Northern User Experience

About Northern User Experience

Northern User Experience is an informal community for people interested in usability, HCI, information design and all aspects of the user experience. Our membership is as diverse as the field itself, with developers, academics, usability specialists, accessibility experts and technical authors all represented. Whatever your interest in usability, we hope you will find something useful here.

We meet on the first Wednesday of the month to learn, debate and socialise. Usually there is a presentation, followed by a discussion and a visit to the pub, but the group drives the agenda, and we have plans to include more practical sessions, such as a UI problem-solving workshop.

Meetings are free and open to all. We are unfunded, and rely on the goodwill and energy of our members to contribute and make the meetings work. If you have something interesting to share with the group, and are willing to put together a short presentation, please get in touch.

The group is based in Manchester, but we are also planning sessions in Leeds, and looking for venues in Liverpool.

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  • nazeel // September 12, 2008 at 6:37 pm

    hello there,

    i was wondering when you are planning to have your next meeting?

    thanks

    nazeel

  • Rachel // September 14, 2008 at 5:47 pm

    Hi Nazeel –

    We meet monthly, so the next one will probably be mid-october. We’re looking at the scheduling of meetings at the moment to make sure they don’t clash with other things going on, otherwise i’d be able to give you a definite date. We’re also looking at syncing up with upcoming / google calendars a bit better, so watch this space.

  • Alan Holding // October 2, 2008 at 4:48 pm

    Hello,

    I’ve added you to the list of user groups on the MDDA website. http://www.manchesterdda.com/usergroups/.

    Please let me know if you want anything adding or taking away. :)

    Thanks,
    Alan.

  • Nikhil // October 3, 2008 at 12:39 pm

    Hi there,

    I found this site through the UPA UK website. I’m a post-graduate student at Leeds University interested in joining the UPA and would like to know if there were any activities/meetings planned in Leeds as the article mentions.

    I’ve only graduated recently, and would like to know if the meetings are mostly attended by academics and scholars, and if i’d be totally out of place at the meetings.

    Thanks,
    Nikhil

  • Mike Little // October 6, 2008 at 9:09 am

    Hi Nikhil,
    We are intending to continue to have meetings in Leeds as well as Manchester.
    The attendees tend to be quite a mix of people, from academics, to practitioners, to people with an interest in the subject.
    Please come along to the next meeting that is convenient for you, you will be most welcome.

    In the meantime feel free to join our low volume mailing list (there is a sign-up form in the sidebar).

  • Nikhil // October 9, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    Thanks, i’ve joined the mailing list and will be looking forward to the next meeting.

  • chris // November 18, 2009 at 11:39 am

    Hi guys,

    I’m an interaction designer based in manchester, and would to attend your events.

    I dont know if your looking for volunteers or not, but if you are, I would love to help out in anyway i can.

    Cheers Chris.

  • Mike // November 19, 2009 at 12:07 am

    Hi Chris,
    Things have been very quiet the last couple of months.

    Try sending a message to the mailing list (I see you joined) and see if anyone is interested in arranging a meeting, perhaps next month.

    Mike

  • Caitlin // December 29, 2009 at 9:30 pm

    Just stumbled across this group, would be pretty keen to join the next one – are they still taking place every so often?

    Thanks,
    Caitlin

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