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Deaf News: Professor placed on leave after alleged ‘audist’ comments towards student

February 20, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

An American college professor has been put on administrative leave after video surfaced of them allegedly criticising a hard of […]

Deaf News: More than 300,000 students face unfair exam grading, deaf organisations warn

February 19, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

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Over 300,000 students in England are at risk of being handed unfair grades this summer, according to four disability organisations. […]

Deaf News: Work resumes on British Sign Language GCSE

September 9, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Progress on developing a GCSE qualification in British Sign Language has now recommenced, the UK Government has confirmed. The announcement […]

Ed Stevens: How using Ai-Media’s remote captioning service transformed my studies

October 13, 2014 by Editor

For more information about our supporter Ai-Media’s remote captioning services, click here: https://uk.ai-live.com/ I have always been interested in the natural […]

Anonymous: How my son benefited from accessing his education with skilled sign language support

June 11, 2014 by Editor

Deaf children in education have a variety of experiences, and not all of them good. With national cuts to services, […]

The Secret Deafie: The teacher who embarrassed me in front of the class

June 6, 2014 by Editor

The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. This dates back to years ago when […]

Who cares about deaf students in higher education? A notetaker’s (anonymous) perspective

April 29, 2014 by Editor

Below is an anonymous article by a notetaker who works with deaf students in higher education. Sometimes, stuck between a […]

Ian Noon: Five random reflections on deaf life at mainstream primary school

March 12, 2014 by Editor

I spent most of last week musing on life at primary school. I do love a good amble down memory […]

Ni Gallant: To speak or sign at university – my dilemma

February 27, 2014 by Editor

So recently I’ve been debating with myself over what I like to term the ‘to speak or not to speak’ […]

Becky Fenton-Ree: I’m an expert in BSL, but how did I fare when I went to American Sign Language class?

December 11, 2013 by Editor

For the first time in twenty five years, I am not an active member of a Deaf Community and I’m […]