Professional Sign Language Interpreters
ASLI, the Association of Sign Language Interpreters in the United Kingdom was established in 1987, to provide professional discussion on all issues related to sign language interpreting and the provision of interpreting service. From the beginning our aims have been simple: to encourage good practice in sign language interpreting and to support our fellow professionals.
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“Going Pro” – a special ASLI conference for student and early-career interpreters
April 18, 2018“Going Pro” – a special ASLI conference for student and early-career interpreters Friday 5 October 2018 Chancellor’s Hall, University of Wolverhampton Calling all BSL interpreting students and recently qualified TSLIs / RSLIs! Are you wondering how best to launch your career as a BSL interpreter? Do you have practical questions […]
EdSign Lecture 24th April 2018
April 4, 2018Deaf children create their own language: the case of Nicaraguan Sign Language by Molly Flaherty, University of Edinburgh Tuesday 24th April 6:30pm – 8pm Where: Paterson’s Land, room LG34 Moray House, School of Education, University of Edinburgh EH8 8AQ Map: https://goo.gl/maps/PDjcgLzviuH2 Molly will be talking about: Nicaraguan Sign Language (NSL) is one of the youngest […]
The ATW cap is being raised to £57,200
March 20, 2018The DWP have announced that from 1st April 2018 cap is being raised from 1.5 x the National Average Salary (£43,100) to 2 x the National Average Salary (£57,200). You can read all about this on DeafATW. You can also read the UKCoD statement, with BSL translation, on DeafATW. The higher cap should make it easier for many Deaf people […]
WFD AND WASLI STATEMENT ON USE OF SIGNING AVATARS
WFD and WASLI have jointly developed a statement to express our concern about the way in which decisions on where and when to use signing avatars as a form of access to spoken or written content is being managed by public authorities. As signed languages are fully-fledged languages with their own complex structures that are […]
NW Regional Meeting/TGA Training
February 12, 2018NW Regional meeting 10:00-12:30 Transgender Awareness Training – 1:00-4:00 – Helen Becks Manchester Deaf Centre Crawford House, Booth Street East, Manchester M13 9GH