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Animations & Interaction

The Leeds Beckett University website occasionally uses animations to page elements and animated gifs to add impact to pages. If you wish to stop them from playing for accessibility purposes or for personal preference then please see the guidance below. Please note that browsers sometimes change how they operate, so please refer to your browser help files to find their latest information.
How do I turn off animations?

Chrome

Chrome users will need to use browser extensions. Animation Policy from Google will help you set your own preferences.

Microsoft Edge

There is currently no way to disable animations within Microsoft Edge. Users of Edge (Chromium) browser can install the Chrome extensions above and use them.

Internet Explorer

To stop animations on a single page you can just press the 'Esc' key. This will stop the animation on that page. If you wish to restart the animations you need to refresh the page. To permanently disable the playing of animated GIF images, open Internet Options > Advanced tab. Under the Multimedia section, uncheck the Play animations in webpage check-box, click Apply and Exit and then restart your computer.

Firefox

Type about:config in Firefox address bar and hit Enter to open Settings. Search for the image.animation_mode flag and change its value from Normal to None. Once you restart Firefox this will disable animations.

Joanne Lloyd

Course Director

Joanne is a member of the RICS and the IWFM. Her professional career as a quantity surveyor has seen her work for a number of local authorities in both the design and commercial teams. Her wide and varied industry experience allows her to be able to use real life examples within her teaching to enhance teaching delivery.

Joanne is a chartered surveyor who has enjoyed a varied career in both the public and private sector of the industry.

During her career she has been involved in a number of large refurbishment and new build projects for local authorities and further education establishments.

Joanne has had an interest in education for many years and as part of this interest served as Chair of Governors at a local primary school for over 10 years and is still active as a Foundation Governor for a selective boys grammar school where she is also Chair of the Finance and Resources Committee.

Current Teaching

Law & the Built Environment
Inter-disciplinary Project
Facilities Management
Inter-professional Studies

Research Interests

Joanne has a passion for student engagement and the student experience and is working towards delivering project based teaching to develop the employability skills of graduates.