Blog of Dr Darryl Sellwood

Provocative, disruptive and sometimes subversive — inventor of the Bummunicator!

Category: University

  • Things are taking shape

    Just got back from a great meeting regarding doing a PhD. Things are starting to take shape, both for the actual topic and the administrative support required to undertake the PhD. This was the second meeting that we have had and the types of subjects we covered were scholarships, application processes, identifying possible co-supervisors or…

  • Honours Research Thesis

    People with Complex Communication Needs (CCN) require improved methods of accessing telecommunications, given the communication barriers they face, to participate fully in society. This research explores the types of telecommunications access methods adults with CCN use and report to be useful, as well as their perspectives of the usefulness of a Video-Assisted Speech-to-Speech Relay (VAS)…

  • The PhD bug? Doctor, help!

    The first quarter of the year has been a time to recover from the past few years of doing my honours research, to re-evaluate the direction I am wanting my life to go, to sort through relationships, to just trying to enjoy life, to start to seek options both academic and employment, to catch up…

  • Expression of interest for a telecommunications research project: Participants with CCN

    Hello, I’m Darryl Sellwood from Adelaide, South Australia. I’m looking for people with Complex Communication Needs (CCN) who would like to take part in a research project investigating user perspectives on the usefulness of two methods of accessing telecommunications for people with CCN. The project has ethics approval from the Division of Education, Arts and…

  • Expression of interest for a telecommunications research project: Communication Partner Participants

    Hello, You are invited to participate in a research project investigating user perspectives on the usefulness of two methods of accessing telecommunications for people with Complex Communication Needs (CCN). The project has ethics approval from the Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences Human Research Ethics Committee of the University of South Australia. This trial…