Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin, Author at National Centre for Accessible Transport

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ncat awards funding to Innovation projects for enhancing transport accessibility

The National Centre for Accessible Transport (ncat) is thrilled to announce the selection of its first cohort of innovation projects…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin1 May 2025

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ncat launches The Resource Collection: Shaping the Future of Accessible Transport with Unified Evidence

Today sees the launch of our trailblazing Resource Collection, a comprehensive database that currently consolidates 629 resource documents and projects,…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin19 December 2024

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ncat Unveils New ‘Transport Barriers Database’ to Highlight Transport Challenges for Disabled People

Recent research by ncat has found that 92% of disabled people we spoke with faced barriers when using at least…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin3 December 2024

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Funding Opportunity Expressions of Interest Deadline extended to 5pm Thursday 10th October

The deadline to register your expressions of interest in ncat’s Innovation Funding Programme which is launching in Autumn 2024 has…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin27 September 2024

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Disabled people deliver stark verdict on public transport at summit with industry leaders

Disabled people warned transport industry leaders the system isn’t working and is getting worse at ncat's first ever Accessible Transport…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin20 September 2024

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Research opportunities in the ncat team at Coventry DEADLINE PASSED AND APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED

ncat has a number of exciting opportunities to work at Coventry University in research, at Professor, researcher and PhD student level,…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin9 December 2023

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Design Decision-making survey up and running

How are Design Decisions in transport achieved? And why do those decisions so often create barriers? A new study is…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin21 November 2023

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We’re recruiting – come and join the ncat team at Coventry DEADLINE PASSED AND APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED

The National Centre for Accessible Transport (ncat) is recruiting for an Operations Officer to join the team at Coventry University. You'll be…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin14 November 2023

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Disabled ‘experts by experience’ lead the way for research

We recently opened up the Community for Accessible Transport (CAT) panel for members. An integral part of ncat – the…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin12 October 2023

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ncat presents at Motability AGM

Paul Herriotts was delighted to present at the Motability Foundation's AGM held at the Science Museum in London on 28…

Cathryn Thompson-Goodwin28 September 2023