Lawrie Phipps

Current

• Programme Manager at JISC
• consultant at University of Leeds

Past

• Senior Advisor at JISC TechDis Service
• C&IT Manager at LTSN

Education

• University of Plymouth

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Connections

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Industry

Higher Education

Websites

• My Blog

Lawrie Phipps’s Summary

Currently involved in next generation technologies and processes. My roles have been advisory to the HE sector since 1997, primarily in the HE Sector. I’ve also published extensive academic papers and edited publications about technology.
At the moment I am enjoying the challenge of a new area and new ways of working with technology.

Lawrie Phipps’s Specialties:

e-learning, accessibility and disability, technology

Lawrie Phipps’s Experience

• Programme Manager

  JISC

  (Government Agency; 51-200 employees; Higher Education industry)

  January 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)

  Responsible for managing the User Environments Programme

• consultant

  University of Leeds

  (Higher Education industry)

  2005 — Present (4 years )

• Senior Advisor

  JISC TechDis Service

  (Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Higher Education industry)

  February 2001 — January 2006 (5 years )

  Responsible for advising HE Institutions about the impact of technology and disability.
  Publication give an indication of my work there over my last couple of years
  Phipps L, Kelly B and Witt N (2005) Towards a Pragmatic Framework for Accessible e-Learning
  Ariadne, Issue 44, July 2005
  
  Kelly, B., Russell, R., Johnston, P., Dunning, A., Phipps, L. and Hollins, P. (2005) A Standards Framework For Digital Library Programmes Paper published in the ichim05 Conference Proceedings
  
  Kelly, B., Phipps, L. and Howell, C. (2005) Implementing A Holistic Approach To E-Learning Accessibility
  Paper published in the ALT-C 2005 Conference Proceedings (This paper won the best research paper award at ALT-C 2005).
  
  Kelly, B., Sloan, D., Phipps, L., Petrie, H. and Hamilton, F. (2005) Forcing Standardization or Accommodating Diversity? A Framework for Applying the WCAG in the Real World, Proceedings of the 2005 International Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Web Accessibility (W4A).

• C&IT Manager

  LTSN

  (Educational Institution; 1-10 employees; E-Learning industry)

  May 2000 — January 2001 (9 months)

  Responsible for C&IT, E-learning etc at the LTSN subject Centre for Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Lawrie Phipps’s Education

• University of Plymouth

  1994 — 1997

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