heroes of Accessibility Honours List. First up Scott, you must have been pretty chuffed on hearing the news?

Dr Scott Hollier:

It’s always great news to get acknowledgement for what has been a great journey with the course, and it’s particularly great for our alumni because what it really does demonstrate is that the course is of high quality and it’s really meeting the need for bringing accessibility into work practices. So we’re all delighted, it’s a real team effort to progress the course and work towards it, and while you’d never seek these things, it’s always really nice when you’re acknowledged for it.

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The Jack Tyrrell story – ability in action

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Jack Tyrrell is the Accessible Solutions Profiler at digital accessibility advocates, Media Access Australia. He’s a passionate and driven young man who literally lives his work. That’s because Jack is legally blind and relies on technology and the support of MAA to access online and digital communications. He shares his story in a very revealing podcast article.

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Listen to a podcast (or read the short article) featuring MAA’s Jack Tyrrell, interviewed by fellow staff member Philip Jenkinson, about coping with blindness and his love for the job of promoting web and digital accessibility to organisations all across Australia.

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