ESRC CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF DEAFNESS, COGNITION AND LANGUAGE - PHASE II 2011 TO 2016

Lead Research Organisation: University College London
Department Name: Experimental Psychology

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Jones, A (2014) The effects of motion and intensity on deaf children's recognition of facial expressions of emotion. in BPS Developmental Section Conference, Amsterdam

 
Title DCAL, the first 10 years 
Description Exhibition illustrating 10 years of DCAL's acheivements 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2015 
Impact Showcased highlights of 10 years of DCAL's activities 
 
Title Discover UCL for D/deaf and hard of hearing students 
Description Video with participant interviews 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2016 
Impact To early to comment on recruitment. Popular on social media 
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPiuJnIAyhM&feature=youtu.be
 
Title Gjuha e Shenjave Kosovare 1 
Description A video dictionary of the sign language of the Republic of Kosovo, to accompany the book 'Gjuha e Shenjave Kosovare 1'. 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2012 
Impact This has become an essential reference for Deaf people, teachers of deaf children, trainee sign language interpreters, and others concerned with communication with the Deaf in Kosovo 
 
Title History of BSL online exhibtion catalogue 
Description A bespoke online resource enabling the Deaf community full access to their cultural history in their own language (BSL). 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2013 
Impact This online catalogue has not only facilitated wider dissemination but preserved for posterity, a unique cultural resource for an underserved community. 
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/bslhistory
 
Title What is sign language? 
Description The UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience ran a 'Brains on Films' competition, which gave neuroscientists the chance to make a short film about their research. "What is sign language?" was a runner up in the competition 
Type Of Art Film/Video/Animation 
Year Produced 2011 
Impact N/A 
URL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZV6YZdRYwY
 
Title set of 25 animated holographic BSL signing cards 
Description Set of 25 animated BSL signing cards. When you tilt the cards up and down they display an animation of the word, whilst the back of the cards give an interesting related fact about BSL. 
Type Of Art Artefact (including digital) 
Year Produced 2011 
Impact These have proved popular and have sold well to adult and child learners of BSL and to members of the Deaf community 
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/online_shop
 
Description In the 11 years since its founding, DCAL has built a multidisciplinary team of linguists, psychologists and neuroscientists, examining language, cognition and the brain from the unique perspective of deafness and deaf communication. This has encouraged a broad scientific perspective leading to novel discoveries about language and cognition that could not be achieved from working with hearing people alone. The DCAL Centre grant enabled the bringing together a range of complementary scientific approaches and a diverse group of talented D/deaf and hearing researchers, support staff and students with the aims of determing how communication (signed, spoken, written) and cognition are shaped by deafness; and using this information to further educational and clinical practice and to create societal impact. Among key developments have been: to map out the relationships between the channels in which language is used (spoken or signed) and its linguistic structure and how it is processed in the brain; to recognise the importance of iconicity in both spoken and signed language; to understand how early language experience influences cognition across the life span; to describe the structure of British SIgn Language and its community of users; and to understand impairments in sign language as the result of developmental difficulties or illness, including deaf people with stroke or dementia. Throughout DCAL's existence we have been concerned to ensure impact arising from all areas of our research: building capacity by training a new generation of researchers in the field - including researchers who are deaf themselves; providing an evidence base for the design of early intervention programmes for deaf children; on-line data resources such as the BSL Signbank on-line dictionary; the BSL Cognitive Clinic (NHS), in which language and cognitive assessments of deaf people are undertaken; and the DCAL Assessment Portal, which provides on-line access to a broad portfolio of language and cognitive assessments in English and BSL for deaf children and adults.
Exploitation Route DCAL will continue as an academic centre at UCL following the end of ESRC Centre funding. The BSL Corpus and BSL Signbank are being widely used by researchers, and teachers and learners of BSL, and the DCAL Assessment Portal provides access for practitioners and researchers to on-line assessments developed in the course of DCAL's work. DCAL researchers continue to develop new research grant applications - and obtain funding - in new collaborations with colleagues elsewhere: at UCL, nationally, and internationally. Recent examples include two new linguistics and social attitudes research projects awarded by ESRC to Dr Kearsy Cormier, and an ERC Senior Award to Professor Gabriella Vigliocco. Dr Joanna Atkinson developed further collaborative research projects with Dr Charles Ferneyhough (Durham) with funding from the Wellcome Trust. Other collaborations are with former DCAL researchers who have moved on to new academic and research positions at other institutions, for example, an ESRC project exploring iconicity in spoken language input to children and a BBSRC grant on language, cognition and the brain. DCAL's research findings are being shared through existing and new collaborations with non-academic partners, including teachers, speech and language therapists, psychologists, and health and social service providers, to ensure an evidence base for practice in these areas, as well as consultancy with the private, public and voluntary sectors. Members of DCAL have extended their cross disciplinary collaborations, for example recent grants to Professor Bencie Woll from the British Academy to explore the cognitive benefits of language learning (including both spoken and signed languages). This researchhas received a great deal of interest from members of Parliament and the DfE, in particular the evidence for cross-curricular benefits of language learning, which in turn has led to new research outside DCAL. Another example is the recent award from EPSRC of a substantial grant in collaboration with vision scientists from Surrey and Oxford to develop new approaches to automated translation of natural BSL discourse into written English
Sectors Communities and Social Services/Policy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Healthcare,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections

URL http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk
 
Description Clinical As a direct result of DCAL research, 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 permanent status of this clinic with NHS funding has now been confirmed and represents a remarkable achievement in the current funding climate. In addition, DCAL-associated researchers provide assessment of literacy, dyslexia, and developmental language disorders for deaf children at the Roberta Williams Assessment Clinic. Research in this area has also demonstrated the extent of the previously unmet demand for clinical services for this excluded population; the cost benefit of service provision; and the developing influence of this work on UK government policy. 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 UCL-level Widening Participation initiatives 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, a residential programme for Year 11 and 12 students, now in its 8th year and being extended to a 4-day programme. The Russell group publication on Access has presents 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. We are also expanding the programme this year 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' preparation for university. DCAL Assessment Portal The DCAL Assessment Portal (https://dcalportal.org) is a unique on-line resource, providing on-line access to assessments of cognition, speechreading 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 (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 300 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, and Hong Kong and New Zealand. 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. We are currently developing an on-line deaf awareness toolkit for teachers which will be available in 2021. 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. Education DCAL's developmental research has been published and presented in non-academic forums, including hosting of our reports on the National Deaf Children's Society website, which has enabled us to inform parents of the research findings in an accessible format, and we have used practitioner journals, such as the Bulletin of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists, and the Journal of the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf to communicate our research. In particular, our 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) to explore interaction between the children of the two schools and two provide training and support for the staff. Consultancy. DCAL staff are providing consultancy and expertise to the Department for Education, designing the planned GCSE in British Sign Language for England; DCAL staff are also advising the Welsh Government's Curriculum for Wales BSL guidance group in the creation of new curricula for deaf and hearing learners of BSL. Funding for impact activities In 2019, we applied for and received an ESRC DCAL Legacy grant which has enabled us to further maximise impact potential in four key areas: public relations activities in relation to media, policy-makers, practitioners and community; further development of our CPD programme for professionals, including the Deaf workforce, in education, health and social care; enhancements to the DCAL Assessment Portal; and development of our summer school programme for deaf and hearing students, to build research capacity in deafness, cognition and language research. Conferences, seminars and symposia. We have held a number of conferences, including a highly successful deaf community-focussed conference in November 2019 which celebrated 40 years of research on BSL. With the additional organisational support provided by legacy funding, we will look to run a minimum of two additional conferences over the 5 years of funding, including a symposium in November 2021 celebrating 15 years since DCAL was founded.
First Year Of Impact 2012
Sector Communities and Social Services/Policy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Healthcare,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections
Impact Types Cultural,Societal,Policy & public services

 
Description Case for specialist neurology services for Deaf people made to the Prescribed Specialised Services Advisory Group's (PSSAG) which makes recommendations to Government Ministers
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
 
Description Conclusions of UNESCO International Conference on Language
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
URL http://icl.jsjyt.gov.cn/intro_en.php
 
Description Contribution to UCL's Disability Chartermark application as part of self-assessment team
Geographic Reach Local/Municipal/Regional 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
Description DCAL Research Skills Summer School
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact This summer school for research students examined linguistic, psycholinguistic and neuroscience approaches to the research area of language of deaf people. It attracted research students from Europe, Africa and beyond.
URL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/study/short-and-online-courses/research-skills-summer-school
 
Description Deaf Awareness: Working and Communicating Well with Deaf People
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact The course is aimed at anyone who may come in contact with deaf people or people with hearing loss and wishes to have a deeper understanding of the issues faced by this group, communicate effectively and provide better services.
 
Description Impact case study
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact UCL research has underpinned the development of resources and services for Deaf patients who use British Sign Language, including the establishment of the first neurology clinic for this group. Resources are shared with healthcare professionals and Deaf communities around the world and the research has also influenced UK government policy. Older woman with hearing aid Early identification, accessible information and 'living well with dementia' are key aims of the Government's dementia strategy. However, in the absence of cognitive assessments in British Sign Language (BSL), Deaf people do not have equal access to NHS neurology services. In conjunction with limited recognition of the nature of their impairments and poor communication between clinical staff, patients and carers, this absence of appropriate assessment tools means that neurological impairments, including dementia, are typically diagnosed late in deaf patients, or not at all, with adverse consequences for their access to medication, rehabilitation and care planning. Work within the UCL Deafness Cognition & Language Research Centre (DCAL) has helped redress some of these imbalances in access to diagnostic assessment among BSL users with acquired neurological conditions. Building on early studies at City University to explore aphasia and apraxia in signers with stroke, the team has worked since 2005 on the production of a series of case studies of motor impairments in signers. These provided important insights including, for example, a refutation of the idea that palilalia (the delayed repetition of words or phrases) relates specifically - and exclusively - to speech. The team has also explored the manifestations of voice hallucinations in deaf people with schizophrenia, providing novel insights into the nature of subvocal thought and sensory feedback loops. After decades of frustrating experiences with the NHS, just two appointments at a specialist deaf cognitive disorders clinic and my mother finally received a diagnosis that explains her perplexing health problems. A survey of NHS neurological services conducted by members of the DCAL team (funded by the Wellcome Trust) found that, among Deaf people, referrals to speech and language therapy services following stroke occurred at only about 20% of the rate of referrals for hearing patients. It seems likely that those affected by other acquired neurological and neuropsychiatric conditions, such as head injury, progressive neurological diseases and schizophrenia, are subject to a similar experience. In 2010 the Centre initiated a joint project to help tackle this problem by improving early diagnosis and management among Deaf people who use BSL. Funded by the Alzheimer's Society, the project was conducted in collaboration with the University of Manchester, City University London and Royal Association for Deaf People. The UCL team focused particularly on the Older Healthy Deaf Brain, producing a profile of normal cognitive ageing within the Deaf Community. This profile was subsequently used to develop the first ever standardised cognitive and language screening tests designed to assist diagnosis of acquired neurological impairments in sign language users, and the tests have since been made available to clinicians and researchers working with deaf people with developmental and acquired impairments. Used in conjunction with brain scans, they allow confident diagnosis of dementia and other acquired neurological impairments in Deaf people at an early stage of cognitive impairment. This faster and more accurate diagnosis allows more timely access to services which, in turn, support better health outcomes and reduced NHS and local authority care service costs. The tests are administered at the specialist Cognitive Disorders Clinic at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in Queens Square in the first-ever monthly neurological clinic for deaf signers, set up in 2011 to help maximise the utility of the newly designed tests. Deaf BSL users presenting with acquired cognitive difficulties are referred to the clinic from all parts of the UK for assessment of dementia or other neurodegenerative disorders. The clinic, which is the first service of its kind anywhere in the world, allows NHS clinical services to offer assessment leading to appropriate interventions and services. As such, it represents a significant step towards reducing wider healthcare inequalities for deaf people in the UK. This positive effect has been compounded by the use both of the UCL DCAL research and of data obtained through the clinic as a springboard for UK policy development. The team has, for example, prepared briefing documents for the government in order to allow the inclusion of Deaf people with dementia in the development of the equalities action plan with respect to the National Dementia Strategy (Deaf People with Dementia, 2010). The All Party Parliamentary Group in Deafness has also agreed to support joint proposals on health and social care developed by UCL DCAL in collaboration with Action on Hearing Loss. A joint report was launched in March 2013 to press for the creation of permanent services for this population.
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/impact/case-study-repository/neuropsychological-assessments-for-the-deaf
 
Description Lancet Commission on Culture and Health http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(14)61603-2
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Participation in a guidance/advisory committee
 
Description Languages in the UK: a call for action
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Membership of a guideline committee
 
Description The delivery of public service interpreting in the 21st century
Geographic Reach National 
Policy Influence Type Contribution to a national consultation/review
Impact Invited submission to Public Accounts Select Committee The was a written submission invited by Margaret Hodge MP in her role as Chair of the Public Accounts Committee. The written submission was a position paper on the delivery of Public Service Interpreting in the 21st Century. This responded to the enquiry into the failings of the contract of the MOJ with ALS for spoken and sign language interpreting.
 
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 Australian Irish Sign Language Documentation Project
Amount $3,100 (AUD)
Organisation John Wallis Foundation 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country Australia
Start 09/2014 
End 08/2015
 
Description Australian Irish Sign Language: a minority sign language within a larger sign language community - Endangered Languages Documentation Project, Endangered Languages Archive
Amount £4,031 (GBP)
Funding ID Grant number SG0320 
Organisation School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2014 
End 08/2015
 
Description Automated Diagnostic Toolkit for dementia screening in ageing deaf users of British Sign Language
Amount £65,173 (GBP)
Funding ID RPGF1802\37 
Organisation The Dunhill Medical Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2018 
End 03/2020
 
Description BSL Timeline exhibition
Amount £1,600 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2014 
End 07/2014
 
Description Beacon Bursary Grant
Amount £1,500 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2011 
End 12/2012
 
Description Beacon bursary
Amount £1,500 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2011 
End 12/2012
 
Description Brain lateralisation of speech and language production
Amount £90,009 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/S011838/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2018 
End 10/2020
 
Description British Academy Special Awards
Amount £149,500 (GBP)
Organisation The British Academy 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2016 
End 02/2018
 
Description Broadening Participation of Deaf Students in Sign Language Research
Amount $34,000 (USD)
Organisation National Science Foundation (NSF) 
Sector Public
Country United States
Start 06/2013 
End 12/2013
 
Description Can Speechreading Training Enhance Reading Proficiency in Hearing Children?
Amount £100,000 (GBP)
Funding ID 1474670 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2014 
End 09/2018
 
Description Consultancy
Amount £5,350 (GBP)
Organisation Transport for London 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2016 
End 02/2017
 
Description Coordination and scalar implicature in British Sign Language: a corpus-led pragmatic study
Amount £20,000 (GBP)
Funding ID 2055585 
Organisation Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2018 
End 09/2021
 
Description DCAL Halloween Workshop at Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children
Amount £500 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2012 
End 10/2013
 
Description DEAFLI - Deaf literacy.
Amount £48,000 (GBP)
Funding ID 538750-LLP-1-2013-1-ES-GRUNDTVIG-GMP 
Organisation European Commission 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 01/2014 
End 12/2016
 
Description Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre: ESRC Legacy Centre
Amount £101,843 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/T001461/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2019 
End 10/2024
 
Description Dementia and neighbourhoods
Amount £37,783 (GBP)
Organisation Research Councils UK (RCUK) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2014 
End 08/2017
 
Description Describing sociolinguistic variation in verb directionality in British Sign Language: A corpus-based study
Amount £199,639 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/K003364/1 
Organisation Research Councils UK (RCUK) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2012 
End 05/2014
 
Description Developing neuropsychological tests for the identification of cognitive disorders in older deaf users of British Sign Language
Amount £15,000 (GBP)
Funding ID 572:UCL:JA 
Organisation Action on Hearing Loss 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2012 
End 01/2015
 
