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Ageing and Deafness Conference
Our conference on ‘Ageing and Deafness’ held in London on 16th October was a great success with speakers. Our conference on ‘Adult Hearing Loss- time for a new approach’ in Westminster yesterday (15th October) gathered leaders from audiology, from industry, from the Third Sector and politicians, all joined in a passion to move forward with […]
Read MoreDeaf Health Social Care Champions – Project Manager
UKCoD in partnership with SignHealth, Manchester Deaf Centre, DeafVision, Merseyside Society for Deaf People have secured funding for a Deaf Health Champions Project in the North West. Please see Job advert and Job description for a Project Manager who will be employed by UKCoD. Closing date for applications 19th November 2012. Interviews will be held […]
Read MorePRESS RELEASE
We are pleased to announce the launch on 1st October 2012 of the UKCoD’s special interest group named Deaf Access to Communications (DAC).
Read MoreCommunications Review
The United Kingdom Council on Deafness and TAG give joint response to the issues raised in the recent DCMS seminar paper on the Communications Review Joint Response
Read MoreCommunications Review
Jim Edwards, Chair of UK Council on Deafness wrote to Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries in June, welcoming recent commitment to explore the improvement of broadcast access services for people with sensory loss in the Communications Green Paper. A reply has been received
Read MoreReform of provision for children and young people with SEN and disabilities
The draft legislation on reform of provision for children and young people with Special Educational Needs (SEN) and disabled children and young people has today been published. The draft provisions and accompanying explanatory notes can be found at www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/September_2012/03-09-12/5.Education-SpecialEducationalNeedsReform.pdf
Read MoreBBC Outreach charity tickets
The BBC Outreach charity tickets ballot is now open…. BBC Outreach has secured a number of tickets to high-profile studio recordings such as Strictly Come Dancing and Later with Jools Holland for charities.
Read MoreDeaf and Disabled Apprentice Opportunities
Positive Signs is working with LONDON BOROUGH OF BARKING AND DAGENHAM and ARCH to recruit people to fill up 31 Business Administration and childcare apprenticeship positions.
Read MoreUKCoD & TAG
[FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] UKCoD and TAG have for some time been working together closely on the campaign for modernised relay services and the Communications Bill. At a recent meeting of TAG it was agreed to formalise this working relationship and as a result a special interest group, UKCoD Deaf Access to Communications (DAC), will be […]
Read MoreAccess to TV and the Web
Ofcom is reviewing of the quality of subtitling provision in the UK, and have asked Action on Hearing Loss to gather the experiences of people who rely on subtitles for watching television. They have recently launched a major survey, open until 31 August. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/Qualitysubtitlessurvey See here for further details.
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