Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre: ESRC Legacy Centre
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Experimental Psychology
Abstract
There are three primary objectives of the activities proposed in the DCAL Legacy Centre application: Impact Generation; Communication; Capacity Building.
(1) Impact Generation. We aim to maximise the impact of the existing DCAL online resources listed below, all of which have been established with previous ESRC funding, by promoting and marketing these resources to the appropriate end-users. The funding will also be used, where necessary, to cover online hosting and service fees associated with each resource.
a. DCAL Online Assessment Portal (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-portal). Over the last 12 years, DCAL researchers have created and standardised 9 assessments that are designed specifically for use with deaf adults or children, filling a much needed gap in the assessment tools available to practitioners (e.g. teachers, teachers of the deaf, educational psychologists, clinical psychologists and speech and language therapists) and researchers in the field. These tests are now hosted on an online portal. We aim to promote these assessments to practitioners and researchers working with deaf children or adults, who are the end-user groups who benefit from this resource.
b. BSL Corpus (https://bslcorpusproject.org/). The BSL Corpus is one of a small handful of online corpora of sign languages worldwide. This online open resource hosts ~125 hours of BSL video data and associated transcriptions from a cross section of the BSL community from 8 different locations across the UK. The BSL Corpus allows documentation of how BSL is actually used, rather than how people have traditionally assumed it is widely used. BSL SignBank is an online BSL dictionary (http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/dictionary/) which includes signs from the BSL Corpus. The aim is to increase the awareness of these online resources within end user communities: BSL teachers; those running BSL interpreter courses; BSL independent learners; and researchers conducting research in the field of BSL or developing assessments.
c. DCAL Research Data Archive (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/digital-collections/collections/dcal) is an online repository of DCAL's research data and associated supporting materials (documentation of procedures, stimuli, etc). We aim to increase awareness of these data and methods that are available for other researchers to use, thus increasing the impact of our research worldwide.
(2) Communication: We aim to build-on and extend our excellent history of communication of our research with different groups. We will organise innovative public events that will include a celebration of the 40th anniversary since the first BSL research symposium (Nov 2019) and 2 x DCAL-x events (modelled on TED-x). We will also invest in more online routes to communication - e.g. short lay-summaries of our research publications and other key findings, accessible in English and BSL.
(3) Capacity Building: We will continue our mission of capacity building of world-class researchers in the area of deafness, cognition and language - i.e. training new researchers in this field. We aim to consolidate and develop this further, via bursaries and team development. (a) We aim to establish travel bursaries so that deaf researchers can attend training courses that we offer. The aim will be to attract deaf individuals who can go on to study for a degree at UCL in our field. (b) We will also build capacity of our current team members by arranging a series of team development activities in order to ensure that DCAL develops through a time of change and continues to thrive.
(1) Impact Generation. We aim to maximise the impact of the existing DCAL online resources listed below, all of which have been established with previous ESRC funding, by promoting and marketing these resources to the appropriate end-users. The funding will also be used, where necessary, to cover online hosting and service fees associated with each resource.
a. DCAL Online Assessment Portal (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-portal). Over the last 12 years, DCAL researchers have created and standardised 9 assessments that are designed specifically for use with deaf adults or children, filling a much needed gap in the assessment tools available to practitioners (e.g. teachers, teachers of the deaf, educational psychologists, clinical psychologists and speech and language therapists) and researchers in the field. These tests are now hosted on an online portal. We aim to promote these assessments to practitioners and researchers working with deaf children or adults, who are the end-user groups who benefit from this resource.
b. BSL Corpus (https://bslcorpusproject.org/). The BSL Corpus is one of a small handful of online corpora of sign languages worldwide. This online open resource hosts ~125 hours of BSL video data and associated transcriptions from a cross section of the BSL community from 8 different locations across the UK. The BSL Corpus allows documentation of how BSL is actually used, rather than how people have traditionally assumed it is widely used. BSL SignBank is an online BSL dictionary (http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/dictionary/) which includes signs from the BSL Corpus. The aim is to increase the awareness of these online resources within end user communities: BSL teachers; those running BSL interpreter courses; BSL independent learners; and researchers conducting research in the field of BSL or developing assessments.
c. DCAL Research Data Archive (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/digital-collections/collections/dcal) is an online repository of DCAL's research data and associated supporting materials (documentation of procedures, stimuli, etc). We aim to increase awareness of these data and methods that are available for other researchers to use, thus increasing the impact of our research worldwide.
(2) Communication: We aim to build-on and extend our excellent history of communication of our research with different groups. We will organise innovative public events that will include a celebration of the 40th anniversary since the first BSL research symposium (Nov 2019) and 2 x DCAL-x events (modelled on TED-x). We will also invest in more online routes to communication - e.g. short lay-summaries of our research publications and other key findings, accessible in English and BSL.
(3) Capacity Building: We will continue our mission of capacity building of world-class researchers in the area of deafness, cognition and language - i.e. training new researchers in this field. We aim to consolidate and develop this further, via bursaries and team development. (a) We aim to establish travel bursaries so that deaf researchers can attend training courses that we offer. The aim will be to attract deaf individuals who can go on to study for a degree at UCL in our field. (b) We will also build capacity of our current team members by arranging a series of team development activities in order to ensure that DCAL develops through a time of change and continues to thrive.
Planned Impact
Who will benefit from the proposed activities?
-Practitioners and other professionals who work with deaf adults and children - teachers of the deaf, educational and clinical psychologists, and speech and language therapists.
-BSL professionals - BSL teachers, their students, BSL/English interpreters, and interpreter trainers.
-Other national and international researchers in the field
-Policy-makers
-Deaf people
How will they benefit from these activities?
-Practitioners: This group will benefit from the planned activities in numerous ways - most importantly via increased access to our online DCAL Assessment Portal. This portal hosts 9 assessments that have been designed by DCAL researchers, specifically for use with deaf children and adults. This is a major resource that will greatly benefit the practices of educational and health professionals working with deaf people.
-BSL Professionals: BSL teachers and their students, BSL/English interpreters, and interpreter trainers. These groups will benefit from improved BSL online resources including the BSL Corpus and BSL SignBank. These groups have already made extensive use of these resources to inform and enhance their teaching and learning.
