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UCL’s Summer School for deaf & hard of hearing (year 11 & 12) students
Background Deaf students are hugely under-presented in Higher Education (HE), ‘Discover UCL Summer School for D/deaf and hard of hearing (year 11 and 12) students’, a residential event, unique to UCL, aims to redress balance by equipping deaf students for university life. Approximately 15 students have attended each year, 62 in total since 2014. The […]
Read MoreBT rebrand Next Generation Text to Relay UK
BT launched Relay UK today with a new and improved app. It brings relay services for deaf, hard-of-hearing, and speech-impaired people right up to date with the latest app technology. The service remains free to use for all UK mobile customers in the UK and the new app can be downloaded from the Apple Store […]
Read MoreUKCoD Health & Social Care Conference
Colleagues from across the health and social sector came together with UKCoD member organisations last week for our annual UKCoD conference. This year the theme was “Creating a Dialogue: Person-centred Practice with D/deaf people in Health and Social Care” and BT once again hosted our conference, this time at BT Centre near St Paul’s Cathedral […]
Read MoreAction Deafness and Deaf Direct Merger
Action Deafness and Deaf Direct are delighted to announce a merger will take effect from 1st October 2019. Watch BSL video of the announcement here. The merger is an exciting opportunity for both organisations, two successful charities that share similar objectives and values, putting service-users at the heart of everything they do. Working together to share […]
Read MoreUKCoD Annual Conference
Monday, 11th November at BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ Creating a Dialogue: Person-centred practice with Deaf people in health & social care This year’s UKCoD conference, hosted by BT, will bring together experts from across the health and social care sector to discuss what best practice looks like when working with people […]
Read MoreVideo Relay Service – VRS For All & 24/7 – Scotland
A great step forward for the the Deaf BSL Community in Scotland as on the 1st of June Contact Scotland BSL & Scottish Government/Health announced they are now VRS for all & 24/7! Deaf / deafblind British Sign Language users and hearing people can now call each other instantly via an online BSL interpreter. […]
Read MoreStatement from the IFHoH and WFD
The World Federtion for the Deaf (WFD) and the International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH) have issued a Joint Statement: Automatic Speech Recognition in Telephone Relay Services and in Captioning Services “The field of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) has progressed significantly with the advancement of artificial intelligence technology. As a result, more applications […]
Read MoreDeaf Awareness Week
Our last day of Deaf Awareness Week and DEX are supporting politics #DAWrolemodels2019 DEX is a deaf user-led organisation which believes is the only deaf led organisation that supports all deaf children with all levels of deafness and fully understands the needs of deaf children in mainstream schools. This is because of our personal experiences and […]
Read MoreDeaf Awareness Week
Today Signlive are supporting Deaf Awareness Week. SignLive is a first-class provider of online BSL interpreting. Our fantastic on demand system allows you to communicate with anyone, at any time, from your own device, by using our app which connects you to a qualified British Sign Language Interpreter. The app is easy to use and […]
Read MoreDeaf Awareness Week
SignVideo Celebrates Deaf Awareness Week Launching The UK’s First BSL Business Directory! SignVideo has launched the UK’s first Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) Business Directory on their app in time for Deaf Awareness Week 2019, with a key difference. The directory offers Deaf BSL entrepreneurs – free of charge – the opportunity to attract more […]
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