1. Vickie Birnage Silver

    Head of eCommerce & Retail at VisitBritain

    06 October 2010 16:53pm

    Vickie Birnage

    Hi there, wondering if someone has any knowledge of this as it was mentioned to a colleague but they can't remember the details -  someone mentioned that there are universities that will do usability testing for free and seeing as we are on a tight budget this seemed a valid option for us rather than doing none at all.

    Has anyone heard of this and if so do they know what universities?

    thanks in advance

    Vickie

  2. Sushant Ajmani Silver

    Managing Partner at 3TouchPoints, LLC

    19 October 2010 05:41am

    Sushant Ajmani

    Vickie, I don't remember the name of these universities on top of my head but, there are few in United States. I would like to introduce you to Michael Summers who runs the Usability Lab at GSI Commerce (Pennsylvania, USA) and has worked with Universities in the past. I am sure, he can direct you to the right universities. He is among the Top 10 Usability Guys in the Industry.

    You can initiate a dialogue with him via LinkedIn. Let me know if you face any problem and I will introduce you to him.

    http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-r-summers/1/63b/9a3

    Thanks

    Sushant

  3. Vickie Birnage Silver

    Head of eCommerce & Retail at VisitBritain

    24 December 2010 12:34pm

    Vickie Birnage

    Hi there Sashant,

    I'm really sorry I haven't responded to this, I didn't get an email notification there had been a response! Ever so sorry.

    Thanks for the info but I actually need UK uni's as otherwise the findings will be skewed towards the US user who's needs, expectations etc are quite different from the UK.

    Thanks tho! Have a great Christmas.

    Vickie

Reply to this thread

Log in to reply to this thread or join Econsultancy for free so you can post to our forums along with other benefits.