-Other Researchers: Other national and international researchers in the field will benefit from DCAL's online resources. Our BSL resources (BSL Corpus and SignBank) are extremely valuable to researchers e.g. when establishing new stimulus sets. The DCAL Assessment Portal provides access to unique standardised assessments that are critical to full and accurate characterisation of a participant group. Although these specific resources are unique to the languages of the UK (BSL and English), DCAL staff have already advised researchers in numerous countries on adaptation of these resources and this benefit will extend to other countries.
-Policy makers: Improved teaching and assessments resources and an increased understanding of the processes underlying cognition and language in deaf people will provide an evidence-base for policy-makers in supporting appropriate education, training and services for deaf children and adults. This will help close the gap in education, employment, and health between deaf people and their hearing peers.
-Deaf people in society: A major social benefit will be in relation to equity and the status of deaf people in British society. All of the developments outlined above will lead to improved quality of educational and healthcare services and access for deaf people and provide more opportunities for self- development and employment. Deaf people who can become more highly qualified and trained will be in a better position to contribute to society in different ways, and will be able to achieve greater access, and equity in the wider community.
What will be done to ensure that they have the opportunity to benefit from this activity?
All of the activities outlined in this proposal are designed to ensure that the groups outlined above have the opportunity to benefit from our activities. Specifically:
-Practitioners, BSL Professionals and other researchers have all already benefited from the online DCAL resources. We expect these impacts to extend further and deepen with maintenance and improvements to these resources.
-Policy-makers will benefit from being made more aware of the potential impact of our research. This will be achieved via our improved communications and also from the involvement of a professional PR company, something we have not had the resources for since the end of the DCAL Centre grant (December 2016).
-Deaf people in society will benefit, ultimately from the resulting impact on the groups outlined above. In addition, our capacity building plans for deaf researchers to attend our summer schools, and for team development especially aimed at the challenges of deaf and hearing researchers working together will also benefit a targeted group of deaf researchers.
-Practitioners and other professionals who work with deaf adults and children - teachers of the deaf, educational and clinical psychologists, and speech and language therapists.
-BSL professionals - BSL teachers, their students, BSL/English interpreters, and interpreter trainers.
-Other national and international researchers in the field
-Policy-makers
-Deaf people
How will they benefit from these activities?
-Practitioners: This group will benefit from the planned activities in numerous ways - most importantly via increased access to our online DCAL Assessment Portal. This portal hosts 9 assessments that have been designed by DCAL researchers, specifically for use with deaf children and adults. This is a major resource that will greatly benefit the practices of educational and health professionals working with deaf people.
-BSL Professionals: BSL teachers and their students, BSL/English interpreters, and interpreter trainers. These groups will benefit from improved BSL online resources including the BSL Corpus and BSL SignBank. These groups have already made extensive use of these resources to inform and enhance their teaching and learning.
-Other Researchers: Other national and international researchers in the field will benefit from DCAL's online resources. Our BSL resources (BSL Corpus and SignBank) are extremely valuable to researchers e.g. when establishing new stimulus sets. The DCAL Assessment Portal provides access to unique standardised assessments that are critical to full and accurate characterisation of a participant group. Although these specific resources are unique to the languages of the UK (BSL and English), DCAL staff have already advised researchers in numerous countries on adaptation of these resources and this benefit will extend to other countries.
-Policy makers: Improved teaching and assessments resources and an increased understanding of the processes underlying cognition and language in deaf people will provide an evidence-base for policy-makers in supporting appropriate education, training and services for deaf children and adults. This will help close the gap in education, employment, and health between deaf people and their hearing peers.
-Deaf people in society: A major social benefit will be in relation to equity and the status of deaf people in British society. All of the developments outlined above will lead to improved quality of educational and healthcare services and access for deaf people and provide more opportunities for self- development and employment. Deaf people who can become more highly qualified and trained will be in a better position to contribute to society in different ways, and will be able to achieve greater access, and equity in the wider community.
What will be done to ensure that they have the opportunity to benefit from this activity?
All of the activities outlined in this proposal are designed to ensure that the groups outlined above have the opportunity to benefit from our activities. Specifically:
-Practitioners, BSL Professionals and other researchers have all already benefited from the online DCAL resources. We expect these impacts to extend further and deepen with maintenance and improvements to these resources.
-Policy-makers will benefit from being made more aware of the potential impact of our research. This will be achieved via our improved communications and also from the involvement of a professional PR company, something we have not had the resources for since the end of the DCAL Centre grant (December 2016).
-Deaf people in society will benefit, ultimately from the resulting impact on the groups outlined above. In addition, our capacity building plans for deaf researchers to attend our summer schools, and for team development especially aimed at the challenges of deaf and hearing researchers working together will also benefit a targeted group of deaf researchers.
Organisations
- University College London (Lead Research Organisation)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Gamelab UK (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- BANGOR UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- NDCS National Deaf Children's Society (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH (Collaboration)
Publications
Barth D
(2022)
Language vs. individuals in cross-linguistic corpus typology
Bishop DVM
(2016)
Cerebral lateralisation of first and second languages in bilinguals assessed using functional transcranial Doppler ultrasound.
in Wellcome open research
Buchanan-Worster E
(2020)
Speechreading Ability Is Related to Phonological Awareness and Single-Word Reading in Both Deaf and Hearing Children.
in Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR
Buchanan-Worster E
(2021)
Speechreading in hearing children can be improved by training.
in Developmental science
Bustos-Rubilar, M
(2022)
Chilean Spanish transcultural adaptation of CAP-II and SIR scales in an online format for parents of children with hearing aids or cochlear implants
in Revista Chilena de Fonoaudiologia
Cardin V
(2020)
The effect of dopamine on the comprehension of spectrally-shifted noise-vocoded speech: a pilot study.
in International journal of audiology
COLA Consortium
(2022)
Inconsistent language lateralisation - Testing the dissociable language laterality hypothesis using behaviour and lateralised cerebral blood flow.
in Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior
| Title | Lightwave |
| Description | Light-Wave is a collaboration between Professor Bencie Woll (DCAL), Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq (Artist) and the east London deaf community. East London's deaf Community is a long-established, constituent part of East London life. However, the community has invariably been underrepresented or wholly unrepresented in cultural discourses. Our project aspires to facilitate a creative collaboration between us and local deaf people which affords recognition to the east London Deaf community's history, culture and language, thereby creating an artistic and academic legacy and tangible symbol of the community's richness and resilience. |
| Type Of Art | Film/Video/Animation |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Impact | The film's examination of regional and social variation in British Sign Language has led to increased interest among the deaf community and researchers in East London signing |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmkoMWIK32o |
| Description | Outputs from this grant (start: Nov 2019) have been greatly impacted by COVID19 generally and also by the fact that the one post funded by this grant (Communication Officer) was on furlough from May 2020 until end of July 2020. Nevertheless, as planned, the Centre Legacy grant to date has enabled us to further maximise impact potential in four key areas: public relations activities in relation to media, policy-makers, practitioners and community. All of these groups have received an annual DCAL Newsletter (accessible in English and in BSL) at Christmas. We have conducted numerous large scale public engagement activities,e g.: Nov. 2019 - 40 Years of Research on BSL - workshop was attended by over 150 people from the community and practitioners. Nov. 2021 - A series of online events which covered British Sign Language, Deaf Education and the Deaf Brain were held to celebrate DCAL's 15yr anniversary. This was attended by 305 people and received excellent feedback from participants. November 2022 - Festschrift symposium in honour of Professor Bencie Woll on the occasion of her retirement - Professor at UCL, Fellow of the British Academy, Director of DCAL, sign language linguist. Attend by approx 150 people, in person and online, from the academic and non-academic communities. January 2023 - DCAL hosted a memorial event to celebrate the work of Frances Elton who passed away in February 2022. Over 150 members of the British Deaf Community attended the event and saw a series of presentations from people who worked with Frances, including DCAL staff. At this event, the film, 'Lightwaves', was shown - a film made by Rubbena Aurengzeb-Tariq, in collaboration with Bencie Woll. We have also ensured the impact of our work in the 'Discover UCL Summer School for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Students'. This is a residential programme for Year 11 and 12 students. The aim of the summer schools is capacity building, by encouraging Deaf and Hard of Hearing students to attend Higher Education. The Summer School has measurable impact: 29% of attendees (2014-18) went on to HE. We are currently building capacity of our current team members by arranging a series of team development activities in order to ensure that DCAL develops through a time of change and continues to thrive. DCAL has also collaborated with a London primary school for deaf children, where two of our grant-holders are school governors. We collaborated with school staff to produce e-books about coronavirus so that deaf children can access material in BSL. DCAL staff are also providing consultancy and expertise to the Department for Education, designing the planned GCSE in British Sign Language for England. We have also advised the Welsh Government on their Curriculum for Wales BSL guidance group in their creation of new curricula for deaf and hearing learners of BSL. DCAL's developmental research has been published and presented in non-academic forums which has enabled us to communicate with parents and teachers about our research findings in an accessible format (e.g., the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD) magazine and Limping Chicken, a sector specific blog). We have also published a number of short lay-summaries of our research publications and other key findings so that more people can access our research, in English and BSL, these have been disseminated widely on social media platforms. DCAL has also raised awareness of deaf and disabled people's lived experiences and shared our resource for best practice of remote working through our Remote Working Guidelines which aim to address to the mental fatigue that arises from our new virtual way of working and interacting. |
| Exploitation Route | Resources created at DCAL, such as the Remote Working Guidelines, E-books for Coronavirus continued to be shared and adopted and adapted by other users. The UCL Discover Summer School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students has been recognised by The Russell group publication on Access as a case study of good practice, and the University of Edinburgh is seeking to copy our model through a collaborative link. We aim to develop the program further within its extended 4 day format. We will continue our mission of capacity building of world-class researchers in the area of deafness, cognition and language. We aim to consolidate and develop this further, via bursaries and team development. We aim to establish travel bursaries so that deaf researchers can attend training courses that we offer. The aim will be to attract deaf individuals who can go on to study for a degree at UCL in our field. Other outcomes that can continue be developed for external use are the Online Assessment Portal, SignBank, DCAL's Research data archive and the BSL Corpus. We aim to promote these assessments to practitioners and researchers working with deaf children or adults, who are the end-user groups who ultimately benefit the greatest from this resource. We will build-on and extend our communication of our research with different groups. In November 2021 we organised an innovative online public event to celebrate DCAL's 15 year anniversary in collaboration with the community and practitioners. This included a broad programme of activities and talks across research, education and policy to encourage people to use our research in their work and to receive their inputs about future directions. We have also published a number of short lay-summaries of our research publications and other key findings so that more people can access our research, in English and BSL. DCAL staff are also contributing to the development of the BSL GCSE. They are also contributing to ongoing community discussions and debates about the newly approved BSL Act (June 2022). |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Other |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/ |
| Description | The ESRC Legacy Centre Grant has used in the following areas to enable us to further maximise the impact potential of our work: LANGUAGE RESOURCES BSL - SignBank is an invaluable reference for teaching/learning of BSL which is clear from its presence on social media. This is particularly true for Facebook and Twitter (#bslsignbank) where deaf BSL signers and BSL learners regularly use, comment on and refer to BSL SignBank as a trusted resource. There are countless mentions and discussions of BSL SignBank on the Facebook groups "BSL - British Sign Language" and "BSL and Linguistics Teachers, Assessors & Researchers", the members of both of which are predominantly BSL teachers, learners and interpreters. We plan to continue to promote SignBank future with the support of this Legacy Centre grant. DCAL ASSESSMENT PORTAL - The DCAL Assessment Portal (https://dcalportal.org) is a unique on-line resource, providing on-line access to assessments of cognition and language developed at DCAL. The Portal currently comprises 7 language assessments (BSL and English) and two batteries for testing for acquired cognitive and language impairment in users of BSL (e.g. for aphasia following stroke and for dementia). The website allows professionals concerned with developmental and clinical assessment of deaf children and adults to use our tests and norms. Since its inception in 2014 it has had over 500 users, including researchers and professional practitioners such as teachers, educational psychologists, clinical psychologists and speech & language therapists; and we have also worked to meet international demand for adaptations of these tools for assessment of cognition and language to users of other sign languages. Current collaborations include government agencies, clinical service providers and universities in Australia, Austria, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong and New Zealand. The current portal has recently been re-structured to improve