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Delighted to share our #SignLOUD project report. Thanks to the deaf mothers & signing practitioners who shared their stories with us. And to @karenadamsnp.bsky.social for support throughout & hosting stakeholders roundtable at ScotParl. Report & BSL exec summary here: signs.hw.ac.uk/projects/co-...

Correction Thursday 2nd April 2026

Scotland's BSL Act: Where are we now? Ten years since Scotland passed its historic act, this event looks at what has been achieved and how far we have to go.

Robert Adam and I will be engaging in a conversation about research in relation to the BSL (Scotland) Act as part of the Royal Society of Edinburgh “RSE investigates” series. Thursday 6th April 2026. See more information and register see here: rse.org.uk/event/scotla...

youtu.be/IvSK64m-ijw?...

Pleased to see that our brief summary article on the value of narrative CVs has now appeared in the @TimesHigherEducation CAMPUS www.timeshighereducation.com/campus/why-r...
Thanks to my collaborators
Craig Landt Catalina Bastidas Mehreen Saleem Gul Suzanne Fitzpatrick Michaela Ottobre & Lee Picken

EDICa logo. Innovative approaches to EDI research. Literature review & black women academics' experience. By Dr Yaz Osho. Thursday 4 September 13:00-14:00 BST on Zoom. QR code and URL. Books icon.

Coming up on 4 September 13:00-14:00, we'll hear about the method of literature reviews using the case study of one conducted on black women academics' experience in the UK.
Ideal for EDI practitioners as well as students of social sciences.
go.hw.ac.uk/EDICa/Semina...

#EDI #DEI #AcademicSky

Survey link: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/2MDBqSbLLd...

Lumo TV survey social media blurb BSL YouTube video by Jemina Napier

Please respond to the 3-minute survey where you will see a few questions signed in BSL that you can respond to. Please also share with anyone that you think would be keen to complete the survey. We are aiming for 1,000 respondents! Thank you!
See BSL: youtu.be/MsRd3OGWgMU

Do you watch TV programmes with signing? Lumo TV has asked @jeminanapier.bsky.social @annelieskusters.bsky.social & @rejadam.bsky.social from @heriotwattuni.bsky.social to conduct a research project to find out what kinds of signing TV that Deaf sign language users in the UK prefer to watch.

Come and work with us in the @heriotwattuni.bsky.social BSL team! Part time, fixed-term contract for 12 months initially with view to converting to permanent contract lnkd.in/ekpgiT2K

Pleased to be attending the European Translation Society congress @universityofleeds.bsky.social #EST2025. Two presentations - one with @informhaa team members & one on my own. Great to see increasing numbers of sign language related papers at this huge congress.

The case for ASL Instruction for Hearing Heritage Signers In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Associate Professor Su Kyong Isakson (Community College of Baltimore County, USA) about her 2018 paper, The Case for H…

And more recently, she discussed with Su Kyong Isakson how hearing ASL heritage signers could be better included in language education
www.languageonthemove.com/the-case-for...

Children of migrant Deaf adults During my Master of Research (MRes) studies, whenever I met someone new, they would often enquire about what I was doing for my thesis. When I told them, I was doing research with hearing children …

How do hearing children of Deaf migrant parents experience their multilingual repertoires?
@empacheco.bsky.social explains in the latest Language-on-the-Move post
www.languageonthemove.com/children-of-...

Call for Participants in BSL - Bullying & Sexual Harassment Survey YouTube video by EDI Caucus

Do you work in the UK's research & innovation sector? Have you experienced or witnessed bullying and/or sexual harassment? Take our survey to share your experiences: go.hw.ac.uk/EDICa/Bullyi...

#BSL interpretation below by @jeminanapier.bsky.social. #BritishSignLanguage

youtu.be/0HjJoGviic8

Sign Language Brokering  In this episode of the Language on the Move Podcast, Emily Pacheco speaks with Professor Jemina Napier (Heriot-Watt University, Scotland) about her 2021 book Sign Language Brokering in Deaf-Heari…

Emily has also made some great podcast episodes interviewing researchers working in related areas. Eg in this episode last year, she interviewed @jeminanapier.bsky.social about her work on sign language brokering
www.languageonthemove.com/sign-languag...

