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 […]
April 4, 2018
Deaf 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 […]
March 20, 2018
The 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 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 […]
February 12, 2018
NW 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