Description Digging into Data Challenge
Amount £100,000 (GBP)
Funding ID Digging into Signs 
Organisation Jisc 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2014 
End 05/2015
 
Description Digging into signs: Developing standard annotation practices for cross-linguistic quantitative analysis of sign language data
Amount £124,965 (GBP)
Organisation Research Councils UK (RCUK) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2014 
End 04/2015
 
Description Discretionary funds for supervising MSc students
Amount £735 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2013 
End 09/2014
 
Description ESRC Festival of Social Science
Amount £600 (GBP)
Funding ID 8108834 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2015 
End 11/2015
 
Description ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme
Amount £90,000 (GBP)
Funding ID Project Number: 549104 Award Number: 177601 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2018 
End 09/2020
 
Description ESRC festival of social science on Executive Function
Amount £2,000 (GBP)
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2012 
End 12/2012
 
Description Early Career Research Participation Support TISLR
Amount £5,000 (GBP)
Organisation Sieratzki Family Charitable Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2013 
End 07/2013
 
Description Endangered Languages Documentation Project
Amount £4,031 (GBP)
Organisation School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London) 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2014 
End 08/2015
 
Description ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language
Amount £971,921 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/R03298X/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2018 
End 06/2021
 
Description Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) funding
Amount £3,500 (GBP)
Organisation Experimental Psychology Society (EPS) 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2012 
End 12/2012
 
Description Exploring Language and Literacy Outcomes in Deaf Children and Adults
Amount £90,592 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/T009152/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2019 
End 09/2020
 
Description Festival of social science debate and workshops : executive functions
Amount £2,000 (GBP)
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2012 
End 12/2012
 
Description From natural to conventional word order: iconicity, simplicity and the mechanisms of linguistic evolution
Amount £512,664 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/R011869/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2019 
End 12/2021
 
Description Gesture use in people with aphasia
Amount £70,000 (GBP)
Funding ID R171/0710 
Organisation The Dunhill Medical Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2011 
End 12/2012
 
Description Grundtvig Lifelong Learning Programme
Amount € 379,400 (EUR)
Organisation Erasmus + 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2013 
End 12/2016
 
Description History of BSL exhibtion - HLF
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation Heritage Lottery Fund 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2013 
End 11/2013
 
Description Jiangsu Normal University collaborative funding
Amount £69,279 (GBP)
Organisation Jiangsu Normal University 
Sector Academic/University
Country China
Start 11/2015 
End 03/2016
 
Description Knowledge Exchange and Innovation Funding
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2017 
End 10/2018
 
Description Legacy Centre Grant
Amount £100,000 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/T001461/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2019 
End 08/2024
 
Description Leverhulme Research Fellowship
Amount £45,000 (GBP)
Organisation The Leverhulme Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2011 
End 12/2012
 
Description MRC Studentship
Amount £62,706 (GBP)
Organisation Medical Research Council (MRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2011 
End 09/2014
 
Description Making sense from the hands and mouth : multimodal integration in spoken and signed languages
Amount £156,077 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/K001337/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2013 
End 06/2015
 
Description Marie Curie Individual Fellowship
Amount € 195,455 (EUR)
Organisation European Union 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 09/2016 
End 08/2018
 
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 New languages seen with new eyes: evidence for the emergence of grammar in signed languages using new methodologies and technologies
Amount £3,100 (GBP)
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2010 
End 12/2013
 
Description Online data capture in BSL
Amount £3,199 (GBP)
Organisation National Strategic Directorate for e-Social Science (NSDeSS) 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2012 
End 08/2013
 
Description Online data capture workshop
Amount £3,199 (GBP)
Organisation Research Councils UK (RCUK) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2012 
End 07/2012
 
Description Overcoming obstacles to the early identification of dementia in the signing Deaf community
Amount £250,452 (GBP)
Funding ID 119 
Organisation Alzheimer's Society 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2010 
End 12/2013
 
Description Overseas Institutional Visit Scheme
Amount £3,500 (GBP)
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2014 
End 08/2014
 
Description Research Grants Scheme
Amount 6,000,000 ₽ (RUB)
Organisation Russian Academy of Sciences 
Sector Public
Country Russian Federation
Start 01/2016 
End 12/2018
 
Description Research on Neuroscience and Language
Amount 6,000,000 ₽ (RUB)
Organisation Russian Academy of Sciences 
Sector Public
Country Russian Federation
Start 04/2016 
End 03/2019
 
Description Sign language learning in hearing adults. Leverhulme,
Amount £120,000 (GBP)
Organisation The Leverhulme Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2016 
End 03/2018
 
Description SignLearnSpeak
Amount £213,406 (GBP)
Funding ID 275946 - SignLearnSpeak 
Organisation European Commission 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 08/2011 
End 08/2014
 
Description Signs of Science
Amount £11,000 (GBP)
Organisation Institute of Physics (IOP) 
Sector Learned Society
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2013 
End 02/2014
 
Description Special Awards Scheme
Amount £150,000 (GBP)
Funding ID SCHU01 
Organisation The British Academy 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 03/2016 
End 09/2017
 
Description Staff mobility for training
Amount € 1,115 (EUR)
Organisation Erasmus + 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2014 
End 11/2014
 
Description TISLR Conference - comunication support
Amount £5,000 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2013 
End 11/2013
 
Description The Brent Early Language Development Project
Amount £13,000 (GBP)
Organisation Brent Local Education Authority 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2012 
End 08/2013
 
Description The History of BSL Exhibition
Amount £4,750 (GBP)
Organisation Research Councils UK (RCUK) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2013 
End 12/2014
 
Description The History of BSL Exhibition (HLF Funding)
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation Heritage Lottery Fund 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2013 
End 12/2013
 
Description The Role of Affect in Learning Abstract Concepts
Amount £124,600 (GBP)
Organisation Nuffield Foundation 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2012 
End 12/2014
 
Description The modulatory effect of dopamine on speech perception - a potential intervention therapy for successful cochlear implantation
Amount £14,675 (GBP)
Funding ID 598:UCL:VC 
Organisation Action on Hearing Loss 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2013 
End 03/2014
 
Description The role of lexical retrieval in a signed language -Evidence from phonological fluency tasks in BSL
Amount £9,908 (GBP)
Organisation The British Academy 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2013 
End 06/2015
 
Description The role of visual speech perception (lipreading) in developing phonological representations in young hearing children with poor phonological skills
Amount £89,221 (GBP)
Funding ID ES/T00911X/1 
Organisation Economic and Social Research Council 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 10/2019 
End 09/2020
 
Description Travel Grant
Amount £800 (GBP)
Organisation Guarantors of Brain 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2015 
End 09/2015
 
Description UCL Life Learning
Amount £10,000 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 02/2015 
End 07/2015
 
Description UCL beacon bursary for public engagement
Amount £1,500 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2011 
End 12/2012
 
Description UCL/IoE Strategic Partinership research fund
Amount £15,000 (GBP)
Organisation University College London 
Sector Academic/University
Country United Kingdom
Start 09/2013 
End 04/2014
 
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
 
Description University of Manchester subcontract
Amount £13,745 (GBP)
Organisation Alzheimer's Society 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2015 
End 02/2016
 
Description Using deafness as a model system to inform literacy intervention and neurobiological models of language
Amount £1,100,000 (GBP)
Funding ID 100229/Z/12/Z 
Organisation Wellcome Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2013 
End 07/2018
 
Description When do gestures become linguistic? Understanding the gesture-language interface through a corpus-based study of pointing signs in sign languages
Amount $345,000 (AUD)
Organisation Australian Research Council 
Sector Public
Country Australia
Start 06/2014 
End 05/2015
 
Description Working memory for sign and speech
Amount £151,543 (GBP)
Organisation Linkoping University 
Sector Academic/University
Country Sweden
Start 07/2012 
End 07/2013
 
Description equipment grant for Nigerian Sign Language project
Amount £3,850 (GBP)
Organisation British Nigeria Educational Trust 
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2015 
 
Title BSL Assessment Portal 
Description The DCAL Assessment Portal provides on-line access to a collection of assessments of cognition, speech and language developed at DCAL. The website allows professionals concerned with developmental and clinical assessment of deaf children and adults to use our tests and norms. Additionally, the tests are available for use by researchers both within and outside DCAL. Data from the on-line tests are used to develop and update norms for these populations and provide opportunities for secondary data analysis. 
Type Of Material Model of mechanisms or symptoms - human 
Year Produced 2015 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact We have already had numerous requests for assistance in adapting and translating the on-line assessment tools for use with other sign languages in Europe, China and the Americas. Several have already been completed and are currently being used by researchers in other countries as well as in the UK 
URL https://dcalportal.org
 
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 BSL Signbank 
Description On-line dictionary of British Sign Language The current version of BSL SignBank (last updated mid-2015) includes over 2500 signs from roughly 12 hours (50,000 sign tokens) from the BSL Corpus conversation data from Bristol, Birmingham, London and Manchester, and from the "What's your sign" task from all 249 signers from Belfast, Bristol, Birmingham, Cardiff, Glasgow, London, Manchester, and Newcastle. As more work on the BSL Corpus continues, future updates will include more signs from more regions and more tasks in the BSL Corpus. We also aim to include new proposed signs from the deaf community where appropriate. A mobile app is under development which will enable learners to practice signs and compare their production to the sign model 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2014 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact BSL SignBank is already in wide use as a reference for research and teaching/learning of BSL and for linguistics more generally. 
URL http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/
 
Title British sign language corpus project : a corpus of digital video data of British sign language 2008-2011 (first edition) 
Description British Sign Language video data online 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2011 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact Approx 15/year requests for user licenses for access restricted part of BSL Corpus. Wide use of open access data as confirmed by feedback from community via email and social media. Partial annotations available since 2014. 
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 Ayady Deaf Centre 
Organisation Ayady Deaf Centre
Country United Arab Emirates 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution A centre for Deaf children and their families in the United Arab Emirates
Start Year 2013
 
Description British Sign Language Recognition - The Way Ahead 
Organisation British Deaf Association
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution An evening seminar on British Sign Language recognition and the strategies for recognising the linguistic human rights of the British Deaf Community in legislation
Start Year 2012
 
Description Clinical consultancy 
Organisation National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution Providing clinical neuropsychology expertise to the Cognitive Disorders Clinic for Deaf patients at National Hospital for Neurology and Neuropsychology
Start Year 2012
 
Description Clinical consultation at National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 
Organisation National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution Clinical work is conducted in the Cognitive Disorders Clinic, allowing deaf patients for the first time to be accurately assessed using new BSL tests of cognition, language and memory, enabling diagnoses of neurodegenerative conditions and brain injuries. Consultant: Dr Joanna Atkinson Dates: March 2012- March 2013 Monthly clinic
Start Year 2012
 
Description Co-Investigator on Research Grant from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language 
Organisation University College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Kearsy Cormier as Co-Investigator on Research Grant from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language. PI: Richard Bowden (U-Surrey); Co-investigators: Bencie Woll (UCL), Andrew Zisserman (U-Oxford). Total £1,195,431 fEC.
Collaborator Contribution Kearsy Cormier as Co-Investigator on Research Grant from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language. PI: Richard Bowden (U-Surrey); Co-investigators: Bencie Woll (UCL), Andrew Zisserman (U-Oxford). Total £1,195,431 fEC.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2018
 
Description Co-Investigator on Research Grant from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language 
Organisation University of Oxford
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Kearsy Cormier as Co-Investigator on Research Grant from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language. PI: Richard Bowden (U-Surrey); Co-investigators: Bencie Woll (UCL), Andrew Zisserman (U-Oxford). Total £1,195,431 fEC.
Collaborator Contribution Kearsy Cormier as Co-Investigator on Research Grant from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language. PI: Richard Bowden (U-Surrey); Co-investigators: Bencie Woll (UCL), Andrew Zisserman (U-Oxford). Total £1,195,431 fEC.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2018
 
Description Co-Investigator on Research Grant from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language 
Organisation University of Surrey
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Kearsy Cormier as Co-Investigator on Research Grant from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language. PI: Richard Bowden (U-Surrey); Co-investigators: Bencie Woll (UCL), Andrew Zisserman (U-Oxford). Total £1,195,431 fEC.
Collaborator Contribution Kearsy Cormier as Co-Investigator on Research Grant from Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language. PI: Richard Bowden (U-Surrey); Co-investigators: Bencie Woll (UCL), Andrew Zisserman (U-Oxford). Total £1,195,431 fEC.
Impact In progress
Start Year 2018
 
Description Collaboration with Moscow State Linguistics University 
Organisation Moscow State Linguistics University
Country Russian Federation 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We have provided intensive training for Russian sign language interpreting students. This has in turn led to a 3-year joint research project, funded by the Russian Academy of Sciences
Collaborator Contribution Provision of funds for training students; costs of planning visits to Moscow, lead on submission of research proposal to Russian Academy
Impact Research project will start in April 2016. Collaboration involves linguists and neuroscientists.
Start Year 2014
 
Description Collaboration with Wellcome Trust Hearing the Voice Research Centre at Durham University 
Organisation Durham University
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Working together to study inner speech, inner sign and voice hallucinations in sensory impaired (deaf and blind) groups. I provide expertise in deafness, blindness, sign language, neuropsychology and voice-hallucinations.
Collaborator Contribution Expertise in psychosis, phenomenology and voice hearing.
Impact Project and grant collaborations
Start Year 2016
 
Description Collaboration with the Institute of Education and the UCL Ear Institute 
Organisation University College London
Department Ear Institute
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultantcy, test development and data collection for two projects investigating the impact of music classes on deaf and hearing children's language, communication skills and cogntive development.
Collaborator Contribution The collaboration began after the projects were already funded and established - partners were responsible for the recruitment of participants/schools and carrying out the musical interventions.
Impact No formal outputs have yet been generated, research is ongoing.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Collaboration with the Institute of Education and the UCL Ear Institute 
Organisation University College London
Department Institute of Education (IOE)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultantcy, test development and data collection for two projects investigating the impact of music classes on deaf and hearing children's language, communication skills and cogntive development.
Collaborator Contribution The collaboration began after the projects were already funded and established - partners were responsible for the recruitment of participants/schools and carrying out the musical interventions.
Impact No formal outputs have yet been generated, research is ongoing.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Collaborative Agreement to facilitate research on cognitive neural mechanisms of sign language and cross-cultural and cross-lingusitic comparison 
Organisation Jiangsu Normal University
Country China 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Visits to China to support research there on cognitive neural mechanisms of sign language and cross-cultural and cross-linguistic comparison.
Collaborator Contribution Funding for visits of DCAL staff to China; funding for post-doctoral researchers to spend periods of time at Jiangsu Normal University or at DCAL
Impact Presentation at International Conference on Language, Suzhou, June 2014
Start Year 2013
 
Description Communication interventions with pre-school deaf children 
Organisation University College London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Expert reviewer for Project: Communication Interventions with Pre-school Deaf Children (coordinator Rachel Rees). University College London.
Start Year 2012
 
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 Consultancy as international expert to provide advice for Educating Deaf Children website 
Organisation Rochester Institute of Technology
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution K Cormier Sought as international expert to provide advice for Educating Deaf Children, support site hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (USA) for parents and educators of deaf and hard-of-hearing children
Collaborator Contribution K Cormier Sought as international expert to provide advice for Educating Deaf Children, support site hosted by Rochester Institute of Technology, National Technical Institute for the Deaf (USA) for parents and educators of deaf and hard-of-hearing children
Impact http://www.rit.edu/ntid/educatingdeafchildren/?p=1151
Start Year 2014
 
Description Consultancy re possible collaboration with British Library 
Organisation The British Library
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Meeting with KC and JF, with Jonathan Robinson and Simone Bacchini, social science curators at British Library
Start Year 2013
 
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 Still active. Animated cartoons will be available on various media.
Start Year 2018
 