functionality. We have run several promotion events. In conjunction with the Scottish Sensory Service we hosted an online webinar that was attended by 70 teachers of the deaf (TODs) and related practitioners. We also gave a workshop on the portal at the annual conference for the British Association for Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD). We have established partnerships with two TOD training programmes at the University of Birmingham and the University of Edinburgh through which their trainee TODs can use several of the BSL tests on the Portal as part of their teaching assignments. CONSULTANCY - DCAL staff have provided consultancy and expertise to the Department for Education, designing the planned GCSE in British Sign Language for England (planned start date 2025). DCAL staff are also advising the Welsh Government - Curriculum for Wales, BSL guidance group and Qualifications Wales - on the creation of new curricula for deaf and hearing learners of BSL. We are also providing consultancy to DEWA (Deaf Ethnic Women's Association) on their new research project on experiences of early intervention services to deaf children and their families from ethnic minority backgrounds, funded by the National Deaf Children's Society. DCAL staff are also involved in providing expert advice to GameLab, on a new animation TV series for deaf children. CLINICAL - As a direct result of DCAL research (2006-2016), the NHS established the first neuropsychology clinic for Deaf patients who use British Sign Language within the Cognitive Disorders clinic at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery (NHNN). By developing services for this under-researched group, NHS provision has become accessible for the first time. The status of this clinic with NHS funding has been confirmed. Research in this area has demonstrated the extent of the previously unmet demand for clinical services for this excluded population and the developing influence of this work on UK government policy. Additionally, we have been actively collaborating with researchers and clinicians in other countries to develop adaptations in their own sign languages of the BSL Cognitive Screen (these include German Sign Language, Greek Sign Language and Austrian Sign Language). EDUCATION - DCAL's research on early interaction, language and cognition - and on deafness and the brain - has provided an evidence base for the design of early intervention programmes and policies regarding early use of signed and spoken language. We have also established a collaborative relationship with a pair of schools (a school for deaf children and a school for hearing children co-located on the same site) where we have provided staff training. We currently have 3 research studies focussing on literacy development in deaf children. These will, in time, impact literacy education of deaf children in the UK. ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION - Deaf people are hugely under-represented within Higher Education across the UK. DCAL has aimed to address this by leading on Widening Participation initiatives at UCL related to deafness. The most significant of these, and unique to UCL, is the Discover UCL Summer School for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. This is a residential programme for Year 11 and 12 students, now in its 9th year. The Russell group publication on Access has presented this programme as a case study of good practice, and the University of Edinburgh is seeking to copy our model through a collaborative link. The Summer School has measurable impact: 29% of attendees (2014-18) went on to HE. This programme has also been expanded in 2021 to include a ½ day event for parents to equip those without experience of HE with practical information to help them support their deaf teens prepare for university life. ON-LINE COURSES - In 2015, DCAL obtained UCL Seed Funding (£10K) for development of an on-line self-directed deaf awareness course, targeted at professionals working with or providing services to deaf people. Further funding (£12K) has enabled the creation of a suite of on-line deaf awareness courses targeted at healthcare professionals. These courses have now been accredited by the Royal College of Nursing, British Academy of Audiology, Royal College of Physicians, and Royal College of General Practitioners, which will ensure uptake and impact on access and attitudes towards deaf people using health care and social care services. Currently, around 160 professionals have registered for the courses to date. We also launched a free on-line deaf awareness toolkit for teachers in 2021. This course is free to users and currently has 1152 registered on the site. In January 2023 we also ran an online CPD session for Speech and Language Therapists in Ireland (N=20). Excellent feedback was received. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2006 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections |
| Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic,Policy & public services |
| Description | Advisor to Department for Education in development of a GCSE curriculum and qualification in British Sign Language |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Consultancy for Welsh Government in development of Wales National Curriculum for BSL |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | (EASIER) - Intelligent Automatic Sign Language Translation |
| Amount | € 3,991,591 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 101016982 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2021 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | Mechanisms of reading development in deaf children |
| Amount | £1,580,335 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 220291/Z/20/Z |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2020 |
| End | 09/2025 |
| Description | Understanding the mechanisms of multimodal communication in deaf children with cochlear implants - awarded to Carly Anderson |
| Amount | £300,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Wellcome Trust |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2021 |
| End | 06/2026 |
| Title | Australian Sign & Gesture Reference Library |
| Description | Hodge, G., Green, J. & B. F. Kelly. (2021). The Australian sign & gesture reference library. DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/CXNBV A collection of references collated by Australian researchers about sign language and gesture |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Improved open access to resources about sign language and gesture |
| URL | https://osf.io/cxnbv/ |
| Title | BSL SignBank |
| Description | BSL SignBank: A lexical database and dictionary of British Sign Language (First Edition) |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2014 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Use of the resource by students, teachers, interpreters, researchers. |
| URL | http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk |
| Title | British Sign Language corpus project : a corpus of digital video data of British Sign Language 2008-2009 |
| Description | The primary output (dataset) produced by the BSL Corpus Project |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2011 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Use of the resource by students, teachers, interpreters, researchers. |
| URL | http://www.bslcorpusproject.org |
| Title | DCAL Research Data Archive |
| Description | The DCAL Research Data Archive holds the data outputs of the UCL Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre. The vast majority of research studies on language and cognition are based on languages which are spoken and heard. DCAL's research provides a unique perspective on language and thought by placing sign languages and Deaf people in the centre of our understanding of language and communication. DCAL's research since 2006 has contributed substantially to the recognition that deafness is an important model for exploring questions in linguistics, cognitive sciences and neuroscience. All metadata for the projects in this archive is openly available. Some data is restricted to named researchers. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This archive provides access to DCAL's research data, metadata, stimuli, etc for use and reuse by other researchers. It is expected to be widely used by researchers not only in the fields of deafness and sign language research but also in psychology, development, neuroscience, and linguistics more generally. |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/digital-collections/collections/dcal |
| Description | Consortium for Research in Deaf Education (CRIDE) |
| Organisation | NDCS National Deaf Children's Society |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Fiona Kyle is the vice chair for the Consortium for Research in Deaf Education (CRIDE) |
