Neil Allison is Head of User Experience for the University Website Programme at the University of Edinburgh.
He believes everyone has responsibility for user experience, and with a background in education and training, works to give colleagues the skills and confidence to conduct their own research and inform their work. He is an active member of the Scottish chapter of the UX Professionals Association.
Neil is currently playing the role of product owner in the agile development of a new University CMS and leading the evolution of the website’s information architecture.
Contact details:
- Twitter: @usabilityed
- Blog: www.usability-ed.blogspot.co.uk
- LinkedIn: neilallison
- Web site: www.ed.ac.uk/website-programme
Plenary talk and workshop session
Neil gave a plenary talk (#P5) on “Marketing is dead, long live UX” from 11.00-11.45 on Thursday 17 July 2014. He also facilitated with Bruce Darby a workshop session (#A3) on “Making Personas Work” (session A3) from 16.00-17.30 on Thursday 17 July 2014.