I am truly delighted to be a Celebrity Ambassador for British Deaf Association and am very much looking forward to working with them!

Great article about the science signs glossary led by Dr Audrey Cameron, OBE, HonFRSC from The University of Edinburgh & featuring SIGNS@HWU (aka Heriot-Watt BSL team)’s #SujitSahasrabudhe & Sanchu Iyer! A nice EdSign.Edinburgh collaboration
blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/new-bsl-signs-…

All day tomorrow BSL will be featured on CBBC & CBeebies Grown-Ups 🎉 to celebrate #BSL 🤟 spread the news!!

The findings highlight the limits of VRI, questioning the extent that deaf people have been properly considered when policing system/procedures have been designed. Get in touch with questions/comments 👍

The study has broad implications in terms of how police serve diverse communities, how the burden for access is unevenly distributed. The findings also highlight the broader role played by interpreters in custody.

SIPR Heriot Watt CTISS LINCS Heriot-Watt The study is based on my PhD (see here: proximityinterpreting.com/proximity-in-p…). Three simulated VRI custody procedures were investigated. The study explores the use of VRI in Police Custody and the collective work to achieve access.

Update: 'When he comes into police custody, he has certain rights’: The burden for achieving access in a video-mediated interpreted custody interview' now available: International Journal of Police Science&Management. Videos in X (Tweets) 1-4 summarise the article. SIGNS@HWU (aka Heriot-Watt BSL team) LINCS Heriot-Watt doi.org/10.1177/146135…

🎉 Tonight's the night! The BSL Goose’s Quizzes at The Royal Dick, Summerhall, is here! 🍻🐦 Come join us, it's the last quiz for the current 4th yrs LINCS Heriot-Watt students! This has been an awesome learning opportunity foro ur students #BSLGooseQuiz 🌟

See you at the Francqui Sign Language Studies Summer School in June? For PhD students, post-docs and ECRs with a focus on interpreting and translation. I will cover academic writing and publishing, and talk about 'gaze work' with Christopher Stone bit.ly/4czn5mN

Watch how deaf people from Flanders & a new migrant from Ukraine navigate conversation through International Sign, showcasing diverse 'calibrating' strategies. Plus, explore a deaf migrant couple's language choices. player.vimeo.com/video/841776065

Attention all Goose🪿BSL Quiz followers. The April monthly Goose’s Quizzes Quiz 🧐has been rescheduled to Mon 8th of April (not the 1st). Make a note✏️ in your calendars🗓️. We look forward to your participation in the upcoming quiz. Summerhall LINCS Heriot-Watt

Meet our signing superstars🌟

Our 4th-year BSL-English Interpreting students volunteer to make pub quizzes accessible in BSL for the Edinburgh deaf community.

#BSL #britishsignlanguage #deaf #deaf culture #deaf community #heriotwattuniversity #signlanguage #interpreter #pubquiz

It's Sign Language Week! The perfect time for British Deaf Association (with their Chair Dr Robert Adam (he/him) sign name 'R-A' 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 from SIGNS@HWU (aka Heriot-Watt BSL team)) to kick off their campaign to ensure that all families of deaf children have free access to BSL.

Happy sign language week 2024 from the Heriot-Watt University SIGNS@HWU (aka Heriot-Watt BSL team) teaching & interpreting team!🙌🏻 Prof Jemina Napier, PhD, FAHA, FAcSS, FASLI Gary Austin Quinn Annelies Kusters Dr Robert Adam (he/him) sign name 'R-A' 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈 Mette Sommer Lindsay Dr Robert A Skinner Tessa Slaughter Sujit Sahasrabudhe Marion Fletcher Zoe Lane & Andy Carmichael