| Collaborator Contribution | CRIDE is a national voluntary consortium with representatives from national organisations, charities, and professional practitioner bodies such as the National Deaf Children's Society, British Association for Teachers of the Deaf, and Heads of Sensory Services. CRIDE conducts and analyses an annual national survey of deaf provision across the UK surveying every Local Authority (99% response rate). The Department for Education use the CRIDE survey results as well as lobbyists and international researchers. |
| Impact | Annual CRIDE Surveys |
| Start Year | 2011 |
| Description | Consortium on Language Assymetry |
| Organisation | Bangor University |
| Department | School of Healthcare Sciences |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Consortium on Language Asymmetry (COLA) is a group of research teams united by an interest in understanding language lateralisation in the brain. It was set up in 2018 with the aims of sharing knowledge, data and materials, and conducting collaborative experiments. The universities involved are: University of Oxford, University College London, University of Lincoln, University of Essex, University of Western Australia, Lancaster University, University of Athens. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The team from UCL, including myself, have contributed to this consortium in terms of designing research questions, experimental studies, data collection, data analysis. |
| Impact | A Registered Report outlining out planned study has been accepted by Cortex (no DOI as yet). |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Consortium on Language Assymetry |
| Organisation | Lancaster University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Consortium on Language Asymmetry (COLA) is a group of research teams united by an interest in understanding language lateralisation in the brain. It was set up in 2018 with the aims of sharing knowledge, data and materials, and conducting collaborative experiments. The universities involved are: University of Oxford, University College London, University of Lincoln, University of Essex, University of Western Australia, Lancaster University, University of Athens. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The team from UCL, including myself, have contributed to this consortium in terms of designing research questions, experimental studies, data collection, data analysis. |
| Impact | A Registered Report outlining out planned study has been accepted by Cortex (no DOI as yet). |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Consortium on Language Assymetry |
| Organisation | University of Lincoln |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Consortium on Language Asymmetry (COLA) is a group of research teams united by an interest in understanding language lateralisation in the brain. It was set up in 2018 with the aims of sharing knowledge, data and materials, and conducting collaborative experiments. The universities involved are: University of Oxford, University College London, University of Lincoln, University of Essex, University of Western Australia, Lancaster University, University of Athens. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The team from UCL, including myself, have contributed to this consortium in terms of designing research questions, experimental studies, data collection, data analysis. |
| Impact | A Registered Report outlining out planned study has been accepted by Cortex (no DOI as yet). |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Consortium on Language Assymetry |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Department | Department of Experimental Psychology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The Consortium on Language Asymmetry (COLA) is a group of research teams united by an interest in understanding language lateralisation in the brain. It was set up in 2018 with the aims of sharing knowledge, data and materials, and conducting collaborative experiments. The universities involved are: University of Oxford, University College London, University of Lincoln, University of Essex, University of Western Australia, Lancaster University, University of Athens. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The team from UCL, including myself, have contributed to this consortium in terms of designing research questions, experimental studies, data collection, data analysis. |
| Impact | A Registered Report outlining out planned study has been accepted by Cortex (no DOI as yet). |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Consultant as expert on linguistic aspects of sign languages, for Gamelab UK on sign language animation |
| Organisation | Gamelab UK |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | K Cormier Sought as expert to consult for Gamelab UK on a new animations for deaf and hearing children including characters using British Sign Language and American Sign Language. Provided advice on linguistic wellformedness and problems of animated characters' signing and how this integrated with sound and speech. |
| Collaborator Contribution | K Cormier Sought as expert to consult for Gamelab UK on a new animations for deaf and hearing children including characters using British Sign Language and American Sign Language. Provided advice on linguistic wellformedness and problems of animated characters' signing and how this integrated with sound and speech. |
| Impact | Animated cartoons will be available on various media. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Funded expert collaborator on ERC Starter Grant to Dr. Jennifer Culbertson, "Syntax Shaped by Cognition" |
| Organisation | University of Edinburgh |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Kearsy Cormier as funded expert collaborator on ERC Starter Grant to Dr. Jennifer Culbertson, "Syntax Shaped by Cognition", 2018-2023 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kearsy Cormier as funded expert collaborator on ERC Starter Grant to Dr. Jennifer Culbertson, "Syntax Shaped by Cognition", 2018-2023 |
| Impact | In progress |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Title | DCAL Assessment Portal |
| Description | Portal providing access to all DCAL's assessment tools for use with deaf adults and children |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2016 |
| Impact | Much interest from researchers and practitioners in other countries in adapting and translating the assessments;. Very positive response from teachers and speech/language therapists. Many very positive reviews. |
| URL | https://dcalportal.org |
| Description | 40th anniversary celebration of the first BSL Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | DCAL with the British Deaf Association and Heriot-Watt University is organised a one-day event public engagement event that has been supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as a part of the Festival of Social Sciences. 150 people attended which consisted of talks and a panel which took questions from the audience which sparked questions and discussion. DCAL also recruited additional participants for our research database. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/news/2019/aug/hold-date |
| Description | Access To Higher Education |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Deaf people are hugely under-represented within Higher Education across the UK. DCAL has aimed to address this by leading on Widening Participation initiatives at UCL related to deafness. The most significant of these, and unique to UCL, is the Discover UCL Summer School for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. This is a residential programme for Year 11 and 12 students, now in its 9th year. The Russell group publication on Access has presented this programme as a case study of good practice, and the University of Edinburgh is seeking to copy our model through a collaborative link. The Summer School has measurable impact: 29% of attendees (2014-18) went on to HE. This programme has also been expanded in 2021 to include a ½ day event for parents to equip those without experience of HE with practical information to help them support their deaf teens prepare for university life. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | BATOD: Kate Rowley & Dani Sive, Preventing Language Deprivation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An article written by Kate Rowley and Dani Sive (Headteacher of Frank Barnes) on preventing Language Deprivation in BATOD. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.batod.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Preventing-Language-Deprivation.pdf |