Description Consultation about adaptation of BSL sentence reproduction test into Swiss-German sign language 
Organisation University of Applied Sciences for Special Needs Education Zurich
Country Switzerland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultation with Tobias Haug, University of Applied Sciences for Special Needs Education Zurich, about adaptation of BSL Sentence Reproduction Test into Swiss-German Sign Language
Start Year 2012
 
Description Consultation about creation of Finnish Sign Language corpus 
Organisation University of Jyvaskyla
Country Finland 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultation with Ritva Takkinen, University of Jyväskylä, about creation of Finnish Sign Language corpus
Start Year 2012
 
Description Consultation about creation of Moroccan Sign Language corpus 
Organisation National School of Mineral Industry
Country Morocco 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultation with Abdelhadi Soudi, Head of the interdisciplinary research team "Mathematics-Computer Science and Linguistics", Ecole Nationale de l'Industrie Minérale, Rabat, Morocco
Start Year 2013
 
Description Consultation about creation of historical corpus of American Sign Language 
Organisation University of Connecticut
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultation with Ted Supalla, University of Connecticut about creation of historical corpus of American Sign Language
Start Year 2012
 
Description Consultation about phonological change in sign languages 
Organisation Mason Perkins Deafness Fund (MPDF)
Country Italy 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution Consultation with Elena Radutzky, Mason Perkins Deafness Fund, Rome, Italy
Start Year 2013
 
Description Consultation about sign language documentation at borders of Brazil, Uraguay, Argentina 
Organisation Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel)
Country Brazil 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultation with Tatiana Lebedeff, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Brazil
Start Year 2013
 
Description Consultation about sign language machine translation techology in Brazil 
Organisation New Scientist
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Consultation with Niall Firth, New Scientist magazine
Start Year 2013
 
Description Consultation about use of BSL corpus data for improvement of sign language recognition technology 
Organisation University of Aberdeen
Department Department of Computing Science
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultation with Ernesto Compatangelo, Department of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen about use of BSL Corpus data to improve Portable Sign Language Translator (http://www.technabling.co.uk/pslt)
Start Year 2012
 
Description Consultation about use of BSL corpus data for improvement of sign language recognition technology 
Organisation University of Sheffield
Department Department of Computer Science
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultation with Trevor Cohn, Dept of Computer Science, University of Sheffield about use of BSL Corpus data for work on automatic machine translation
Start Year 2012
 
Description Consultation on language and gesture in sign language and multimodal corpora 
Organisation University of Nottingham
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultation with Svenja Adolphs, Professor of English Language and Linguistics, Nottingham University
Start Year 2013
 
Description Creation of Indian Sign Language corpus 
Organisation Central Institute of Indian Languages
Country India 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Consultation with Amaresh Gopalakrishnan, Central Institute of Indian Languages, about creation of Indian Sign Language corpus
Start Year 2012
 
Description DEAFLI Grundtvig Project 
Organisation Institute of the Deaf of Turin
Country Italy 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Part of an EU-funded Grundtvig project, developing materials for improving English literacy skills of British deaf people
Collaborator Contribution Developing materials for improving literacy skills of Deaf Austrians, Catalonians, and Italians
Impact No outcomes yet
Start Year 2013
 
Description DEAFLI Grundtvig Project 
Organisation University of Barcelona
Department APRELS (Deafness, Communication and Learning),
Country Spain 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Part of an EU-funded Grundtvig project, developing materials for improving English literacy skills of British deaf people
Collaborator Contribution Developing materials for improving literacy skills of Deaf Austrians, Catalonians, and Italians
Impact No outcomes yet
Start Year 2013
 
Description DEAFLI Grundtvig Project 
Organisation University of Klagenfurt
Country Austria 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Part of an EU-funded Grundtvig project, developing materials for improving English literacy skills of British deaf people
Collaborator Contribution Developing materials for improving literacy skills of Deaf Austrians, Catalonians, and Italians
Impact No outcomes yet
Start Year 2013
 
Description Documenting all the BSL signs relating to specific theatre terminology 
Organisation Guildhall School of Music & Drama
Department The Technical Theatre BSL Project
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Robert Adam was asked to be a consultant on this project to see how the theatre signs appear in the BSL Corpus Project so as not to duplicate both databases.
Start Year 2012
 
Description Email advice and consultancy on appropriate assessment and services where a deaf person has developed cognitive impairment or memory problems 
Organisation University College London
Department Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Email advice and consultancy provided to over 80 professionals, families and individuals where a deaf person has developed cognitive impairment or memory problems. Difficulties range from dementia, stroke to dyspraxia and dyslexia. I provided advice on appropriate assessment and services. This shows that further research is desperately needed to develop clinical services in the field of neurology and neuropsychology.
Start Year 2011
 
Description European COST action SignGram : unraveling the grammars of European sign languages : pathways to full citizenship of deaf signers and to the protection of their linguistic heritage 
Organisation European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
Department Unraveling the Grammars of European Sign Language
Country European Union (EU) 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Member of European COST action SignGram: Unraveling the grammars of European sign languages: pathways to full citizenship of deaf signers and to the protection of their linguistic heritage. http://parles.upf.edu/en/content/cost-signgram
Start Year 2011
 
Description European COST program Bi-SLI : language impairment in a multilingual society 
Organisation European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST)
Department Language Impairment in Multilingual Society
Country European Union (EU) 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Member of European COST program Bi-SLI: Language Impairment in a Multilingual Society: http://www.bi-sli.org/
Start Year 2010
 
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
 
Description How does language affect perception : data from colour perception in signed and spoken language 
Organisation South China Normal University
Department Department of Psychology
Country China 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Research collaboration funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Start Year 2012
 
Description Invited Advisor for research project at City University 
Organisation City, University of London
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Nuffield funded research project ?Reading and Dyslexia in Deaf Children II: The Special Case of Deaf Children Who Sign?;
Collaborator Contribution Advice on design of study, in particular assessment and data collection from deaf children who use British Sign Language
Impact Multi-disciplinary: speech & language therapy, developmental psychology, education
Start Year 2013
 
Description K Cormier as 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 K Cormier at DCAL/ UCL is funded expert collaborator on European Research Council Starter Grant to Dr. Jennifer Culbertson, "Syntax Shaped by Cognition", advising on the silent gesture part of the project.
Collaborator Contribution The European Research Council Starter Grant award was to PI Dr. Jennifer Culbertson at University of Edinburgh, "Syntax Shaped by Cognition"
Impact Project runs 2018-02-01 to 2023-01-31
Start Year 2018
 
Description Karen Emmorey (Vigliocco named co-I on NIH grant by Emmorey) 
Organisation San Deigo State University
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Vigliocco was Co-I on a research grant by Emmorey funded by NIH to carry out a TMS study of iconicity
Collaborator Contribution Emmorey's grant paid for consumables and RA time
Impact A manuscript reporting the results of the experiment is about to be submitted
Start Year 2012
 
Description Language development for NDCS train the trainers project. 
Organisation NDCS National Deaf Children's Society
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution On going work on training professionals to work with deaf children and families
Start Year 2013
 
Description Lexical-semantic organization in American Sign Language by Deaf native signers 
Organisation University of Texas at Austin
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution International Collaboration with Dr Richard Meier, Department of Linguistics, University of Texas at Austin The goal of this collaboration is to investigate the depth of semantic knowledge in American Sign Language (ASL) by deaf native signers, using a repeated meaning association paradigm.
Start Year 2011
 
Description Partner investigator on Research Grant from Australian Research Council (ARC), "When do gestures become linguistic?" 
Organisation Macquarie University
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Kearsy Cormier as Partner investigator on Research Grant from Australian Research Council (ARC), "When do gestures become linguistic? Understanding the gesture-language interface through a corpus-based study of pointing signs in signed languages" Chief Investigators: Trevor Johnston (Macquarie-U, Sydney), Adam Schembri (La Trobe-U, Melbourne); Partner Investigator: Onno Crasborn (Radboud-U, Nijmegen, Netherlands). ASD$345,000.
Collaborator Contribution Partner investigator on Research Grant from Australian Research Council (ARC), "When do gestures become linguistic? Understanding the gesture-language interface through a corpus-based study of pointing signs in signed languages" Chief Investigators: Trevor Johnston (Macquarie-U, Sydney), Adam Schembri (La Trobe-U, Melbourne); Partner Investigator: Onno Crasborn (Radboud-U, Nijmegen, Netherlands). ASD$345,000.
Impact in progress
Start Year 2014
 
Description Partner investigator on Research Grant from Australian Research Council (ARC), "When do gestures become linguistic?" 
Organisation Radboud University Nijmegen
Country Netherlands 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Kearsy Cormier as Partner investigator on Research Grant from Australian Research Council (ARC), "When do gestures become linguistic? Understanding the gesture-language interface through a corpus-based study of pointing signs in signed languages" Chief Investigators: Trevor Johnston (Macquarie-U, Sydney), Adam Schembri (La Trobe-U, Melbourne); Partner Investigator: Onno Crasborn (Radboud-U, Nijmegen, Netherlands). ASD$345,000.
Collaborator Contribution Partner investigator on Research Grant from Australian Research Council (ARC), "When do gestures become linguistic? Understanding the gesture-language interface through a corpus-based study of pointing signs in signed languages" Chief Investigators: Trevor Johnston (Macquarie-U, Sydney), Adam Schembri (La Trobe-U, Melbourne); Partner Investigator: Onno Crasborn (Radboud-U, Nijmegen, Netherlands). ASD$345,000.
Impact in progress
Start Year 2014
 
Description Partner investigator on Research Grant from Australian Research Council (ARC), "When do gestures become linguistic?" 
Organisation University of Birmingham
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Kearsy Cormier as Partner investigator on Research Grant from Australian Research Council (ARC), "When do gestures become linguistic? Understanding the gesture-language interface through a corpus-based study of pointing signs in signed languages" Chief Investigators: Trevor Johnston (Macquarie-U, Sydney), Adam Schembri (La Trobe-U, Melbourne); Partner Investigator: Onno Crasborn (Radboud-U, Nijmegen, Netherlands). ASD$345,000.
Collaborator Contribution Partner investigator on Research Grant from Australian Research Council (ARC), "When do gestures become linguistic? Understanding the gesture-language interface through a corpus-based study of pointing signs in signed languages" Chief Investigators: Trevor Johnston (Macquarie-U, Sydney), Adam Schembri (La Trobe-U, Melbourne); Partner Investigator: Onno Crasborn (Radboud-U, Nijmegen, Netherlands). ASD$345,000.
Impact in progress
Start Year 2014
 
Description Partnership between DCAL and ARC CCD, Macquarie University, Australia to develop analysis software for fTCD. 
Organisation Australian Research Council
Department ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders
Country Australia 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Payne contributed to the new artifact rejection steps of the analysis software. She was responsible for checking the code with existing data collected from past projects.
Collaborator Contribution Badcock wrote the code for the analysis software and provided in depth training to Payne on developing analysis software using MATLAB.
Impact During a 6 week research visit (summer 2014) Badcock and Payne made significant progress in developing version 3 of the specialist analysis software, used to analyse fTCD data (dopOSCCI). This is an improvement on the previous version of dopOSCCI, allowing users to visualize each step of processing the fTCD signal and includes a more sophisticated method for noise reduction. A working version of this software is being tested by Badcock, Payne and researchers using fTCD at the University of South Australia, Adelaide and will be used in publications currently in preparation.
Start Year 2014
 
Description UCL-MRRI 
Organisation Moss Rehabilitation Hospital
Country United States 
Sector Hospitals 
PI Contribution GV started a collaboration with Drs Laurel Buxbaum and Myrna Schwartz at Moss Rehabilitation Research Institute concerning the multimodal communication of people with aphasia and apraxia.
Collaborator Contribution Dr Buxbaum and Schwartz bring expertise on aphasia and apraxia as well as access to patients. A grant application (Buxbaum, PI; Vigliocco co-I) has been submitted to NIH.
Impact No major output yet.
Start Year 2016
 
Description Using mediated learning experiences to inform deaf children's organization of their signed and spoken language systems 
Organisation University of Texas at Austin
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution International collaboration with Dr Elizabeth Pena, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Texas at Austin, USA Goal of this collaboration is to provide a model for assessment of vocabulary knowledge in American Sign Language (ASL) within the framework of dynamic language assessment and discuss the notion of child modifiability in response to scripted mediated learning experience (MLE) sessions.
Start Year 2011
 
Title STAR - speechreading training and reading 
Description Computerised speechreading (lipreading) training programme for young deaf children. 
Type Products with applications outside of medicine
Current Stage Of Development Initial development
Year Development Stage Completed 2019
Development Status Under active development/distribution
Impact speechreading training led to improvements in speechreading and phonological skills in deaf children. 
URL http://star-demo.research.sc/
 
Title Specialist memory clinic for British Sign Language community 
Description specialist memory clinic (based in London) for the diagnosis of dementia in members of the deaf community, taking referrals from all over the UK, and using diagnostic tools specially developed for signers with acquired neurological impairments 
Type Health and Social Care Services
Current Stage Of Development Early clinical assessment
Year Development Stage Completed 2013
Development Status Actively seeking support
Impact Collaborations to develop comparable diagnostic tools for Deaf people in other countries 
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/clinical
 
Title BSL SignBank: sign language lexical database system 
Description BSL SignBank is an open access, online lexical database and dictionary of British Sign Language, based on and adapted from Auslan (Australian Sign Language) SignBank. BSL SignBank was the first adaptation of the Auslan system. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2014 
Impact SignBanks for other sign languages are emerging based on the BSL adaptation, including Sign Language of the Netherlands and Finnish Sign Language, with proposals underway for SignBanks in other countries. 
URL http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk
 
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
 
Title Sign Language Receptive Skills Test Site 
Description Portal to on-line versions of receptive skills tests in British Sign Language, German Sign Language & American Sign Language. Enables on-line testing and storage of data for research and applied purposes 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2014 
Impact Demand from researchers and practitioners working with deaf children in other countries for support in developing adaptations for their own languages 
URL http://www.signlanguagetest.com/
 
Title Test portal 
Description This website provides on-line access to assessments of deafness, cognition and language developed through research carried out at the Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) research centre including the BSL Cognitive Screening test and BSL Test of Verbal Learning and Memory which was funded by the Alzheimer's Society grant. 
Type Of Technology Webtool/Application 
Year Produced 2016 
Impact Clinicians and practitioners will be able to access the tests online for use in assessing cognitive disorders and dementia in deaf people that use British Sign Language. This is the first time that such tests have become available nationally for diagnostic use. 
URL https://dcal.azurewebsites.net/
 
Description Dr Velia Cardin, seminar, A cognitive role for the auditory cortex of deaf individuals 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Increased knowledge of research and work carried out by DCAL and the importance of this.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.hearing.nihr.ac.uk/seminars/seminar/a-cognitive-role-for-the-auditory-cortex-of-deaf-indi...
 
Description "Deaf Awareness Day" at Roding Primary School, Redbridge. 
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 Awareness of DCAL's activities amongst parents of deaf children and other professionals, and promotion of UCL's summer school programme for deaf students

Contacts made for potential future collaborations and people were interested in taking part in future research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description 'Deaf and dementia' project call for volunteers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Deaf clinical psychologist Dr.Joanna Atkinson introduces the 'Deaf and Dementia' project to a group of 800 holidaying pensioners at the annual England Deaf Darby and Joan event in Lowestoft. Interviewing 150 of this healthy group of Deaf people is the first stage of the research project, involving 3 leading British universities. The project will look at how Deaf people are affected by dementia. Deaf community so individuals can be diagnosed early and accordingly supported.

