Categories and points for industry section

 Education looks to the workplace to see and determine what is needed on the educational curriculum.

No motivation before regulations

Legal incentive is just public bodies, not all of the industry.

Government monitoring of regs (progress slow).

Lots of guidance and investment in roles and regs

Perceptions fuelled by complexity and cost.

Retrofitting practices add to perceptions 

Engagement in training - barriers to engagement due to perceptions

The name/title of accessibility and course name

Return on investment, providing value and the business case for accessibility 

WCAG standards perception of role and responsibility being web devs so others in organisations don’t think it’s to do with them 

Homepage reports of slow progress 

Trying and skills reports findings

Motivation is there and awareness there, ethical and equitable reasons are accepted but progress is slow (Hassell, AbilityNet etc) - senior managers can see the need but might challenge value/cost/investment 

Wider organisational engagement/ engagement in training/education/optional modules/mandatory modules

Compliance culture- automation 

Money saving - cutting out user engagement 

Retro fix adds to complexity 

Gov guidance says beginning, throughout and beta

WCAG aimed at web responsibility

There is a demand for trained people but difficult to fill the gap

Checklist at the end- not like inclusive design that is users from start- design intentions, designing for (process of design 

Check at the end or shift left 

Although clear demand, the perceptions of responsibility, technical complexity and cost may impact decisions in educational curriculum (cuts, lean)

These challenges may play a part in why it has not yet been added to the curriculum.

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