| Description | BATOD: The Preschool Language and Literacy Study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An article on the progress of the The Preschool Language and Literacy Study and recruitment of further participants for the study. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | BATOD: UCL's Summer School 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Natasha Wilcock and Manjula Patrick summarise this year's event for Years 11 and 12 students, unique to UCL, that aims to redress the balance by equipping deaf students for university life. Although usually a residential event, this year the programme was rationalised to fit in with resources and limitations of technology; balancing the amount of online material (hosted on UCL's existing virtual learning infrastructure) that could be self-directed, with the logistics of running numerous live person-to-person interactive elements using MS Teams. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.batod.org.uk/information/batod-association-magazine-2021/ |
| Description | Chair for BSL Expert Panel |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I was invited by Education Wales to be the chair of an expert group. This group was responsible for developing a BSL Glossary for Education Wales. This glossary will be made available to all those working in education in Wales. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/publications/2022-08/atisn16508doc1.pdf |
| Description | Clive Mason and Bencie Woll - Language Impairments in the development of sign |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Clive Mason interviews Bencie Woll about a research project she worked on with Gary Morgan. The research project's paper is called 'Language impairments in the development of sign: Do they reside in a specific modality or are they modality-independent deficits?' which sparked discussion and questions afterwards on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwJv-fpK17U&t=16s |
| Description | Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The project was presented to a group of practitioners attending the British Association of Teachers of Deaf Children (BATOD). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.batod.org.uk/event/batod-national-conference-2022/ |
| Description | Coronavirus E-Books |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | DCAL in collaboration with Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children produced four e-books for deaf children about coronavirus, in British Sign Language. This was an initiative started by the RISE books project in the US, led by Donna Jo Napoli and Gene Mirus. Their team did these books (and others) for American Sign Language, and then invited DCAL and others from many countries to sign the books in other sign languages - https://riseebooks.wixsite.com/access/copy-of-coronavirus-stories. These books are incredibly valuable for deaf children whose first or preferred language is British Sign Language (BSL) - providing them with access to crucial information about what coronavirus is, in a way that's directly accessible to them |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://riseebooks.wixsite.com/access/copy-of-coronavirus-stories |
| Description | DCAL 2019 Christmas Newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | DCAL's 2019 Christmas Newsletter was sent to a mail list over over 1000 members of the public, practitioners and policy influencers to inform people of our research updates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-newsletters/2019-dcal-christmas-newletter |
| Description | DCAL 2020 Christmas Newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | DCAL's 2020 Christmas Newsletter was sent to a mail list over over 1000 members of the public, practitioners and policy influencers to inform people of our research updates. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-newsletters/2020-dcal-christmas-newsletter |
| Description | Deaf Brain - CPD event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | MacSweeney and Cardin delivered 2hr CPD information session on the 'Deaf Brain' for 21 Speech and Language Therapists across Ireland (North and South). Excellent feedback received. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/deafness-cognition-and-language-dcal/study-dcal/short-courses-an... |
| Description | Deaf Brain Public Engagement Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Organisation and delivery of the 'Deaf Brain' science dissemination event. This event presented and discussed knowledge gained about deafness, language and cognition from research on neuroscience. A panel of national and international deaf and hearing experts presented their work to an international audience of attendants. The presenters were: Dr. Lauren Berger (Gaulladet, DC), Dr. Joanna Atkinson ( NHS), Prof. Mairead MacSweeney (DCAL, UCL), Prof. Bencie Woll (DCAL, UCL), and Dr. Velia Cardin (DCAL, UCL). The event was aimed primarily at deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, but it was also attended by academics, teachers, artists, interpreters and other members of the general public. Presentations were mainly delivered in British Sign Language, American Sign Language and English, and interpreted simultaneosly. This event was also part of a series of events celebrating 15 years of the Deafness, Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Development of resources |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I developed a series of video clips explaining language and literacy development in deaf children. This is now available to practitioners working with deaf children in Wales. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Dr Velia Cardin - Dissociating Cognitive and Sensory Neural Plasticity in the Brain |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr Velia Cardin produced a lay summary of a paper 'Dissociating Cognitive and Sensory Neural Plasticity in the Brain' which sparked discussion and questions afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8guOwSsuO8Y&t=18s |
| Description | Expert working group |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was part of an expert working group where we discussed BSL signs in relation to LGBTQIA+ terms. The group was made up of about 8 people and I provided the group with linguistic advice. The agreed signs were then filmed and is now available on the Deaf Rainbow website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://deafrainbowuk.org.uk/bsl-glossary/ |
| Description | Festschrift for Professor Bencie Woll |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Study participants or study members |
| Results and Impact | Festschrift symposium in honour of Professor Bencie Woll on the occasion of her retirement - Professor at UCL, Fellow of the British Academy, Director of DCAL, sign language linguist. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO3wM1iuqTU |
| Description | Fiona Kyle: Introduction to DCAL Portal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | DCAL researchers have developed nine research-informed assessments suitable for use with the deaf population. The DCAL Portal provides access to these online assessments of sign language, speechreading and cognition for use by practitioners and researchers. Fiona Kyle introduced the DCAL Portal and the range of online tests that it offers. She explained how to get started with using the Portal and give a walk-through demonstration of how to use it. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | http://www.ssc.education.ed.ac.uk/courses/deaf/dfeb22d.html |
| Description | Frances Elton Memorial |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A one day event, directed towards the deaf community, which explored issues in sign language teaching, the British deaf community, and future developments, in the context of a memorial to Fances Elton, a pioneer of BSL teaching in the UK and a former member of DCAL |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | G Hodge invited presentation at Harvard University, USA. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Hodge, G. & S. Gulamani. (2022). Showing and seeing: Enactment in British Sign Language conversations. Meaning & Modality Linguistics Laboratory, 20 January. Harvard University, USA. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Hodge, G. (2021). What is the value of signed language corpora for Deaf Studies? SIGNS@HWU Roundtable Series, 19 May. Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gab Hodge participated in a roundtalbe discussion on the value of signed language corpora for Deaf Studies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | How British Sign Language developed its own dialects, The Conversation. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Schembri A, Cormier K. 2019. How British Sign Language developed its own dialects. The Conversation, 5 March 2019. https://theconversation.com/how-british-sign-language-developed-its-own-dialects-112445 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/how-british-sign-language-developed-its-own-dialects-112445 |
| Description | In2Science |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Volunteered as a mentor for In2Science, 2020. Due to COVID19 this was online in 2020. In2scienceUK empowers young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential through life changing opportunities that give them insights into STEM careers and research and boosts their skills and confidence. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://in2scienceuk.org/ |