250 people volunteeered to take part in the research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description 'Fake' Mandela interpreter claims schizophrenic episode 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 'Fake' Mandela interpreter claims schizophrenic episode

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 'Fake' interpreter at Mandela memorial claims to have exposed system 
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 http://www.newsfiber.com/p/s/h?v=EuRHwrpflhk0%3D+DZFpIBMOuDk%3D

'Fake' interpreter at Mandela memorial claims to have exposed system
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 'Zulu sign language? There's no such thing': expert reacts to 'fake' Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter 
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 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/nelson-mandela/10511040/Zulu-sign-language-Theres-no-such-thing-expert-reacts-to-fake-Nelson-Mandela-memorial-interpreter.html

'Zulu sign language? There's no such thing': expert reacts to 'fake' Nelson Mandela memorial interpreter
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description 2 languages = 2 brains, 2 minds and 2 cultures? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact ESRC Festival of Social Science event.

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
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 @dcal_ucl : The fantastic History of #BSL free exhibition opens TODAY!! 2-25 July 2013, at #UCL North Cloisters! http://t.co/bKtuJzOJE0 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact DCAL's exhibition advertised online at: http://inagist.com/all/352049432000348161/ link accessed 11.7.13

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://inagist.com/all/352049432000348161/
 
Description A basic introduction to the linguistics of BSL: Bradford, England 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop delivered to British Sign Language teachers

BSL tutors had an improved understanding of BSL linguistics and there were some informal requests for further training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description A minority sign language community within a majority sign language community. Gallaudet University Department of ASL and Deaf Studies. Washington DC, USA, 1st April 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Discussion after the presentation

Discussion with academics with a specific interest in this area (Black ASL, ISL in South Africa)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description A sign of where you're from? BDN article 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact "A sign of where you're from?" Research article by Rose Stamp, Adam Schembri, Bronwen Evans, Kearsy Cormier, featuring research on accommodation in BSL, British Deaf News, April 2015.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Addressing hearing loss services 'could save £28m' 
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 http://www.hsj.co.uk/addressing-hearing-loss-services-could-save-28m/5058257.article#.UvJqtCSBTAI

Greater knowledge among the Deaf and Hearing Community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.hsj.co.uk/addressing-hearing-loss-services-could-save-28m/5058257.article#.UvJqtCSBTAI
 
Description Advertisement for Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research (TISLR) Conference 11 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact DCAL's TISLR conference was advertised online at: http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/26470/theoretical-issues-in-sign-language-research-%28tislr%29-conference-11.aspx?dm_i=XZA,1N3D8,4OC31U,5QF0B,1 link accessed 11.7.13

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/26470/theoretical-issues-in-sign-language-research-%28t...
 
Description An investigation into deaf children's vocabulary development in BSL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Talk delivered at event supported under the Beacons for Public Engagement programme - funded by UK councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Analysing deaf children's communication in sign 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk to Yorkshire Deaf children's services. 30.1.2009

Discussion with families/professionals
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2009
 
Description Are deaf children with autism spectrum disorder impaired when using emotional and linguistic facial expressions in British Sign Language? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation given to members of the Applied Psychology and Deafness Special Interest group

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Arriving at conventions in language acquisition: perspectives from child signers. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Talk at a meeting about sign and spoken language comparisons

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Article - DCAL What do they do? By terptree 
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 Expanded the knowledge of the reader to understand what DCAL does and what our aims are
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://terptree.co.uk/deaf-people/dcal-what-do-they-do/
 
Description Article about DCAL research: Sign language dialects "in decline" 
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 Article sparked questions and discussion about Sign language dialects

Public became more aware of Sign language dialects and that users of British Sign Language (BSL) are being faced with unprecedented change in their language, with some loss of regional variations in signs, and a gap between the older and younger generations emerging.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.hearingtimes.co.uk/Community/1645/Sign%20language%20dialects%20%E2%80%9Cin%20decline%E2%8...
 
Description Article about Discover UCL: A Summer School for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Students 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article advertising the BSL summer school

Deaf students bacame more ware of coursesavailable with UCL and DCAL
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.accessprofessions.com/partners/university-college-london/discover-ucl
 
Description Article about the reults of Research Carried out by DCAL. First evidence that synaesthesia gives colour to sign language 
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 Article about the results of Research Carried out by DCAL. First evidence that synaesthesia gives colour to sign language
Made a wider audience aware of DCAL and the research carried out,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://allthingslinguistic.com/post/147014428482/first-evidence-that-synaesthesia-gives-colour-to
 
Description Article in British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Magazine. Rowley K, Dumbrill H and MacSweeney M The brain needs language. March 2019 
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 Article in British Association of Teachers of the Deaf Magazine. Rowley K, Dumbrill H and MacSweeney M The brain needs language. March 2019

Kate Rowley, Hilary Dumbrill and Mairéad MacSweeney stress the importance of early language acquisition for cognitive development and explain how to ensure this happens
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Article in British Deaf News about the work being done in DCAL to increase knowledge about language difficulties among sign language users 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Article in British Deaf News about the work being done in DCAL to increase knowledge about language difficulties among sign language users.
Audience reported a change in views. More awareness among deaf community and practitioners
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Article in British Deaf News mentioning DCAL winning an award for 'Most significant research contribution to Deaf studies' at the Royal Association for Deaf 175th Birthday Honours Awards Ceremony 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article in British Deaf News mentioning DCAL winning an award for 'Most significant research contribution to Deaf studies' at the Royal Association for Deaf 175th Birthday Honours Awards Ceremony.
Deaf community more aware of DCAL and the research work it does and the impact it has
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Article in Hearing Times mentioning DCAL winning an award for 'Most significant research contribution to Deaf studies' at the Royal Association for Deaf 175th Birthday Honours Awards Ceremony 
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 Article in Hearing Times mentioning DCAL winning an award for 'Most significant research contribution to Deaf studies' at the Royal Association for Deaf 175th Birthday Honours Awards Ceremony. Help auidence to be more aware of DCAL and the reseach done at DCAL.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.hearingtimes.co.uk/video/82827/Deaf%20community%20champions%20celebrated%20at%20RAD%20175...
 
Description Article on Limping Chicken Website - Launch of the DCAL Portal 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article on Limping Chicken Website - Launch of the DCAL Portal
Increased the knowledge of DCAL and the research and work we carry out.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://limpingchicken.com/2016/06/07/deaf-news-new-online-resource-provides-huge-leap-forward-in-dea...
 
Description Article on Limping Chicken Website- New study casts light on synaesthesia among signed language users 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Increased knowledge of the research carried out by DCAL.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://limpingchicken.com/2016/07/20/deaf-news-new-study-casts-light-on-synaesthesia-among-signed-la...
 
Description Article: New UCL deaf awareness training in tune with latest Health Commission recommendations 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article influenced public about a need for Deaf Awareness online training.

Audience reported a change in views. Greater awareness of the need for Deaf Awareness training especially for Heath Care professionals.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifelearning/latest-announcements/deaf-awareness-training-health-commission-rec...
 
Description Assessing Interpreter Aptitude 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact A lecture to spoken language and sign language interpreting students at Moscow Linguistics University

group of Russian interpreting students came for a study attachment
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Assessing early sign language development 
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 Invited presentation at Hot topics in bilingual education for students with hearing loss. Victorian Deaf Education Institute, Melbourne, 4 September 2012.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Assessing interpreter aptitude 
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 Invited presentation at Interpreter Training Network Symposium, Adelaide 26 August 2012.

continuing contact and collaboration with Australian interpreters
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Assessment Gap for Deaf Children 
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 http://www.primarytimes.net/parent_times_education_assessment_gap_deaf_children.php

Assessment Gap for Deaf Children
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Assessment and feedback in the digital age 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Type Of Presentation workshop facilitator
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A one day workshop funded by the HEA to focus on the use of digital technologies when training interpreters and post qualification continuing professional development.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
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 BBC See Hear - Stroke in Deaf Community and parliamentary launch of consultation on deafness and long term conditions 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact National broadcast on BBC See Hear

Greater knowledge among the Deaf community.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description BBC See Hear, featuring British Sign Language Corpus 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Interviewee for BBC See Hear, featuring British Sign Language Corpus, 28 May 2014. Aired on BBC early 2015.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description BBC2 See Hear Series 32 Episode 30 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Dcal staff (Bencie Woll) interviewed

Audience reported a change in their views
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q98w3
 
Description BBC2 See Hear Series 33 Episode 3 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact DCAL staff (Joanna Atkinson intervied).



http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s0s89



First broadcast on BBC 2.

Deaf public became more aware of our research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01s0s89
 
Description BBC2 See Hear Series 33 Episode 6 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact DCAL staff interviewed. Television programme showing some 1920s film footage of the first known record of BSL in the UK, telling of the economic downturn of that time, when many deaf people didn't have jobs. DCAL at the University College of London has discovered this unusual footage which was handed in to them. Upon viewing this footage, it revealed how BSL was used over ninety years ago - around 1927 or 1928 - just after the 'General Strike', when a lot of people were out of work.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p019x905

Greater knowledge among the Deaf community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description BBC2 See Hear Series 33, Episode 19 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact DCAL staff interviewed. TV programme

deaf public became more aware of our research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description BBC2 See Hear Special Episode on 'The deaf brain' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Dcal staff (Mairead MacSweeney) interviewed

greater knowledge among Deaf community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description BSL Bake-off 
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 Fun bake-off event using the 11th anniversary of the recognition of BSL as an official language in the UK to raise deaf awareness and publicise DCAL's research

Approx 60 people visited DCAL and took part in the event. Funds raised from cake sales were donated to a local Deaf school.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description BSL Corpus ten year celebration event. 3 November, 2018. DCAL. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact On Saturday 3 November, DCAL hosted the BSL Corpus 10-year celebration event. This public event was hosted live in central London and simultaneously live streamed online to viewers in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand. DCAL invited every single person who has been involved in the creation and development of the BSL Corpus over the past ten years: fieldworkers, language consultants, researchers, teachers, community members, visiting scholars and more. Anyone who is interested in BSL and signed language linguistics was also invited and welcome to attend. Half of the day was about disseminating research findings - what has been learned over the years from doing research using the BSL Corpus and also the related BSL Signbank dictionary. The other half of the day showcased people from across the UK who have been using the BSL Corpus and/or BSL SignBank for reasons other than research, especially for BSL teaching and/or interpreter training. The main language of the event was BSL, with over 100 Deaf and hearing BSL signers attend in person, with another 200+ people watching online. The event was fully accessible with voice interpretation from BSL into English and live English captions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://bslcorpusproject.org/events/bsl-corpus-10-year-celebration/
 
Description BSL Flash Mob 
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 Part of the annual Bloomsbury Festival, which this year had "Language" as its theme. A flash mob was organised to introduce those attending the day's events to British Sign Language, with a 5 minute lesson given by one of the DCAL staff.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description BSL Linguistics for BSL tutors, DCAL CPD 18 April 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact BSL Linguistics for BSL tutors. Workshop delivered with Robert Adam as part of DCAL's Continuing Professional Development programme for teachers of BSL, 18 April 2015.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description BSL Linguistics for Interpreters, Cit Lit workshop, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact BSL Linguistics for Interpreters. One day training workshop at City Lit, London, 12 April 2014.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description BSL SignBank is the First British Sign Language Dictionary Based on Actual Use 
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 Kearsy Cormier as interviewee for "BSL SignBank is the First British Sign Language Dictionary Based on Actual Use," featuring BSL SignBank. News item on Shiny Shiny, mainstream technology website for women, 26 September 2014. http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2014/09/signbank-bsl-dictionary.html
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2014/09/signbank-bsl-dictionary.html
 
Description BSL SignBank is the first British Sign Language dictionary based on actual use 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact ShinyShiny article about BSL SignBank

Greater knowledge among the Deaf community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.shinyshiny.tv/2014/09/signbank-bsl-dictionary.html
 
Description BSL SignBank, a 'living' British Sign Language dictionary, is launched online 
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 Kearsy Cormier as interviewee for "Deaf News: BSL SignBank, a 'living' British Sign Language dictionary, is launched online", featuring BSL SignBank. Limping Chicken (world-leading deaf blog), 7 October 2014. http://limpingchicken.com/2014/10/07/deaf-news-bsl-signbank-a-living-british-sign-language-dictionary-is-launched-online/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://limpingchicken.com/2014/10/07/deaf-news-bsl-signbank-a-living-british-sign-language-dictionar...
 
Description BSL SignBank: The first usage-based sign language dictionary 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact "BSL SignBank: The first usage-based sign language dictionary", featuring BSL SignBank. News item in Hearing Times, national newspaper for deaf and hard-of-hearing, 30 September 2014, http://www.hearingtimes.co.uk/News/21961/BSL%20SignBank-%20The%20first%20usage-based%20sign%20language%20dictionary
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.hearingtimes.co.uk/News/21961/BSL%20SignBank-%20The%20first%20usage-based%20sign%20langua...
 
Description BSL cognitive tests and cognitive disorders clinic for deaf people 
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 Workshop presentation for Applied Psychology Special Interest Group in Deafness - a workshop for clinical psychologists working with deaf people

requests for information about referrals and screening tools
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description BSL grammaticality judgement task, K Cormier, DCAL Roadshow, 2011 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Talk delivered at DCAL Roadshow event supported under the Beacons for Public Engagement programme - funded by UK councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/public-engagement/roadshow
 
Description BSL linguistics revision for BSL tutors 
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 Workshop delivered to British Sign Language teachers

BSL tutors asked for more workshops and training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description BSL sociolinguistics 
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 Talk about deaf issues at sociolinguistics workshop at Andrea's School of BSL

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description BSLBT Zoom - 'This is I. Remember me.' National broadcast 16th February 2015 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact BSLBT Zoom - 'This is I. Remember me.' National broadcast 16th February 2015

One in three people will develop dementia, but many Deaf people don't know enough about it.
This is I, Remember Me explores whether there should be more information in BSL and also features interviews with Deaf experts on dementia and Alzheimer's disease.
On the right-hand side of this page, you can watch the behind the scenes film.
This film was made by Jack Smallwood as part of the BSL Zone's Zoom 2014 filmmaking scheme, produced by Neath Films.
Watch this programme online here on the BSL Zone from 8am on Monday morning or watch it on TV at the following dates and times:
Film 4 at 8am on Monday 16th February
Community Channel at 2pm on Tuesday 17th February
Community Channel at 7.30pm on Thursday 19th February
Community Channel at 7.30am on Saturday 21st February
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bslzone.co.uk/latest/online-and-tv-next-week-i-remember-me/
 
Description Barriers to identification of dementia in deaf people 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Invited lecture at workshop on Dementia and Deafness organised by University of Cologne. Contributed to German government thinktank on services for deaf people with dementia

Influence on German government policy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Basic linguistics of British Sign Language: Cardiff, Wales 
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 An introductory workshop for British Sign Language tutors, which introduces the linguistics of BSL and disseminates current research knowledge.

BSL tutors had an improved understanding of BSL linguistics and there were some informal requests for further training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Basic linguistics of British Sign Language: London, England 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An introductory workshop for British Sign Language tutors, which introduces the linguistics of BSL and disseminates current research knowledge.

BSL tutors had an improved understanding of BSL linguistics and there were some informal requests for further training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Basic linguistics of British Sign Language: London, England 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An introductory workshop for British Sign Language tutors, which introduces the linguistics of BSL and disseminates current research knowledge.

