Being digitally accessible is about greater than having a aggressive benefit. It’s the best factor to do – and that’s why we wish to assist different organisations grow to be extra accessible, too. Over the subsequent yr, we’re providing 1,000 folks outdoors HSBC the prospect to participate within the coaching that we developed for our …
Being digitally accessible is about greater than having a aggressive benefit.
It’s the best factor to do – and that’s why we wish to assist different organisations grow to be extra accessible, too.
Over the subsequent yr, we’re providing 1,000 folks outdoors HSBC the prospect to participate within the coaching that we developed for our personal staff.
“The HSBC coaching was good – overlaying not simply why it’s essential to design for accessibility, but additionally going into the element of the way you truly do it,” says James Thurman, a Senior UX Designer at Groupon, who joined our periods for designers final yr, alongside a few of his colleagues.
“It was nice that there have been periods tailor-made to totally different roles. We got here away with a number of new data.”
The programs – delivered in particular person and over Zoom – educate folks how to make sure their web sites, apps and digital merchandise can be utilized by everybody, particularly these with disabilities.
Mali Fernando, Group of Head of Digital Expertise and Accessibility at HSBC, says: “As a part of our ambition to be the world’s most digitally accessible financial institution, we wish to blaze a path that others can comply with.
We got here away with a number of new data
“Accessibility must be for everybody. We’re doing what we will to depart the world a extra accessible place than we discovered it.”
We’ve got role-specific, instructor-led programs for each sort of digital skilled, together with builders, designers and content material authors, and we’re providing the areas freed from cost.
We welcome purposes from people in addition to groups from organisations of any dimension, anyplace on the planet. To seek out out about our upcoming periods and register your curiosity in becoming a member of, electronic mail group.model.digital@hsbc.com
We’re proud to supply a wide range of accessibility coaching at HSBC. Along with our instructor-led programme, we have now self-directed programs that our staff can discover on-line at any time when fits them.
We even have our Accessibility Hub – an e-learning platform that goals to assist our folks put accessibility on the coronary heart of digital design.
It highlights the digital accessibility challenges that disabled folks can face, by way of gamified simulations and the fictional story of Rachel, who has a number of sclerosis, and her journey into on-line relationship.
The platform received Finest Digital Accessibility on the Digital Influence Awards and the Incapacity Good Studying and Improvement award from the Enterprise Incapacity Discussion board.
It additionally received a high prize on the Worldwide Affiliation for Common Design (IAUD) awards, the place judges referred to as it “a outstanding instance of an inclusive staff-training programme”.
In addition to our coaching, plans at the moment are beneath method for the hub to be made out there to folks outdoors HSBC, too. Watch this house.
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