At RNC, our mission of ‘education, employment and empowerment for all people with a vision impairment’ has never been more important. To help deliver this, we offer all our students the opportunity to undertake work experience.
When local and national employers partner with us, the impact cuts both ways. It is always brilliant to see feedback where a student has been inspired, but also where our students have driven real, positive change within a business.
CY2 Limited build cyber security capabilities, and David from CY2 had this to say after hosting RNC students last year:
‘The cohort last year inspired us to make accessibility improvements to our products. For the range used, we now get individuals to install the client application which solves some of the key combination issues experienced. This change improves the user experience for everyone, not just those with visual impairments. In our Arena app, we now have screen readers installed in some instance types which are easy to activate and we are looking to expand this capability in the future.’
By hosting a placement, you aren’t just supporting a student’s career journey. You could also be making your own products and business more accessible for everyone.
If you are a business that could offer a work placement or a week’s work experience to one of our students, we’d love to hear from you. Please email workexperience@rnc.ac.uk to get involved.