| Description | Indie Beedie: Disability History Month Newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Indie Beedie took part in a Newsletter for Disability History Month where she discussed intersectionality, deafness in the workplace and disability equity. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://us2.campaign-archive.com/?e=__test_email__&u=4d8a82fe167a8f84d4c39f126&id=a454463118 |
| Description | Indie Beedie: Haben Girma: the Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harvard Law |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Indie Beedie wrote an article for Disability History Month on Haben Girma as an inspirational deaf-blind figure. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/fbs-edi/2021/12/01/haben-girma-the-deafblind-woman-who-conquered-harvard-law... |
| Description | Interview with BBC Radio Coventry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview by BBC Radio Coventry on the history of BSL, as part of their Sign Language Week compaign "Sign Up to Sign". The presenter of the programme and leader of the campaign is a hearing native signer. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Interview with RAI Italian Television |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Interview with RAI Italian television about the newly launched 999 Sign Language Service for their main news bulletin in Italy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Invited Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I was invited to give a talk on language and literacy development at the British Deaf Association (BDA) annual meeting/conference/AGM. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://bda.org.uk/protect-preserve-promote/ |
| Description | Invited Talk |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A group of speech and language therapists working with deaf children attended a talk about bilingualism in deaf children - how deaf children can learn both British Sign Language (BSL) and English. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Invited lecture |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Practitioners working with deaf children - teachers and teacher assistants - attended a webinar about how to prevent language deprivation in deaf children. This led to questions and discussions afterwards. Some practitioners found it very useful for their work and would implement some of the recommendations I made in their work. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Jonathan Keane: How companies can make their remote working inclusive for the deaf and blind |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Jonathan Keane produced an article on the future of work utilising DCAL's published accessible remote work guidelines. Jonathan questioned Sannah Gulamani and Mairead and DCAL is cited in the article. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.cnbc.com/2021/09/20/how-to-make-remote-working-inclusive-for-the-deaf-and-blind.html |
| Description | Kate Rowley & Patrick Rosenbury: BBC See Hear. Deaf, Little and Loud. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Kate Rowley and Patrick Rosenburg took part in a BBC See Hear special called Deaf, Little and Loud looking at Deaf Children's Development. Both were experts observing and providing commentary on the children. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00144cs/see-hear-series-41-episode-15 |
| Description | Kate Rowley - This is Deaf |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kate Rowley appeared on This is Deaf with Ahmed Mudawi on BSLBT in December 2021 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.bslzone.co.uk/watch/deaf-series-1/deaf-education |
| Description | Kate Rowley - Young Futures |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kate Rowley joined a seminar run by the NDCS called 'Young Futures' to talk about her career path. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ndcs.org.uk/our-services/our-events/events-for-children-and-young-people/your-future-web... |
| Description | Kate Rowley: How do deaf children learn to read - LBC Radio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Kate Rowley was approached to answer a question from LBC Mystery Hour where people can phone and ask random questions. Someone called in and asked 'how do deaf children learn to read?' Kate Rowley answered the question on national radio using her expertise in the field. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/london/episodes/2zGyiANejRSVgYkEuHP8qLbkTW/?t=9243 |
| Description | Kate Rowley: Sign Language Is Not Universal - LBC Radio |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Kate Rowley featured on LBC on the 2nd December to talk about how Sign Language is not Universal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | Limping Chicken - Joana Pereira: Research on the importance of Deaf-led Signed Songs in the UK and Portugal |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Joana Pereira was invited to write an artlcle for Limping Chicken on her research on Deaf-Led Signed Songs in BSL and Portuguese Sign Language at UCL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flimpingchicken.com%2F2021%2F03%2F1... |
| Description | Limping Chicken : Sannah Gulamani: Remote Working: the impact on deaf people (with BSL video) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An article about Remote Working Guidelines created by DCAL and the impact of home working and zoom calls with suggestions for better working practice for deaf and hearing people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://limpingchicken.com/2020/10/02/sannah-gulamani-remote-working-the-impact-on-deaf-people-with-... |
| Description | Magazine article |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
| Results and Impact | This was a magazine article entitled, 'how to make sure your deaf child develops language', and it was published in the Cochlear Implanted Children's Support Group magazine. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Modification of indicating verbs in BSL. Jordan Fenlon, Adam Schembri & Kearsy Cormier |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Clive Mason giving a summary of a research project that was published by Jordan Fenlon, Adam Schembri and Kearsy Cormier about modification of indicating verbs in British Sign Language: A corpus-based study which sparked discussion and questions on social media. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGwV5x2xCbA&t=128s |
| Description | Newspaper Article, "Yes, Love Island's Tasha has a deaf accent - and it's just one of many" by Kate Rowley |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Dr Kate Rowley's deaf perspective on a deaf issue mentioned in the newspaper. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/RogerBeeson/status/1550009505089552386 |
| Description | Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I took part in a podcast, 'New Thinking' podcast episode with Dr Naomi Paxton (presenter) and Gerardo Ortega Delgado (linguist) and we discussed the latest research in BSL. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentation at Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children for "Preserving, Protecting and Promoting BSL Day" |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Preserving British Sign Language: BSL Corpus. Presented at Preserving, Protecting and Promoting BSL Day, Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children (Deaf community outreach event), 5 October 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Presentation at UCL International Day of People with Disabilities Conference |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Deafness Cognition and Language. Session led with Indie Beedie, UCL International Day of People with Disabilities Conference. Topic: Transformative solutions for inclusive development: the role of innovation in fuelling an accessible and equitable world. University College London, 2 Dec 2022. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/students/events/2022/dec/international-day-persons-disabilities-conference-202... |
| Description | Robert Adam - Ghostwriting: Deaf translators within the Deaf Community. Chris Stone, Robert Adam and Breda Carty |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Robert Adam giving a summary of a research project that was published with Chris Stone and Breda Carty about deaf translators within the Deaf Community which sparked discussions and questions linked to the research on social media afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2HKtgqz21fs&t=19s |
