We hear from a blind student who's facing the start of his first year at university during the pandemic.
We also meet a student who's taken a year out rather than return to university when social distancing and other restrictions are in place.
Among our expert guests offering advice and support are Elin Williams from Look-UK. We also hear from Rachel Hewett who is from the Vision Impairment Centre For Teaching and Research at the University of Birmingham.
PRESENTER: Peter White
PRODUCER: Mike Young
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Folge vom 29.09.2020University Special
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Folge vom 22.09.2020Glaucoma Treatments; Driverless CarsA programme responding to your emails on a range of subjects. Talking about the latest glaucoma treatments, our guests include Karen Osborn who's the Chief Executive of Glaucoma UK. Also joining us is Gus Gazzard from Moorfields Eye Hospital. And with the latest on the pros and cons of driverless cars, we hear from a leading designer in the industry. PRESENTER: Peter White PRODUCER: Mike Young
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Folge vom 15.09.2020Fight For Sight Report; England's First Blind Musical TherapistThe government is being urged to double its spending on research into eye disease. Fight for Sight, the charity which campaigns for the ending of preventable sight loss, argues that visual impairment is costing the country billions of pounds and that more than half the two million cases of visual impairment in the UK today are preventable. The Chief Executive of Fight for Sight, Sherine Krause, joins us. And we meet Carl Morgan who, it's believed, is the first blind musical therapist in England. We find out what his working life involves and what challenges he's faced. PRESENTER: Peter White PRODUCER: Mike Young
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Folge vom 08.09.2020Paralympic Legend Tim Reddish On The Delayed 2020 Games; Who Were Japan's Goze Performers?Tim Reddish is visually impaired and won numerous swimming medals when he competed in three Paralympics . He's been National Performance Director for the Disability Swim Team and he's chaired the British Paralympic Association. He's currently a member of the International Paralympic Committee Governing Board. We hear from him about the impact of delaying the 2020 games in Tokyo for a year. And we learn about the blind Japanese women who travelled their country as Goze musical performers. PRESENTER: Peter White PRODUCER: Mike Young