UX newsletter — May 2018Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Message from the EditorHi {!email} Are you one of those people who ended up in a job that didn't exist when you were at school? If, aged 16, I'd said to my careers advisor that I wanted to work in user experience, I'm fairly sure he would have belted me around the ear and told me to stop acting clever. (My school had a very relaxed attitude to corporal punishment, not to mention acting clever). But nowadays you can do a Masters degree in user experience. For some people this is a great choice but it's worth considering an alternative approach before you take the leap. So if you've been thinking about doing a Masters in User Experience, you may find this month's article useful. — David Travis Do I need a Masters in User Experience?A Masters in UX costs over £10k and may not make you more employable or attract a higher salary compared with spending the same time gaining practical experience in UX. Before you decide on taking that Masters degree, consider what you could achieve for 10% of the investment with an alternative, self-paced, personalised syllabus. Read the article in full: Do I need a Masters in User Experience? From our archives: How to recruit a UX leader with the X factorWe're increasingly asked by organisations for advice on building a user experience competency. Our advice is to start at the top and get the right person for that first critical leadership role. User experience leaders demonstrate 3 core competencies: they understand research; they follow user experience methods and standards; and they are great communicators. Read the article in full: How to recruit a UX leader with the X factor. What we’re readingSome interesting UX-related articles that got our attention over the last month:
Like these? Want more? View our posts on Twitter or Facebook. Upcoming UX training courses in MayFoundation Certificate in User Experience, May 29-31 2018, London.7 places sold, 5 places left. In this fun and hands-on training course, you'll practice all the key areas of UX — from interviewing your users through to prototyping and usability testing your designs — while you prepare for and take the BCS Foundation Certificate exam. View the full syllabus: Foundation Certificate in User Experience. UX quotation of the month"The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said." — Peter Drucker. Hungry for more?Want to receive your own copy of this newsletter?Join our community of people interested in user experience. Sent monthly. No spam. |