George Torrens

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Loughborough University

United Kingdom

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George Torrens is a Senior Lecturer at Loughborough University in the United Kingdom. His research interests encompass academic procrastination, assistive technology design, and cultural influences on perceptions of disability. He has authored several articles that explore challenges faced by educators and design students, the adoption of customized wheelchairs, and comparative studies on perceptions of assistive technology across different cultural contexts.

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Raising awareness of inclusive crafts: building capacity and self-sufficiency of communication within the Charity SAFOD and the Countries of SA.

Open Date: 2019-02-01

Close Date: 2020-01-31

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Expression of heritage and culture through inclusive arts and crafts design: empowering people with disability to contribute to their community in SA.

Open Date: 2017-12-01

Close Date: 2018-11-30

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2020

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Timothy Whitehead

Aston University

UNITED KINGDOM

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Academic procrastination by design: an exploration of challenges and coping strategies for educators and design students

Adoption and Use of Customized Wheelchairs Manufactured for Persons Living with Disability: Modified UTUAT-2 Perspective

Research on Evaluation and Prediction Methods of Cognitive Intentions for Product Morphological Features

Cultural bias: a comparison of semantic responses by 126 students from Pakistan and the United Kingdom to a wheelchair when viewed against a congruent and incongruent background

20 years of the Loughborough user centered assistive technology design process: has it made a difference?

The influence of social context on the perception of assistive technology: using a semantic differential scale to compare young adults’ views from the United Kingdom and Pakistan

Cultural influences on perception of disability and disabled people: a comparison of opinions from students in the United Kingdom (UK) Pakistan (PAK) about a generic wheelchair using a semantic differential scale

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Timothy Whitehead

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