BSL tutors had an improved understanding of BSL linguistics and there were some informal requests for further training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Bilingualism and how to assess early language development 
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 Invited presentation at Adelaide Association of Teachers of the Deaf, Adelaide 25 August 2012.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Bilingualism and the deaf brain 
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 Invited presentation at National Symposium on Sign Bilingual Education. Renwick College, Sydney, 30 August 2012.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Bilingualism and the deaf brain 
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 Invited presentation at Hot topics in bilingual education for students with hearing loss. Victorian Deaf Education Institute, Melbourne, 3 September 2012.

further collaboration with Australians in test development
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description British Sign Language corpus project : documenting and describing variation in BSL, J Fenlon et al., DCAL Roadshow 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact DCAL roadshow at Belfast

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/public-engagement/roadshow
 
Description British Sign Language corpus project, A Schembri, Invited talk, JASLSI, Kyoto 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation at Japanese Association of Sign Language Interpreters, Kyoto, Japan

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description British Sign Language corpus project, A Schembri, Invited talk, JFD, Tokyo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation at the Japanese Federation of the Deaf, Tokyo, Japan

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description British Sign Language corpus project, A Schembri, Invited talk, NCSLE, Kyoto 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation at National Centre of Sign Language Education, Kyoto, Japan

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description British Sign Language corpus project, A Schembri, Invited talk, NII, Tokyo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation at National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, Japan

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description British Sign Language recognition : the way ahead 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact A lecture on the linguistic, neuroscientific, psycholinguistic, historical and cultural research that has been undertaken which will greatly assist the Deaf community in securing linguistic human rights under British legislation.

This workshop led to the establishment of a BSL Recognition working party and the commissioning of a discussion paper on the legal, educational, social and access aspects of BSL recognition.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.bda.org.uk/News/112
 
Description Call for joined up care for people with hearing loss and dementia 
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 https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/caresupport/professionals-providers/developments/April-2013.html

Call for joined up care for people with hearing loss and dementia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Categorical perception and production of handling handshapes in British Sign Language (BSL), Zed Sevcikova, ISGS 2010 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Best Paper Award

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.isgs2010.de/PDF/Book%20of%20Abstracts-ISGS2010.pdf
 
Description Categorical vs. gradient properties of handling constructions in British Sign Language, Zed Sevcikova 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Poster presentation at the first PsychoLinguistics in the South East (PsyLingSE) workshop, 5 March 2010

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chc/CHCevents/psylingse
 
Description Categorical vs. gradient properties of handling signs in British Sign Language, Deaf Day 2010 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Poster presentation at DCAL Deaf Day, 2010

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/documents/DOD2010_Programme.pdf
 
Description Categorical vs. gradient properties of handling signs in British Sign Language, Zed Sevcikova, DCAL Roadshow 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Poster presentation delivered at DCAL Roadshow event supported under the Beacons for Public Engagement programme - funded by UK councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/public-engagement/roadshow
 
Description Changes in British Sign Language (BSL) : the effects of dialect contact, increased mobility and political correctness on lexical variation 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited seminar presentation. Paper presented at the University of Glasgow, Research Seminars in English Language. October 6th 2011.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Children's sensitivity to iconic sign-to-world mappings: an eye-tracking study of British Sign Language. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact raised awareness of the audience

na
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.iascl2014.org
 
Description Cognition and language influences on deaf children's learning. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk to Chinese academics and professionals about deaf children's cognition

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Cognitive assessment and the cognitive disorders clinic for users of British Sign Language 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation

Cognitive Assessment and the Cognitive Disorders Clinic for users of British Sign Language. Dementia and Hearing Loss Advanced Seminar. Royal Surrey County Hospital 30 May 2012.

Referrals of signers for cognitive assessments
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Cognitive benefits of language learning 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Supporters
Results and Impact A poster introducing our new British Academy funded project was presented at the British Academy Summer Soiree
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Collaboration between art and research 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A presentation about sign language in collaboration with a multi-modal interactive art exhibition in Rome.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Come along to the British Sign Language Exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact DCAL's exhibition advertised online at: http://www.swlstg-tr.nhs.uk/news-and-media/news/come-along-to-the-british-sign-language-exhibition/ link accessed 11.7.13

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.swlstg-tr.nhs.uk/news-and-media/news/come-along-to-the-british-sign-language-exhibition/
 
Description Communication with deaf isolates : language and gesture 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited presentation at Department of Linguistics, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 11 September 2012

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Communications, principles, and special methods : deaf people in courts and tribunals 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Training session for judges

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Comparing early sign language vocabulary development in three groups : deaf and hearing children of deaf parents, and deaf children of hearing parents 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited presentation.

Comparing early sign language vocabulary development in three groups: Deaf and hearing children of deaf parents, and deaf children of hearing parents. Multimodality and Language Learning Workshop, Max Planck Institute Nijmegen, 14-15 June 2012.

assessment tool has been widely adopted
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Constructed action in British, American and Mexican sign languages, DCAL Deaf Open Day 2010 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Talk delivered at event supported under the Beacons for Public Engagement programme - funded by UK councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010,2011
URL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/public-engagement/documents/whatispublicengagement/01_PE_research_and_teaching...
 
Description Contribution to BBC article "Why are we learning languages in a closed world"? 
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 Contributed to an article in BBC Worklife - Education addressing reasons for an increase in interest in language learning during lockdown.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20201230-why-are-we-learning-languages-in-a-closed-world
 
Description Controversy over 'fake' sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial 
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 http://cir.ca/news/mandela-interpreter-called-fraud

Controversy over 'fake' sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Corrections and clarifications 
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 Correction about Guardian article about BSL Corpus Project published 8 October 2012, mentioning misrepresentation of the BSL Corpus Project and of Gwilym Morris (spokesperson for DCAL)

The Guardian
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/dec/23/corrections-and-clarifications?INTCMP=SRCH
 
Description Course on the Genetics and Neurobiology of Language (Cold Spring Harbor, New York) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Meeting fellow graduate student researchers in a small group led to stimulating discussions and academic relationships being formed. We were lucky enough to have lectures and discussions in a small group of ~20 from world experts in the field.

Impact on presentation and discussion confidence. Initiated relationships between students from different fields of the language/brain sciences.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011,2014
URL http://theleadingstrand.cshl.edu/Course/media/2014/C-LANGUAGE
 
Description Creating a sign language corpus 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Broadcast in Japan on television programme, The life as a Deaf and the life as a Hard-of-Hearing person. Features the BSL Corpus Project

Deaf public beacame more aware of our research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Current Research on BSL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Invited talk to members of two deaf organisations

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description DCAL (Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact DCAL exhibited at the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project Open Day, 9 May 2012, part of Endangered Languages Week 2012 - Language, Performance and Culture, 3-11 May 2012 http://www.hrelp.org/events/elw2012/display.html

http://www.hrelp.org/events/elw2012/display.html
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.hrelp.org/events/elw2012/display.html
 
Description DCAL - the first 10 years 
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 day of talks, interactive activities, an exhibition, 'Ten Years of Deafness Cognition and Language Research at UCL' highlighting DCAL's achievements an early evening social and much more to celebrate the first 10 years of DCAL and look to the future.
Attendees included deaf and hearing researchers from around the world, policy makers, the media, members of Deaf Communities, educators, communication support professionals and those with an interest in British Sign Language (BSL).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description DCAL 10 year Celebration: Article in Limping Chicken about the DCALs top ten achievements 
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 The article increased knowledge of the public of the importance of DCAL and what has been achieved

Deaf community more aware of DCALs achievements and involvement over the last 10 years and the impact DCAL has had.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://limpingchicken.com/2015/11/17/dcal-as-dcal-celebrates-its-10th-anniversary-here-are-the-centr...
 
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 DCAL Deaf roadshow 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact A roadshow of workshops visiting six cities in the UK (Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol and Belfast) to disseminate to the Deaf Community research being undertaken at DCAL. This was funded by UCL Beacons for Public Engagement and the British Sign Language Corpus Project.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description DCAL Deaf roadshow 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact A roadshow of workshops visiting six cities in the UK (Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol and Belfast) to disseminate to the Deaf Community research being undertaken at DCAL. This was funded by UCL Beacons for Public Engagement and the British Sign Language Corpus Project.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description DCAL Deaf roadshow 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact A roadshow of workshops visiting six cities in the UK (Birmingham, Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow, Bristol and Belfast) to disseminate to the Deaf Community research being undertaken at DCAL.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description DCAL centre 10 year celebtration. Public engagement demonstrating research and findings to the public (UCL, London) 
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 Attendees included members of the public and members of the deaf community, researchers and other professionals. Hands-on experience of assesment tests were available to all and the impact of the findings of our research discussed. Poster presentations also provided a chance for discussion of work into executive function in deaf children and how to potentially improve EF skills in deaf children in a practical way in schools.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-news/DCAL_10years
 
Description DCAL e-Newsletter Issue 12 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Electronic newsletter produced by DCAL. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/documents/newsletter12

dissemination
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description DCAL e-newsletter + History of BSL Exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Peterborough and District Deaf Children's society featured DCAL's newsletter and exhibition. http://www.pddcs.co.uk/2013/06/dcal-e-newsletter-history-of-bsl.html link accessed 11.7.13

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description DCAL eNewsletter 
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 BSL version of DCAL Newsletter May 2013

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-newsletters/newsletter12
 
Description DCAL mentioned in the UCL Provost's View: Championing a culture where Disabled people can thrive 
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 increased enquiries from students and staff regarding DCAL

Auidence was more aware of DCAL and its development of new postgraduate programmes in Sign Language and Deaf Studies, as well as interpreting and translation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/staff/staff-news/1215/03122015-provosts-view-championing-a-culture-where-...
 
Description DCAL newsletter Issue 11 
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 DCAL eNewsletter, internally produced. Issue 12 published October 2012.

dissemination
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/documents/newsletter11
 
Description Daily News Article in New Scientiest linking to DCAL research and results - First evidence that synaesthesia gives colour to sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Daily News Article in New Scientiest linking to DCAL research and results - First evidence that synaesthesia gives colour to sign language
Increased knowledge of DCAL research and brought DCAL to a wider audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/2095783-first-evidence-that-synaesthesia-gives-colour-to-sign-l...
 
Description Deaf Education Conference 
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 A one day research dissemination event aimed at teachers of deaf children featuring speech-reading, language and cognitive underpinnings of deaf children's learning. World-leading researchers, teachers and policy makers discuss the future of education for deaf children.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Deaf News: London's DCAL centre casts doubt on 'fake' signer's claims of schizophrenic signing 
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 http://limpingchicken.com/2013/12/13/fake-interpreter-dcal/

Deaf News: London's DCAL centre casts doubt on 'fake' signer's claims of schizophrenic signing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Deaf News: Researchers find that regional variations of BSL are in decline 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Dr Cormier interviewed about BSL Corpus - Limping Chicken website

Deaf public became more aware of our research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://limpingchicken.com/2014/04/24/deaf-news-researchers-find-that-regional-variations-of-bsl-are-...
 
Description Deaf black or black Deaf? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Bencie Woll speaks about how black people in the deaf community identify themselves.

Greater knowledge among the Deaf community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Deaf children development conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact DCAL is six and half years old now, we have carried out a lot of research and we want to share it with you. How much do you know about us? How much does our research inform your work with deaf children? Are you interested in what else we are planning to do in the next four years?

Then come along to our one day research update and discussion conference at City University, Northampton Square, London, EC1V 0HB at 9.30am - 4.30pm.

We will be explaining our findings from our past research in an accessible and relevant way with suggestions for practice and policy making. We will be chairing a question and answer session with leading experts and asking you your opinion and advice on what we should be doing in the future. Plus we will have information stalls, interesting research demonstrations, freebies and lots more to do and find out about!

Amongst some of our invited speakers will be Sue Archbold from the Ear Foundation, Gwen Carr from the Newborn Hearing Screening Programme, Hilary Sutherland a Deaf Research Consultant, Ian Noon Head of Policy and Research for the National Deaf Children's Society, Brigitte Francois a Director from SignVideo, Robin Ash a Community Development Team Manager for the British Deaf Association, Ros Herman Senior Lecturer in Deafness and Hearing Impairment at City University and other experts. Simonetta Agnello-Hornby President of the Special Education Needs and Disability Court and a noted international lawyer and author will be chairing a 'Question Time' session with our speakers.

debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Deaf children's acquisition of theory of mind 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Invited lecture at the University of Texas at Austin, Dpt of Communication Science & Disorders - CSD 293E 7-COG/LING FND OF LANG DEV/DIS (Sheng), Feb 7th, 2012

questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Deaf interpreters 
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 Presentation given to Japanese Deaf interpreters

As with other workshops during this trip to Japan I have since been asked to collaborate on an edited book and to present again on topics such as Deaf interpreters and bilingualism in Japan.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Deaf interpreters and deafhood 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A lecture which reviewed research into Deaf translators (Adam, Carty and Stone, 2012) and how the principles of Deafhood (Ladd, 2003) can be used as a theoretical framework for this research.

As with other presentations during this trip to Japan, I was asked to collaborate in an edited book, and have been asked back to Japan to present workshops on bilingualism.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Deaf interpreters in a team (for the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters) 
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 A three-day workshop in association with the European Forum of Sign Language Interpreters, which looked at the theoretical and practical aspects of Deaf and hearing interpreters co-working together in a team.

The workshop content was published in a book chapter (in a volume about Deaf Interpreters published by Gallaudet University Press) and made accessible to Deaf people around the world.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010,2012
 
Description Deaf people and interpreters working together: Glasgow, Scotland 
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 Workshop given to apprentice British Sign Language interpreters

One of the presenters (Robert Adam) was asked by NRCPD to be involved with the interpreter accreditation for Scottish interpreters.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Deaf people in the UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Presentation given to the East Tokyo region of the Japanese Federation of the Deaf

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Deaf people with dementia : communication strategies 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Health professionals
Results and Impact Deaf people with Dementia : Communication Strategies. Primary Health Conference, Birmingham 24 May 2012

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Deaf people with dementia: assessing cognition and language in the older Deaf community 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation about current DCAL research to a mixed audience of professionals working with deaf people, academics, research students, members of the Deaf community

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Deaf people with dementia: assessing cognition and language in the older Deaf community. Centre for Public Health, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Queens University Belfast. 26 November, 2013. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Large audience of Deaf people, professionals working with the older Deaf population.

Collaboration with Ireland on developing Irish Sign Language version of BSL cognitive screen; collaboration with new Alzheimers Society project in Northern Ireland
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Deaf volunteers take part in a project to develop a diagnostic test for doctors to determine the early onset of dementia in deaf people 
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 Series 30 Episode 23



See Hear joins a group of deaf volunteers taking part in a project to develop a diagnostic test for doctors to determine the early onset of dementia in deaf people.

National BBC broadcast. Led to many enquiries for further information and assistance
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/seehear/2010/11/wednesday_24th_of_november_bbc_1.html
 
Description Deaf with Dementia Project 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research or patient groups
Results and Impact We drafted an article for the British Deaf News for deaf audiences, updating them with latest findings from the project and future directions.

Newsletter
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Deaf with Dementia Project testing day and feedback on results 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact A group of 15 Deaf participants were invited to a Saturday event at DCAL and asked to participate in research, they were given information about findings and the project to date and a networking lunch was provided.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Deaf with dementia project 
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 Invited talk to older deaf people at the Jewish Deaf Association

increase in research volunteers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Deaf with dementia symposium, World Congress on Mental Health and Deafness, Belfast 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The symposium presented ongoing research on deaf people with dementia, including social and cognitive issues. There was extensive discussion following the event.

A number of requests for collaboration in developing comparable projects and tools in other countries
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Deafness and Long-term Health Conditions 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Parliamentary launch of publication: Joining-Up: why people with hearing loss or deafness would benefit from an intergrated response to long-term health condition;

support of MPs for long-term funding of specialist national neuro service for deaf people
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Deafness and ageing: the challenge of dementia 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Health professionals
Results and Impact Invited lecture on the findings of the Deaf with dementia project

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Deafness and cognition 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Invited speaker at the Léonard Project lecture series. 6th December 2010

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://anr-leonard.ens-lyon.fr/
 
Description Deafness and dementia 
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 Workshop organised by the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth 15 March, 2013 Berlin. Sharing of our research with German policy-makers in order to assist them to develop their own services

Sharing of our research with German policy-makers in order to assist them to develop their own services
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Deafness and dementia project 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Participants in your research or patient groups
Results and Impact Deafness and dementia project presentation day for Deaf Dutch exchange group

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Deafness and dementia project 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation at Deaf Practitioner meeting, Sussex County Hospital, Brighton.