| Description | TV programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I appeared as an expert/presenter on BBC's See Hear. The programme was entitled, 'Deaf, Little and Loud' and was a fly on the wall programme - similar to Secret Lives of Cats/Dogs etc. and I observed/commented on deaf children's language. This had a big impact and many people approached me sharing how much they learnt from the programme. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Television programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I featured in BBC's See Hear as an expert on deaf children's language access and socialisation. This was a documentary on deaf education and language development in deaf children. See Hear is a magazine programme for deaf and hard of hearing people and is on BBC Two. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Testing in Sign Languages (Briefing Sheet) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | This briefing sheet provides information on sign language testing, including what sign languages are and who uses them, common misconceptions about sign languages and sign language testing, why assessing sign languages is important, and unique factors to consider when testing sign languages. The authors explain that sign languages are natural languages used by over 70 million deaf people worldwide, and that sign language testing is necessary for educational, research, and clinical purposes. They also highlight the need for careful consideration of language background and quality of language exposure, and suggest that sign language tests should be trialled and normed on deaf populations for each signed language. Finally, they provide advice for sign language test developers, including avoiding highly iconic signs and items that can easily be gestured, being aware of lexical variation within each signed language, and using video technology for test delivery and scoring. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ukalta.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/UKALTA-BS1-22-Sign-Language-Testing.pdf |
| Description | The Essay - Sign Language Is My Language: Christopher Laing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Kate Rowley and DCAL mentioned in relation to SignStrokes project |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0cywzp2?fbclid=IwAR1X7r52LnLw-xdDNw6cJPuojpEZFbBi-Pp2lKgrinUrvCwQu... |
| Description | The Legacy of DCAL - A celebration of 15 years of research excellence. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Legacy of DCAL - A celebration of 15 years of research excellence. This was a science dissemination event. This event presented and discussed knowledge gained about deafness, language and cognition from research on linguistics, psychology and neuroscience. A panel of national and international deaf and hearing experts presented their work to an international audience of attendants. 9th November - 6pm - 7.30pm Visual Vernacular Performance by Zoe McWhinney followed by Q&A and presentations on BSL Linguistics and Technology - Panel discussion of Visual Vernacular, International Sign Language and Sign Language linguistics with Zoe McWhinney, Neil Fox (DCAL-UCL), Bencie Woll (DCAL-UCL) and Robert Adam (Heriot-Watt) 10th November - 6pm - 7.30pm - Deaf Education and DCAL. Collaborative presentation with Kate Rowley (DCAL-UCL), Dani Sive (Headteacher of Frank Barnes) and Clare Nelder (Chair of DToD). 11th November - 6pm - 7.30pm - The Deaf Brain - Chaired by Bencie Woll (DCAL-UCL). Presentations from Velia Cardin (DCAL-UCL), Joanna Atkinson (NHS), Lauren Berger (Gaulladet, DC) and Mairead MacSweeney (DCAL-UCL). The event was aimed primarily at deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals, but it was also attended by academics, teachers, artists, interpreters and other members of the general public. Presentations were mainly delivered in British Sign Language, American Sign Language and English, and interpreted simultaneosly |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | The Light Wave Project - Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A video project Led by Deaf artist Rubbena Aurangzeb-Tariq and the east London deaf community, to recognise the richness of the community's history, culture and language in collaboration with Bencie Woll published on DCAL's youtube with subtitles and soundtrack. Engagement with the community. Funded by UCL Culture. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OzaxlRzHLA |
| Description | The Psychologist: Joanna Atkinson: What are the barriers to our profession, and how can we remove them? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Dr. Joanna Atkinson submitted a response to 'What are the barriers to our profession, and how can we remove them?'. The article provided an insight into personal and professional barriers that can exist in the journey to and through psychology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-34/february-2021/what-are-barriers-our-profession-and-how-... |
| Description | Webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | I took part in a webinar where I talked about my career to young deaf people. This was recorded and is now available on the National Deaf Children's Society's (NDCS) website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ndcs.org.uk/our-services/our-events/events-for-children-and-young-people/your-future-web... |
| Description | Website Article - "Love Island's Tasha is the show's first deaf contestant - here's what you should know about deaf accents" by Kate Rowley |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Kate Rowley wrote this article for The Conversation UK about deaf accents. The comments on the article show that people engaged with the content and provided additional insights and questions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://theconversation.com/love-islands-tasha-is-the-shows-first-deaf-contestant-heres-what-you-sho... |
| Description | Workshop on the DCAL Portal at the BATOD conference September 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This workshop began by introducing the DCAL Portal and the range of online tests that it offers. Dr Kyle explained how to get started with using the Portal and gave a walk-through demonstration of how to use it. The workshop presented the assessments most commonly used by teachers of the deaf to measure language abilities and language development in deaf children. The workshop focused on the BSL Receptive Skills Test, the Test of Child Speechreading, BSL Vocabulary Test and the BSL Communicative Development Inventory. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | • Hodge, G. & L. Ferrara. (22 February 2021). How we can make language theory more inclusive? Auslan vlog and English blog for Acadeafic. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An Auslan and English blog for Acadeafic which is a platform that vlogs and blogs about sign language and Deaf Studies research for the general public and has an international reach. Discussion was sparked on social media and direct contact and engagement made with Gab Hodge on her work in the blog. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021 |
| URL | https://acadeafic.org/2021/02/22/language-theory/ |
| Description | • Hodge, G. & S. Gulamani. (2021). Showing and seeing: Enactment in British Sign Language conversations. Centre for Language Evolution, 8 June 2021. University of Edinburgh, UK. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Gab Hodge and Sannah Gulamani gave a talk about Enactment in British Sign Language conversations at the University of Edinburgh |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | • Hodge, G. & S. Racz-Engelhardt. (2021). Perspectives on Sign Language Research: A conversation with Dr. Gabrielle Hodge. Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache, 15 December. Universität Hamburg, Germany. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Hodge & Racz-Engelhardt engaged in a discussion on perspectives on Sign Language Research at Institut für Deutsche Gebärdensprache. Universität Hamburg, Germany. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | • Hodge, G. (19 November 2020). Getting "Under My Skin": Exploring deaf and hearing communication practices in dance. IS vlog and English blog for Acadeafic. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Gab Hodge wrote a blog for Acadeafic which is a platform for academic vlogs and blogs about sign language and Deaf Studies research which sparked discussion on social media and direct contact with Gab Hodge on the content of the blog. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://acadeafic.org/2020/11/19/getting-under-my-skin/ |
| Description | • Hodge, G. (2020). Signed languages and corpus linguistics: what can we learn about why languages differ? UCL Sign Language Society, 16 November. University College London, UK. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Gab Hodge gave a talk about sign language and why languages differ to the UCL Sign Language Society. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |