Browsing Archives of Author »Liam O'Dell«

Brooklyn Nine-Nine, South Park and It’s Always Sunny… revealed as shows with hardest subtitles in TV study (BSL)

March 3, 2023

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Popular police comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, controversial animated series South Park and sitcom It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia have been listed […]

Interview: Deaf entrepreneur Marion Marincat on accessible acoustic gigs taking place this World Hearing Day (BSL)

March 2, 2023

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With World Hearing Day taking place again on Friday, deaf entrepreneur Marion Marincat speaks to Liam O’Dell about his hearing wellness […]

Potential RAD and deafPLUS merger called off as it would not be in charities’ ‘best interests’ (BSL)

March 2, 2023

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A potential merger between the Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) and deafPLUS will not go ahead, after representatives from […]

Qualification to train more teachers of sensory impairments from 2025 to be created by apprenticeships body (BSL)

March 2, 2023

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A new apprenticeship is being developed to boost the number of teachers of sensory impairments – including teachers of the […]

British Sign Language course provider iBSL surrenders Ofqual recognition with view to ‘cease trading’ (BSL)

February 28, 2023

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The Institute of British Sign Language (iBSL) has surrendered its recognition from Ofqual as a recognised awarding body for courses […]

Almost two thirds of young people watch TV shows and movies with subtitles, YouGov survey finds

February 24, 2023

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More than 60% of 18 to 24-year-olds now use subtitles when watching TV programmes and movies, a new survey from […]

Free sign language lesson to be made available to primary schools next month (with BSL video)

February 7, 2023

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Primary schools across the UK have been invited to take part in a free online British Sign Language (BSL) lesson […]

Interview: Rolf Choutan and Damaris Cooke on being BT Sport’s new BSL presenters (BSL)

February 4, 2023

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Deaf Futsal player Rolf Choutan and former England Women’s Football captain Damaris Cooke have been selected as BT Sport’s new […]

Mobile captioning app rolls out in West End theatres while charity warns against ‘one size fits all’ (BSL)

February 1, 2023

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Mobile captioning technology has now been made available for all performances of the West End shows Back to the Future […]

‘As You Like It’ cast praised for handling heckler who reportedly claimed BSL performance was ‘discriminating against hearing people’ (BSL)

January 30, 2023

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Staff and performers at London’s @sohoplace theatre have been commended online for their response to a heckler who allegedly claimed […]