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Deafness, cognition and language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Talk to members of Manchester Deaf Community.

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Departmental seminar (ARC CCD, MacQuarie University, Sydney, Australia) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Good feedback on task design from attendees.

None that I'm aware of.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Developmental disorders in sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited presentation at Amsterdam Centre for Language and Communication, University of Amsterdam 15 November 2012

requests for more talks
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Developmental disorders in sign language : insights into modality and language impairment 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited presentation at Centre for Child Development and Child Neurology, ICH, London 10 October 2012

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Diagnosing dementia in deaf people 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Expert interview. Broadcast programme about DCAL work in establishing the first Cognitive Disorders for Deaf people in the UK

Deaf public beacme more aware of our research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Digging into Signs Workshop: Developing Annotation Standards for Sign Language Corpora 
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 Cormier, Kearsy & Onno Crasborn. Digging into Signs Workshop: Developing Annotation Standards for Sign Language Corpora. Workshop organised at UCL, 30-31 March 2015.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.bslcorpusproject.org/events/digging-workshop/
 
Description Digiti lingua: a celebration of British Sign Language and Deaf Culture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A public lecture celebrating British Sign Language and Deaf Culture. http://royalsociety.org/events/2013/BSL/

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Discover UCL Summer School for Deaf students (UCL, UK) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact I helped the group of young adults with one of their evening activities. The workshop gave students the ability to see what studying at UCL might be like and the kinds of resources on offer for deaf students.

I became much more interested in widening participation in universities in general.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Discover UCL Summer School for deaf and hard of hearing students (2016) 
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 Widening participation summer school targeted at deaf and heard of hearing year 11 and 12 students.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/study/discover-ucl-summer-school
 
Description Discover UCL summer school for D/deaf and hard of hearing students 
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 Article: The Discover UCL Summer School, which was developed and run in partnership with UCL Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) and the Deaf Education Advocacy Fellowship (DEAF), gave 20 Year 11 and 12 pupils a taste of student life in London.

Deaf students became more aware of the training available at DCAL and UCL
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0814/180814-discover-ucl-summer-school
 
Description Discover UCL summer school for D/deaf and hard of hearing students (2014) 
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 20 Deaf/deaf and hard of hearing year 11 and 12 students from around the UK attended a 3-day residential summer school organised by DCAL and the UCL widening participation team. This was the first summer school of its type provided by a UK university and aimed at encouraging Deaf/deaf students to apply to UCL.

Overwhelmingly positive feedback from participants have resulted in UCL deciding to run the summer school again. Early indications are that two participants have already applied to UCL for the 2015-16 intake. UCL will now run this summer school again in 2015.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0814/180814-discover-ucl-summer-school
 
Description Discover UCL summer school for D/deaf and hard of hearing students (2015) 
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 Widening participation summer school aimed at young deaf people. To inform them about preparation for university.

Summer school ran in August 2015, too early to realise significant impact.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-news/news_release_summer_school
 
Description Discover UCL: A Summer School for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Students 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Article: Discover UCL: A Summer School for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Students. Sent in email newsletter with link to website article. UCOD email newsletter

Deaf public became more aware of us
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://deafcouncil.org.uk/2014/05/20/discover-ucl-a-summer-school-for-ddeaf-and-hard-of-hearing-stud...
 
Description Discussion -Discussant for Multimodality and Language Learning Workshop MPI 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited speaker. Discussant for Multimodality and Language Learning Workshop MPI

share findings
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Discussion on effects of language deprivation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Commentary on film about language deprivation Discussion of A Life Without Words (Una vida sin palabras) - film screening

Discussion of A Life Without Words (Una vida sin palabras) - film screening
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Dissociating Cognitive and sensory neural plasticity. Lecture for the Department of Neuroscience of Language, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou, China, 18 November 2013. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Students are studying neuroscience of sign language. This provided them with state of the art information on research in this field and stimulated significant discussion

Several post-docs have applied to spend one or more terms at DCAL
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Dissociating cognitive and sensory neural plasticity 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Presentation of recent DCAL neuroscience research

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Diversity across sign languages and spoken languages - implications for language universals (a response to Evans & Levinson, 2009), A Schembri 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited lecture at University of Western Sydney, Australia

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Diversity of visual languages 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact An exhibition organised by UCL's Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre, as part of UCL's Diversity Month 2013 http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/equalities/exhibition.php

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/equalities/exhibition.php
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/hr/equalities/exhibition.php
 
Description Do we agree on the roles, knowledge and skills set of a deaf interpreter? 
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 Workshop given at the Association of Sign Language Interpreters conference - Developing the Interpreter: developing the profession.

This workshop was printed in the proceedings of the conference, and Deaf people have subsequently been able to qualify as interpreters in the UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Do you know what I know? : investigating the robustness of deaf children's vocabulary knowledge in sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited research talk at the Department of Deaf Studies, School of Education, Boston University, USA, November 2011

questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Doctor Manjula's Prescription - A History of British Sign Language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact DCAL organised an exhibition, details of which appeared on this blog: http://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/events/2013/07/11/doctor-manjulas-prescription-a-history-of-british-sign-language/

dissemination
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Dr. Mairéad MacSweeney Keynote Lecture, March 2017, International Conference on Teaching Deaf Learners, Amsterdam 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr. Mairéad MacSweeney Keynote Lecture, March 2017, International Conference on Teaching Deaf Learners, Amsterdam
Using cognitive neuroscience to inform educational interventions with deaf children: a randomised controlled trial of speechreading training
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.kentalis.nl/Teaching-Deaf-Learners/TDL-2017/Conference-program
 
Description Dr. Mairéad MacSweeney Keynote lecture: Society for the Neurobiology of Language Annual Meeting. London, August 17-20th 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact University College London
Dr. Mairéad MacSweeney is a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow at the University College London Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience where she leads the Visual Communication group. She is also a Co-Director of the UCL Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre. She explores how the brain processes language through primarily visual means including reading, gesture, lipreading
and sign language. Much of her research focusses on people who were born profoundly deaf.

INSIGHTS INTO THE NEUROBIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE PROCESSING FROM DEAFNESS AND SIGN LANGUAGE
Thursday, August 18, 2016, 9:00 - 10:00 am, Logan Hall
Chair: Greig de Zubicaray, Queensland University of Technology
The study of the neurobiology of language has, until recently, focussed primarily on auditory speech. In this talk I will consider how research with people born deaf can provide a unique perspective into the neural basis of language processing.
First, signed languages can be used as tools to determine the neural systems involved in processing language, regardless of whether it is seen or heard.
I will review the current literature which suggests that the neural systems supporting signed and spoken language are very similar, both involving a predominantly left-lateralised perisylvian network. Yet they are not identical. Many recent studies highlight subtle differences between
sign and speech processing. These findings have consequences for developing models of language processing that can be applied to all languages.
Second, examining how spoken languages, and representations of spoken languages, are processed in the absence of auditory input (e.g., lipreading/ reading) provides unique insights into the
influence of altered sensory experience on language processing. This research can help establish, for example, the role of auditory information in learning to read and may inform models of reading development.
Findings from this field further our understanding of how the brain processes language under conditions of altered sensory experience.
Importantly however, it also encourages and stimulates the application of a wider, multimodal view of language and communication to the broader hearing population.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.neurolang.org/programs/SNL_2016_Program_Download.pdf
 
Description Dr. Mairéad MacSweeney: Audio-visual Speech and Language Learning/ Processing workshop, Barcelona, November 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact https://eventum.upf.edu/event_detail/5747/speakers/workshop-on-audiovisual-speech-processing-and-language-learning.html

Mairead MacSweeney

Title: The relationship between speechreading and reading in deaf children

Speechreading (lipreading) is the ability to understand speech in the absence of sound. For most deaf people, speechreading is the primary route to access spoken language. Longitudinal studies have provided evidence for the importance of speechreading (lipreading) as a predictor of variance in reading outcomes in deaf children (Kyle and Harris, 2010; 2011). On the basis of our previous behavioural and neuroimaging research we propose that speechreading provides deaf children with visual information about the sublexical structure of spoken English and that this information helps deaf children to establish amodal phonological representations of speech which they can bring to the task of learning to read.

We have previously found that deaf adults but not deaf children outperform their hearing peers on tests of speechreading (Kyle et al., 2013; Mohammed et al., 2006). This pattern of results suggests that increased experience of understanding silent speech leads to improvements in speechreading ability, and therefore raises the possibility that speechreading ability can be trained.

In this talk I will present the background data to support this model. I will also present the preliminary results from a randomised controlled trial in which we tested the influence of computerised speechreading training on reading development in young deaf children.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://eventum.upf.edu/event_detail/5747/speakers/workshop-on-audiovisual-speech-processing-and-lan...
 
Description Dr. Mairéad MacSweeney: Presentation to Specialist Speech and Language Therapists, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital - 22nd June 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr. Mairéad MacSweeney: Presentation to Specialist Speech and Language Therapists, Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital - 22nd June 2016
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Dr. Mairéad MacSweeney: Workshop on Multimodal Multilingual Outcomes in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children. Stockholm, Sweden, 13-15th June 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Speechreading training and reading: A randomized controlled trial in young deaf children
Mairead MacSweeney (University College London)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.ling.su.se/om-oss/evenemang/workshops-och-konferenser/programme-multimodal-multilingual-o...
 
Description Dr. Mairéad MacSweeney:Using neuroimaging data to inform educational interventions for deaf children. Invited Seminar presentation to the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, 10th March 2016 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr. Mairéad MacSweeney:Using neuroimaging data to inform educational interventions for deaf children. Invited Seminar presentation to the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, 10th March 2016
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Dynamic assessment of deaf children's vocabulary knowledge 
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 Workshop for speech language therapists

Discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description E-books for deaf children about coronavirus, in British Sign Language 
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 ESRC Press coverage update 21-07-2016 - DCAL, Unusual Condition Lets People See Sign Language in Colors 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Highlighted in the ESRC Press coverage update 21-07-2016
Unusual Condition Lets People See Sign Language in Colors
People who use sign language can experience synesthesia, a condition that mixes the senses, for example, allowing some to see letters as colours.
ESRC's insight:
Article cites the ESRC-funded Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre
See it on Scoop.it, via ESRC press coverage

This increased knowledge of DCAL and the research we do
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.livescience.com/55450-synesthesia-documented-in-sign-language.html
 
Description Early communication in families with deaf children 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact • Invited speaker. Early communication in families with deaf children. Trinity College Dublin. 30.5.2011.

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Early exposure to BSL. BATOD magazine, 2013 
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 Early exposure to BSL. British Association of Teachers of the Deaf magazine, January 2013:19. (10)

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Early interaction and the development of deaf children's social awareness/skills 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation at a 'Assessing deaf children's BSL : the challenges and opportunities; event.

Discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Educating deaf children in multicultural Britain 
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 Research article in The British Deaf News: The British Deaf Association is the largest organisation of Deaf people in the UK that is run by Deaf people. We represent the British Sign Language community, which is united by shared experiences, history and, most importantly, by language. We celebrate Deaf Culture, Deaf Identity and British Sign Language.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Els trastorns del llenguatge: què podem aprendre de les llengües de signes 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact 50 students attended a research talk

Generated interest in topic
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Emerging bilingual bimodals and cross-modality interference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Presentation given at University of York on 25th October 2010

Debates
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description England deaf Darby and Joan event (EDDJ) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Attendance at an annual event to feedback our research findings and increase public engagement, we filmed participants and asked them for feedback on previous research.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description England's regional sign language dialects 'in decline' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact K Cormier, interviewee for "England's regional sign language dialects 'in decline'", featuring British Sign Language Corpus. BBC News England, 24 April 2014.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-27053639
 
Description Errors on hands and mouth in British Sign Language : dissociating articulatory channels in the lexicon? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Led to requests for further information

requests for collaboration
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://bilingualism.bangor.ac.uk/seminars/documents/DAVIDVINSONErrorsonthehandsandmouthinBSL.doc
 
Description European Society for Mental Health and Deafness (Clinical Psychologists) meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited keynote presentation on assessing language and cognition in older signers: moving beyond the BSL Cognitive Screening Test. This has led to research collaborations with 3rd sector organisations in the UK and internationally, including adaptations of the screening tools we have developed for use with other sign languages in Europe
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Everything you wanted to know about research but were too afraid to ask. Keynote, SL2Hub-DC conference, Gallaudet University, Washington DC, USA, 28th March 2014. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion with graduate students (both Deaf and hearing) about sign language research

Discussions on sign language research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Evolution of BSL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Broadcast: Presenter Ramon Woolfe on his personal journey to find out how BSL has evolved over time.

http://www.bslzone.co.uk/bsl-zone/evolution-of-bsl/?subs=subs



Broadcast shown periodically on various channels at various times and online. For further information see: http://www.bslzone.co.uk/

Greater knowledge among the Deaf community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.bslzone.co.uk/bsl-zone/evolution-of-bsl
 
Description Evolution of BSL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Documentary on the Evolution of BSL - Interview with staff member Jordan Felon regarding the DCAL BSL corpus

Deaf public became more aware of our research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.bslzone.co.uk/watch/evolution-bsl/?subs=subs
 
Description Executive Function in deaf children 
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 An online article about DCAL's research

http://www.batod.org.uk/index.php?id=/resources/research/dcal-march13.htm
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Executive function in Deaf children 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Participants in your research or patient groups
Results and Impact Poster and presentation to DCAL's advisory board at one of the committee meetings

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Executive function in deaf children 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation as part of the ESRC festival of social science: Executive memory and childhood communication difficulties event.

debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Executive function in deaf children : advisory committee meeting 
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 An organised event for parents, teachers, speech and language therapists, researchers and other individuals working with deaf children - with a presentation about the project and opportunity to discuss the project with a question and answer session.

set agenda for project
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Executive function, language and learning in deaf children. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Scientific meeting (conference/symposium etc.)
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Type Of Presentation paper presentation
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ideas were discussed and shared.

Dissemination of findings.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Expert reaction to Mandela interpreter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact http://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-mandela-interpreter/

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Expression of perspective, location and motion in British Sign Language : evidence from deaf children : project update to parents and teachers 2010, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Talk delivered to teachers.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Expression of perspective, location and motion in British Sign Language : evidence from deaf children : project update to parents and teachers 2010, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Talk delivered to teachers.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Expression of reference with constructed action in British sign language narratives, SOAS 2010, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Departmental seminar series

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.hrelp.org/events/seminars/seminars2009.html
 
Description Faculty of Brain Sciences Newsletter - mentions Discover UCL Summer School for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing students 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Beign mentioned in the newsletter made public more aware of the Discover UCL Summer School for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing students and the work we carry out at DCAL

Public became more aware of DCAL and our research and the engagement activities we run within UCL
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/widening-participation/activities/summer-schools/discover-...
 
Description Fake Interpreter Busted At Mandela Memorial 
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 http://www.zimeye.org/fake-interpreter-at-mandela-memorial-national-disgrace/

Fake Interpreter Busted At Mandela Memorial
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake Mandela Interpreter - another angle... 
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 https://www.facebook.com/DeafinateTraining?ref=stream

Fake Mandela Interpreter - another angle...
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake interpreter at Mandela funeral 
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 http://www.proz.com/forum/interpreting/261136-fake_interpreter_at_mandela_funeral-page2.html

Fake interpreter at Mandela funeral
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake sign interpreter blames mental illness 
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 http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20131213/NEWS04/312139955/1006/NEWS

Fake sign interpreter blames mental illness
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake sign language interpreter at Mandela funeral claims to be schizophrenic 
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 http://www.lusakatimes.com/2013/12/13/fake-sign-language-interpreter-mandela-funeral-claims-schizophrenic/

Fake sign language interpreter at Mandela funeral claims to be schizophrenic
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial says he hallucinated, "saw angels" 
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 http://www.news889.com/2013/12/11/south-africas-deaf-federation-says-man-signing-on-stage-for-mandela-memorial-was-a-fake/

Fake sign language interpreter at Mandela memorial says he hallucinated, "saw angels"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake signer at Mandela event says he hallucinated 
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 http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/fake-signer-mandela-event-says-he-hallucinated

Fake signer at Mandela event says he hallucinated
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake signer at Mandela event says he hallucinated 
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 http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/DAAL3PQ03

Fake signer at Mandela event says he hallucinated
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake signer at Mandela event says he hallucinated 
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 http://bigstory.ap.org/article/interpreter-mandela-event-i-was-hallucinating

Fake signer at Mandela event says he hallucinated
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake signer at Mandela event says he hallucinated 
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 DCAL staff quoted in an online news article

http://www.breitbart.com/system/wire/DAAL3PQ03

http://www.breitbart.com
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake signer at Mandela event says he hallucinated 
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 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20131212/af--mandela-interpreter/?utm_hp_ref=world&ir=world

Fake signer at Mandela event says he hallucinated
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fake signer at Nelson Mandela event says he hallucinated 
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 http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?section=newsmakers&xfile=data/newsmakers/2013/December/newsmakers_December17.xml

Fake signer at Nelson Mandela event says he hallucinated
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Family sign language - resources and delivery 
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 Workshops delivered to people who work with deaf children and families

Early communication curriculum developed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010,2011,2012,2013
 
Description FamilySign Training Days? 
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 http://events.ndcs.org.uk/index.php?ref=E527A5982D3F4F

FamilySign Training Days?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fingerspelling - the alphabet on your hands 
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 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22294204

Fingerspelling - the alphabet on your hands
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Fingerspelling - the alphabet on your hands 
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 https://www.connecttosupport.org/s4s/NewsArticleCmsContext/View/0fc8b564-04b5-4cbf-9ce7-a1b000e93903?Page=1

Fingerspelling - the alphabet on your hands
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Forschung als Grundlage zur besseren Kooperation zwischen Praxis und Hochschulen 
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 Invited Workshop at the Annual Conference of the Association of German Speech Language Pathologists, Burg Feuerstein, Germany. November 2011. English title: Research as foundation for an improved collaboration between academia and professionals

debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Four DCAL briefing documents on dementia and need for specialist services 
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 DCAL Briefing sheets with information for public and press

DCAL Briefing: The need for a specialist national neurology service for deaf people http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-news/dcal-brief

Impact UCL Case Study: Creating neuropsychological assessments and services for Deaf patients with neurological impairments
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/impact/case-study-repository/neuropsychological-assessments-for-the-deaf -

DCAL Briefing: Deaf with dementia, from misdiagnosis and isolation to a future of good practice, UCL. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/documents/dwd-brief

DCAL Briefing: Deaf with Dementia Project, UCL. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/projects/tabs/deaf_with_dementia

DCAL Newsletter: Cognitive Disorders Clinic, UCL. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/documents/dcal_newsletter_10
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011,2012,2013,2014,2015
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/impact/case-study-repository/neuropsychological-assessments-for-the-
 
Description From corpus to lexical database to online dictionary : issues in annotation of the BSL corpus and the development of BSL SignBank, LREC 2012 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Poster presented at the 5th Workshop on the representation and processing of sign languages: Interactions between corpus and lexicon [workshop part of 8th International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation].

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description From gesture to sign : conventionalization of spatial expressions 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact 2nd Nijmegen Gesture Center (NGC) Spring Workshop: Language Evolution in our Hand. Exchange of information with gesture researchers

led to collaborations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description From hand to mouth: a dialogue between spoken language and signed language research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Nathalie Plüss, Tanya Denmark & Joanna Atkinson,

Poster title: Differences in digit span performance between deaf signers and hearing speakers persist with age

Conference: From hand to mouth: a dialogue between spoken language and signed language research
(http://www.hand-to-mouth.uzh.ch/index_de.html)

The conference takes place from September 5 to 7, 2013 at the University of Zurich, Binzmuehlestrasse 14, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland.


Researchers became more aware of our research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013,2014
URL http://www.hand-to-mouth.uzh.ch/index_de.html
 
Description Functional transcranial Doppler sonography for language research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Participants in your research or patient groups
Results and Impact A talk given to staff and students at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Functional transcranial Doppler sonography for language research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact This was a presentation to the Oxford Study of Children's Communication Impairments. They use the same functional ultrasound technology in their research group and the presentation of my doctoral research facilitated a discussion between PhD students, principal investigators, and research assistants about issues in analysis and data collection quality.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Further linguistics for BSL tutors 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop delivered to British Sign Language teachers

BSL tutors had an improved understanding of BSL linguistics and there were some informal requests for further training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Further linguistics for BSL tutors 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A workshop for British Sign Language tutors, which updates them on the linguistics of BSL and disseminates current research knowledge.

BSL tutors had an improved understanding of BSL linguistics and there were some informal requests for further training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Further linguistics for sign language tutors 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A workshop for British Sign Language tutors, which updates them on the linguistics of BSL and disseminates current research knowledge.

BSL tutors had an improved understanding of BSL linguistics and there were some informal requests for further training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Gary Morgan Deaf Learners National Conference Workshop Facilitator 
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 http://deafunity.org/2013/04/gary-morgan-deaf-learners-national-conference-workshop-facilitator/

Gary Morgan Deaf Learners National Conference Workshop Facilitator
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Handedness and Cerebral Lateralisation:Looking at Signing, Fingerspelling and Gesture skills in Deaf Signers and Signers with Stroke in British Sign Language (BSL) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Netherlands Institute for Advanced Science - Workshop on Handedness and Language.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Handedness and lateralisation in sign language studies from the 1960s to the present day 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Review and Presentation of DCAL research on typical and atypical signers

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Handling handshapes in BSL and gesture, Z Sevcikova 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited speaker lecture as part of the Language and Cognition weekly seminar group at the Psychology department.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Hope for Deaf people with dementia 
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 An online article about DCAL's research (http://royaldeaf.org.uk/newsid_60/Hope_for_Deaf_people_with_dementia) featuring a link to DCAL's Briefing Sheet on dementia

http://royaldeaf.org.uk/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Hot off the press: New DCAL paper on lexical variation and change in BSL in PLOS ONE 
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 This paper presents results from a corpus-based study investigating lexical variation in BSL. An earlier study investigating variation in BSL numeral signs found that younger signers were using a decreasing variety of regionally distinct variants, suggesting that levelling may be taking place. Here, we report findings from a larger investigation looking at regional lexical variants for colours, countries, numbers and UK placenames elicited as part of the BSL Corpus Project. Age, school location and language background were significant predictors of lexical variation, with younger signers using a more levelled variety. This change appears to be happening faster in particular sub-groups of the deaf community (e.g., signers from hearing families). Also, we find that for the names of some UK cities, signers from outside the region use a different sign than those who live in the region. Authours: Rose Stamp, Adam Schembri, Jordan Fenlon, Ramas Rentelis, Bencie Woll & Kearsy Cormier

Deaf public and researchers became more aware of our research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0094053
 
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 How British Sign Language developed its own dialects, The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/how-british-sign-language-developed-its-own-dialects-112445 
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 How do hearing adults learn a sign language? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact This was a dissemination talk in which I explained the findings of my research in which I focus on how adults with a spoken language are capable of learning a visual language.

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description How do we get children reading? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Presentation at Centre for Educational Neuroscience event

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description How do you read a language you can't hear? : insights from neuroimaging studies of deaf adults 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Psychology Departmental Seminar, Bangor University, 24th February 2011

debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description How do you read a language you can't hear? : insights from neuroimaging studies with deaf adults 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Departmental seminar presentation - Psychology Departmental seminar, Birmingham University, 4th March 2011

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description How do you read a language you can't hear? : insights from neuroimaging studies with deaf adults 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Talk given at UCL Psychology department CPB seminar series

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL https://pyrus.ccs.bbk.ac.uk/pipermail/psy_department/2010-September/000195.html
 
Description How do you read a language you can't hear? : insights from neuroimaging studies with deaf adults 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Talk given at a Speech Science Forum meeting, held at Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences, UCL.

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description How do you read a language you can't hear? : insights from neuroimaging studies with deaf adults 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Departmental seminar presentation at The Computational, Cognitive and Clinical Neuroimaging Laboratory, The Hammersmith Hospital. 31st January 2012

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description How do you read a language you can't hear? Insights from neuroimaging studies of deaf adults 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Psychology Department seminar, University of Warwick

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description How do you read a language you can't hear? Insights from neuroimaging studies of deaf adults 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact psychology Departmental seminar , University of Warwick, 27th February, 2014

discsussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description How to become a researcher/research assistant 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Presentation given at a careers event at a deaf school 14th February 2011. Presentation included information and guidance on being a research assistant

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Iconicity and coherence : the expression of spatial information in sign language discourse 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Talk given at the "4th Sign Linguistics Workshop"

contacts with young researchers in other countries
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2008
 
Description Iconicity and multimodality in language evolution and development 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Seminar, Department of Psychology, Glasgow Univeristy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Iconicity as a general property of language 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Vigliocco G. (2012, January). Iconicity as a general property of language. Talk presented at the "What if..." workshop.

edited journal issue
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Identifying cognitive disorder and dementia in users of sign languages : moving away from spoken language tests 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Poster presentation. Experimental Psychology Society workshop, 'What If

The study of language started from the investigation of signed, rather than spoken languages?'

Special journal issue
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Identifying dementia in deaf users of British sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Health professionals
Results and Impact Invited lecture at Dementia Research Centre, UCL Institute of Neurology

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Impact on Real Lives- DCAL The First 10 Years 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact At the Deafness, Cognition and Language Centre celebration last November, Dr Jo Atkinson spoke movingly about how the centre had changed the lives of deaf people, including her own. After a long journey during which she was told that deaf people couldn't become psychologists, Atkinson qualified at the age of 31. Her interest was in the area of brain disorders - strokes, dementia, specific language impairments. But she hit upon a major barrier: a lack of information on what a health deaf brain looks like.
In order to make a diagnosis of a brain disorder, one must first understand how a healthy brain works and with no profile of the health deaf brain, Atkinson would be unable to investigate deaf brain disorders.
The first step was identifying the features of the healthy deaf brain and the profile of those with dementia.
Atkinson and her team set about building up a profile of a healthy deaf brain by testing over 400 deaf people at a variety of places such as deaf clubs and holiday camps. This was used to identify a range of brain disorders that would previously have gone unnoticed or have been attributed to "deafness".
DCAL also set up a monthly neuropsychology clinic and it was at this clinic that Atkinson met Lydia Handscomb, who passed away last year. Lydia arrived at the clinic in 2005 in despair, saying she wished she could have a new brain as she felt hers didn't work well. Armed with knowledge of how a healthy deaf brain works, Atkinson was able to identify through tests on Lydia that something was way off the scale - she could only recognise faces and objects face-on. Once they were turned to the side, she couldn't identify them at all. An MRI later, Atkinson discovered to her astonishment that the part of the brain which deals with eye processing was MISSING in Lydia's case. In other words, she was largely unable to make sense of what she was seeing. A particular issue for someone who is a sign language user.
The incredible thing is this part of her brain had almost certainly been missing since she had meningitis when she was a child during World War 2 - while she had 200-300 NHS tests over her lifetime no one had picked up on this. A hearing person with this condition would be very sensitive to sound - in Lydia's case it was light and vibration she was sensitive to, a crucial difference and perhaps one reason why none of her previous doctors had recognised the issue.
Lydia's son Darren Townsend-Handscomb, an English-BSL interpreter, took to the stage to tell his mother's story: after becoming ill with meningitis Lydia became deaf and her physical health was never fully restored. She often collapsed from exhaustion, was highly sensitive to flashing lights and her struggle to recognise people she knew left her often feeling embarrassed. She saw many many doctors over her life in an increasingly desperate attempt to find out what was wrong: among the diagnoses give were post-traumatic stress disorder, M.E. and even plain attention-seeking - Handscomb was an actress after all. After she was hit by a motorbike, the symptoms worsened - a fog descended and wouldn't go away. It was at this point she went to DCAL and met Atkinson's team.
"For 60 years she had issues but no explanation. She met doctors and nurses who were kind but ignorant about deaf people. "Darren said. "Then she arrived at DCAL. It was the first time in my mother's life that she was assessed by a deaf person, by someone who could sign." Even though she was told there was no treatment when she finally got her diagnosis, after a period of depression as she came to terms with this knowledge, she was "able to start living": "The last five years of her life were vastly improved and for that, I thank the Cognitive Disorders Clinic."
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Imposter interpreter at Mandela service blames hallucinations 
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 http://www.freelancestar.com/2013-12-13/articles/24837/imposter-interpreter-at-mandela-service-blames-hallucinations/

Imposter interpreter at Mandela service blames hallucinations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description In the hands of babes : the future of sign languages 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited speaker presentation at SOAS festival on minority and endangered languages.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description In the news: Hot Fingers! Sign language speed championships 
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 http://www.socialscienceforschools.org.uk/news/news-2013/April-2013.aspx

In the news: Hot Fingers! Sign language speed championships
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
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 Infant theory of mind development : the early importance of access to conversation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited speaker at Departmental Seminar Series at the Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths, University of London. 21st October 2010

Questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://www.gold.ac.uk/psychology/seminar-abstracts/
 
Description Interferentie van gesticulaties bij volwassenen die een gebarentaal leren? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Article at the newsletter from the Dutch national association of language teachers. English title : Interference of gesture in adults learning a sign language?

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description International Sign workshop. Gallaudet University Interpreting Service (GIS), Gallaudet University 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion with both Deaf and hearing interpreters about international sign

Interest in Deaf interpreter research/language contact research from professional practitioners
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description International Workshop on dementia assessment 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Type Of Presentation keynote/invited speaker
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact We held a very successful international workshop with 21 attendees from UK, Norway, Finland, Netherlands, France, Italy, Belgium and Ireland. There was much interest in our online tests on the DCAL portal and interest in future collaboration on Europe-wide EU funded projects. We have been invited to Lille to discuss future collaborations to roll out the tests in other European countries in June 2016.

New ideas were shared.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015,2016
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela Event: I Was Hallucinating 
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 http://www.wdio.com/article/stories/s3241318.shtml

Interpreter at Mandela Event: I Was Hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/interpreter-mandela-event-i-hallucinating-5776479

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/national_world&id=9357762

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.durhamregion.com/news-story/4265019-interpreter-for-deaf-at-mandela-event-called-fake/

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.stowsentry.com/ap%20international/2013/12/12/interpreter-at-mandela-event-i-was-hallucinating

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/interpreter-at-mandela-event-i-was-hallucinating/Content?oid=2648249

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.independentmail.com/news/2013/dec/12/interpreter-mandela-event-i-was-hallucinating/

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.pottsmerc.com/general-news/20131212/interpreter-at-mandela-event-i-was-hallucinating

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.nbc-2.com/story/24200241/interpreter-at-mandela-event-i-was-hallucinating

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.columbian.com/news/2013/dec/12/interpreter-at-mandela-event-i-was-hallucinating/

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.tallmadgeexpress.com/ap%20international/2013/12/12/interpreter-at-mandela-event-i-was-hallucinating

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.cherokeetribune.com/view/full_story/24216855/article-Interpreter-at-Mandela-event--I-was-hallucinating-

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.mississauga.com/news-story/4265019-interpreter-at-mandela-event-i-was-hallucinating/

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20131212/NATION/312120055

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.ksla.com/story/24200242/interpreter-at-mandela-event-i-was-hallucinating

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.bramptonguardian.com/news-story/4265019-mandela-ceremony-interpreter-called-a-fake-/

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.observer-reporter.com/article/20131212/NEWS06/131219728&source=RSS#.UupuYvt7R8E

Interpreter at Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Mandela's memorial 'hallucinating' 
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 http://www.3news.co.nz/Interpreter-at-Mandelas-memorial-hallucinating/tabid/417/articleID/324964/Default.aspx

Interpreter at Mandela's memorial 'hallucinating'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter at Nelson Mandela's Memorial (press release) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Press release

http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-news/Memorial_Interpeter

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-news/Memorial_Interpeter
 
Description Interpreter for Mandela event says he was hallucinating, hearing voices 
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 http://globalnews.ca/news/1025392/interpreter-for-mandela-event-says-he-was-hallucinating-hearing-voices/

Interpreter for Mandela event says he was hallucinating, hearing voices
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreter for Mandela event: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.staradvertiser.com/news/breaking/235528911.html

Interpreter for Mandela event: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Interpreting and pragmatics - insights from Deaf interpreters' target language focused renderings 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Lecture given whilst on secondment from DCAL, to Gallaudet University as a visiting Professor.