And I’m pleased to say our green team who spoke in favour of the motion won!

Today I had fun contributing in BSL as a panellist to the multilingual debate organised by the Dept of Languages & Intercultural Studies @heriotwattuni.bsky.social to debate the motion “the house believes that screens are detrimental to the development of young people’s cognitive abilities”

The research network project is funded by the Academy for Medical Sciences. After three days of discussions with deaf community members and stakeholder representatives I am feeling exhausted yet exhilarated!

Privileged to have been in Johannesburg this last week with members of the InforMHAA project team to work with a South African team to explore how to enhance sign language interpreting in health and social care contexts. Learned so much and met many inspiring people.

This project would not have been possible with our collaborators in the equality unit and domestic abuse coordination unit at Police Scotland and involvement of deaf survivors and practising interpreters, translators and independent domestic abuse advisors #makingadifference

Justisigns 2: Empowering Victims of Gender-Based Violence (2020-2022)

We have created a range of resources for police officers, interpreters and the deaf community: signs.hw.ac.uk/projects/jus...

Delighted that Lucy Clark was able to attend thr Scottish Institute for Policing Research conference to accept the award on behalf of the team for our research with deaf women and access to support after experiencing domestic abuse.

A privilege to be here at the Centre for Deaf Studies at University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg with UK and SA collaborators this week for our Academy of Medical Sciences funded research network project. We’re here to explore how to enhance sign language interpreting in health and social care

Coaching and Mentoring for Academic Development Learning through dialogue brings a powerful opportunity to navigate professional demands and meet the challenges of a turbulent world. Written for all who mento

This book is crafted for mentors and coaches in higher education, tackling a vital issue: how to make mentoring and coaching conversations truly effective and accessible for fostering the development of researchers and academics.

tinyurl.com/5x3jnbpv

#researchculture #researchimpact #impactacademy

Deaf in AI: AI language technologies and the erosion of linguistic rights This paper explores the interplay of AI language technologies, sign language interpreting, and linguistic access, highlighting the complex interdependencies shaping access frameworks and the tradeoffs...

The conference theme “Culture, Connectivity and Technology” is particularly salient at this time when debates concerning AI language technologies and sign languages are being led by deaf scholars such as @mdemeulder.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2505.02519

Prof. Jemina Napier

My talk on Friday will focus on “Transformations of Sign Language Intercultural Mediation over Time” drawing on various research studies including my own - see signs.hw.ac.uk/people/napier/ for examples)

Chinese man standing behind a lecture that has logo of Hong Kong Baptist University. To the left of the speaker is a sign language interpreter

Honoured to be here at the Asia-Pacific Translation & Interpreting Forum conference hosted by Hong
Kong Baptist University as an invited keynote speaker. Great to see HK Sign Language interpreters will be working throughout the conference

Value of social and cultural infrastructure ‘risks being neglected in decision-making' without new measurement framework - Bennett Institute for Public Policy New framework for measuring the value of social and cultural infrastructure will more effectively highlight its crucial role in improving wellbeing and economic growth.

New @bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk @britishacademy.bsky.social report today on the need for policymakers to not overlook the importance of investing in social and cultural infrastructure, and how we might go about measuring it
www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/value-o...

Brennan’s Library - Deaf Action Located in our Albany Street headquarters, Brennan's Library contains an extensive collection of deaf-focused literature. Open Fridays 11am - 4pm.

Brennan library book catalogue can be viewed online here: deafaction.org/services/bre...
And they’re looking for any books that people would like to donate ☺️

Awesome!!! FYI the book is 30% off through April if you use promo code NDHM2025 at checkout. Spread the word if you're so inclined! 😁 gupress.gallaudet.edu/Books/I/Inte...

Was pleased to attend the @deafaction soft launch of the Brennan library last night with my colleagues @rejadam.bsky.social & @staceysteinwebb to talk about our new co-edited volume “International perspectives on sign language translator & interpreter education” from @gallaudetpress.bsky.social