I was able to discuss potential collaborations with other researchers in the area of sign language pragmatics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Interview of Kearsy Cormier for The Hub, 2012, on BSL Corpus Project 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Kearsy Cormier (current British Sign Language Corpus Project leader) featured, was interviewed about the BSL Corpus Project on The Hub programme, series 2 programme 2, on British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT). The programme aired on 12 March 2012.

As a followup we were invited to be interviewed by the BBC's See Hear about regional variation in BSL. This will air in 2015.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.bslzone.co.uk/bsl-zone/the-hub-2-programme-2/
 
Description Interview on BBC See Hear 
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 Other audiences
Results and Impact Interview about the impact of use of video calling in BSL on changes in the language
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Interview on Radio Slovenia abouit sign language and the brain 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Pre-recorded (and then translated into Slovenian) radio interview
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://radioprvi.rtvslo.si/2020/04/mozgani-na-dlani-nevron-pred-mikrofon-187/
 
Description Interview: Robert Adam, interviewed at the WFD Congress in Istanbul for the Slovenian Deaf TV programme 
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 I was interviewed at the WFD Congress in Istanbul for the Slovenian Deaf TV programme about Deaf people's linguistic human rights and it was broadcast on the 7th October at 9:15am on TIPK TV.
This interview generated discussion and increased knowledge within the Deaf community.

Increased knowledge within the Deaf and hearing community regarding Deaf peoples linguistic human rights
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.tipk.si/oddaje/tipkove-minute/tipkove-minute-70-oddaja
 
Description Introducing the BSL Aphasia Assessment Battery 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact How to use and interpret DCAL's online BSL Aphasia Assessment Battery for practitioners and other relevant audiences.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://dcalportal.org/
 
Description Introducing the DCAL portal; how to use and interpret our online assessments. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact How to use and interpret DCAL's online assessments for practitioners and other relevant audiences, including a beginners guide to statistical test interpretation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://dcalportal.org/
 
Description Introduction to sign language 
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 Weekly workshops at Sense International

improved participants' communication skills
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL http://www.senseinternational.org.uk/
 
Description Invited contribution to Wellcome Trust 'ThInk'blog  March 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Educational Neuroscience: Implications for deaf children - Article written by Mairéad MacSweeney

greater knowledge among the deaf community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://thinkneuroscience.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/how-the-brain-processes-language/
 
Description Invited member of National Science Foundation site visit team 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Mairead MacSweeney invited to assess: Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) research centre - Gallaudet University, Washington DC,

Audience reported a change in their views
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Invited presentation to the ll-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact An invited presentation to the Modern Languages APPG on the cognitive benefits of learning signed or spoken languages
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Invited speaker at UCL Neuroscience Festival - Brain Power, June 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact On Saturday June 22nd the UCL Neuroscience Domain and the SLMS Research Coordination Office ran a one-day public festival to showcase the best of neuroscience research at UCL. The aims were to increase the public's understanding of the contribution UCL makes to science, and to encourage young people into careers in science. The event, titled #BrainPower: How does the brain work and why are some brains different?", attracted nearly 850 people of all ages.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/domains/neuroscience/events/brainpower
 
Description Invited talk (Northumbria) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited lecture, Northumbria University Department of Psychology seminar. Presented research findings on speech and gesture to audience of approx 25 academic staff and postgraduate students. Subsequent discussion included sharing experiences and suggestions of good practice in related studies being planned or carried out.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Is BSL changing? (British Deaf News, 2014) 
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 "Is BSL changing?" Research article featuring research on lexical variation and change in the BSL Corpus, British Deaf News, June 2014.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Jo Atkinson was filmed for zoom documentary 'This is I. Remember me.' 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Jo Atkinson was filmed for zoom documentary in September by Jack Smallwood called 'This is I. Remember me.'

There is no release date for this yet.


Jo Atkinson was filmed for zoom documentary in September by Jack Smallwood called 'This is I. Remember me.'

There is no release date for this yet.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Joannah Atkinson: Article about people hearing voices that mentions her research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The article increased awareness and sparked discussion about those who hear voices

Greater knowledge amoung the public that Deaf people also hear voices
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://aeon.co/magazine/psychology/is-hearing-voices-an-illness-or-a-cure/
 
Description Keeping your place : the role of the visual modality in reference tracking in sign and gesture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited to give talk in Tilburg Center for Cognition and Communication (TiCC) lecture series

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Keeping your place : the role of the visual modality in reference tracking in sign and gesture 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited to give talk in SOAS Linguistics Department Seminar series

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Keynote Address: World Association of Sign Language Interpreting Congress, 23 July 2015 - "Human rights, Deaf people and interpreting - navigating the woods" with Christopher Stone and Robert Adam. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact "Sign Language Weekly". 25 July 2015 1140-1200 on NHK (the state TV channel in Japan). World Association of Sign Language Interpreting Congress 2015 Keynote Address 23 July 2015 "Human rights, Deaf people and interpreting - navigating the woods" with Christopher Stone and Robert Adam.
Public discussed Human rights, Deaf people and interpreting

Greater knowledge among the deaf community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL https://www.facebook.com/harumi.kimura.127/videos/10205673939820903/
 
Description Keynote address: Training interpreters. Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association Interpreter Trainer's Network Symposium, Perth, Western Australia, 1st September 2014. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion and contact with interpreter trainers from around Australia

Discussion of increased involvement of Deaf people in interpreter training programmes in Australia.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Keynote presentation: Language planning in the Australian Deaf community - what are the implications? Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association Annual National Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 31st August 2014. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion with conference participants

Contact with the National Accreditation Authority on Translators and Interpreters
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Keynote presentation: The work of a Deaf Interpreter. Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association Annual National Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 30th August 2014. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Robust discussion after the conference; contact with National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (Australia)

Potential involvement with discussion of interpreter accreditation for Deaf people
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Keynote talk on EF. Amsterdam Free University. Hearing and Language centre 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Talk on EF development.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Keynote. Two talks on Theory of Mind and EF development. ANZCED Conference 2016 . 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Keynote. Two talks on Theory of Mind and EF development.
12th APCD/28th
ANZCED Conference 2016
. Christchurch New
Zealand. 7.7.16
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Knowledge transfer : policy impact 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Article in the UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences Newsletter

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slms/staff-students/newsletter/winter_2010
 
Description Language & theory of mind reasoning 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact A seminar in honour of Michael Siegal. University of Sheffield. 18.5.12. http://shef.ac.uk/psychology/staff/academic/michael-siegal

Interaction with collaborators
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Language Standardisation. 2nd International Conference on Linguistic Rights of the Deaf, All-Russian Society for the Deaf, 22nd May 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Discussion took place after the presentation on sign language standardisation

I was invited to contribute to a special edition of the journal Sign Language Studies (Gallaudet University Press) on language planning.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.deaflinguisticconference2014.voginfo.ru/en/material.html
 
Description Language acquisition and assessment in Deaf children 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited lecture at the University of Texas at Austin, Department of Communication Science & Disorders- CSD 367K INTRO SP/LNG DIS ASM/TRT CHL-W, Mar 27th, 2012

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Language and cognition : new views from sign language research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited lecture given in the Psychology department at Warwick University.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Language and the brain : insights from deafness and language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk deliverd on 20th March 2010 at event supported under the Beacons for Public Engagement programme - funded by UK councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science

discussion and debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/Events/DCAL_Deaf_Open_Day.html
 
Description Language as a multimodal communication system : insight from sign language research 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Talk given at the Language and Cognition Seminar for the School of Psychology in the University of Birmingham

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Language as a multimodal phenomenon 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Invited presentation at the Jurnee Scientifique, ISCT, Toulouse, France, February
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Language as an integrated cognitive system : insight from sign language research 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited lecture given at the University of York, Psychology Department

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Language assessment of children : challenges and new directions 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact In this public debate a panel of three invited speakers will discuss with practitioners issues and challenges arising from language assessment of atypical learners, including children from socially disadvantaged backgrounds, young non-standard or non-native English-speaking children, and deaf children with dyslexia.

increased requests for support in assessment
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.esrc.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/festival/events-archive/2010-specific/language.aspx
 
Description Language assessments should be re-thought 
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 Article in the RCSLT Bulletin which is the foremost monthly magazine for speech and language therapists, providing the latest speech and language therapy news, features and job opportunities

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://issuu.com/redactive/docs/bulletin_july_10
 
Description Language delay matters for deaf people's linguistic and cognitive abilities. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation at 2nd International Conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication, Linkoping, Sweden

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Language development of deaf children 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Health professionals
Results and Impact Seminar given at the "Intervention in the communicative development of deaf children: X Summer School Speech Therapy"

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2009
URL http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://www.alpa-asturias.org/docs/cursos/escue...
 
Description Language impairments in deaf children 
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 Event for professionals working with deaf children in Scotland. (Presentation of SLI in sign language and led the afternoon workshop on how to improve collaboration with parents and schools to improve learning environments for deaf children.)

Parent requests for more information
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Language in Context: an ecological turn to embodied language 
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 Organizer and speaker in a workshop sponsored by Experimental Psychology Society, UCL, January
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Language in the deaf brain 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact • Radio interview: Radio Cambridgeshire 'Naked Scientists' programme. 10th January 2010
Led to online comments

Led to online comments and follow up queries
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Latest from interpreter at Mandela memorial: I was hallucinating 
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 DCAL staff quoted in an online news article

http://www.tampabay.com/news/world/latest-from-interpreter-at-mandela-memorial-i-was-hallucinating/2156779

Latest from interpreter at Mandela memorial: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Launch of Deaf Awareness course. UCL Newsletter - TThe Week@UCL: 17 November 2016. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Learn to work and communicate well with deaf people: UCL launches new online deaf awareness course
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifelearning/latest-announcements/new-online-deaf-awareness-course?utm_source=UCL%20%28Internal%20Communications%29&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=7744124_The%20Week%40UCL%20-%20Issue%20273
This increased the number of people interested in DCAL and Deaf Awareness.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://uclnews.org.uk/UAA-4LZEK-5B8PBAHD24/cr.aspx
 
Description Learning sign languages : perceptual and linguistic factors 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact A small group of children acquire signed languages as mother tongues. How does development unfold when the input is visual? In the first half of this talk I focus on phonological and grammatical development in the typical context before moving onto present data from a new study of language impaired signers. What is the role of conversational input for theory of mind development?

Student talk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.hum.uva.nl/aclc-news/seminar.cfm/78DA1F55-1321-B0BE-68548362902B1F81
 
Description Lecture on deaf education at University College London 
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 http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/event/2013/choshu/ucl.html

Lecture on deaf education at University College London
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Lecture on deaf education at University College London 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/en/event/2013/choshu/ucl.html link accessed 11.7.13

Event organised by the Embassy of Japan and the Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre UCL.



This event coincides with the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Choshu Five in the UK. These five young men were members of the Choshu clan in western Japan who secretly left the country during the turbulent times toward the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate. The purpose of their trip was to study at UCL and to attempt to gain better knowledge of western nations. One of the five, Yozo Yamao, who later came to be known as 'The Father of Japanese Engineering', is also credited with creating Japan's first schools for blind children and for deaf children. His interest in this field stems from his time in the UK, in particular his time in Glasgow where he met deaf people and saw workers signing at Napier's Shipyard.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Leren kijken : vroege interactie tussen dove kinderen en gebarende volwassenen 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Article in the Dutch publication: Nieuwsbrief

Levende Talen sectie Gebarentaal

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Limping Chicken - New features added to BSL Signbank, DCAL's online sign language dictionary 
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 Sowed the importance of DCAL BSL Signbank and the research behind it and the reason for continuing its growth.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://limpingchicken.com/2016/09/26/deaf-news-new-features-added-to-bsl-signbank-dcals-online-sign-...
 
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 Limping Chicken Article - DCAL launch innovative online Deaf Awareness course 
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 Bought the Deaf Awareness course to a wider audience - promoted it and its importance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://limpingchicken.com/2016/11/01/deaf-news-dcal-launch-innovative-online-deaf-awareness-course/
 
Description Limping Chicken Article: 'DCAL: New progress in sign-to-text technology (BSL)' 
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 on Limping Chicken Website mentioning the BSL Corpus Website and ExTOL: End to End Translation of British Sign Language) Grant.
https://limpingchicken.com/2018/09/13/dcal-new-progress-in-sign-to-text-technology/

Helped raise awareness of DCAL, the research we carry out and the resources we have created
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://limpingchicken.com/2018/09/13/dcal-new-progress-in-sign-to-text-technology/
 
Description Limping Chicken Article: BSL SignBank, a 'living' British Sign Language dictionary, is launched online 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Limping Chicken Article about BSL SignBank

Greater knowledge among the Deaf community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://limpingchicken.com/2014/10/07/deaf-news-bsl-signbank-a-living-british-sign-language-dictionar...
 
Description Link to our press release on UK Council on Deafness - New features ensure the value of BSL Signbank continues to grow 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Showed the importance of the two new features on BSL Signbank
Increased the knowledge of this DCAL database and the research behind it and the importance of having it and growing it.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://deafcouncil.org.uk/2016/09/23/bsl-signbank-continues-grow/
 
Description Live Science: Unusual Condition Lets People See Sign Language in Colors. Referred to DCAL research and reults 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact DCAL research referred to in article regarding Unusual Condition Lets People See Sign Language in Colors.
Increased knowledge of research carried out at DCAL
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.livescience.com/55450-synesthesia-documented-in-sign-language.html
 
Description Lucid EF talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Talk to LUCID ESRC centre researchers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Making Dementia Friendly Neighbourhoods 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Media release issued by DCAL

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Mandela 'fake' interpreter Thamsanqa Jantjie: I was hallucinating 
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 http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mandela-fake-interpreter-thamsanqa-jantjie-i-was-hallucinating-1.2460912 and http://www.cbc.ca/m/touch/world/story/1.2460912

Mandela 'fake' interpreter Thamsanqa Jantjie: I was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Mandela 'interpreter': I saw angels 
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 http://m.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/world-news/9513052/Mandela-interpreter-I-saw-angels

Mandela 'interpreter': I saw angels
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Mandela Memorial Service Sign Language Interpreter Explains 
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 http://www.translatemedia.com/mandela-memorial-service-sign-language-interpreter-explains.html/

Mandela Memorial Service Sign Language Interpreter Explains
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Mandela memorial interpreter asks forgiveness, calls himself champion 
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 http://ontd-political.livejournal.com/10879312.html

Mandela memorial interpreter asks forgiveness, calls himself champion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Mandela memorial signer Thamsanqa Jantjie blames schizophrenia for bizarre display 
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 http://www.theaustralian.com.au/in-depth/nelson-mandela/mandela-memorial-signer-thamsanqa-jantjie-blames-schizophrenia-for-bizarre-display/story-fn7qgt20-1226782112645

Mandela memorial signer Thamsanqa Jantjie blames schizophrenia for bizarre display
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Manual babbling in deaf infants 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited lecture at the University of Texas at Austin, Dpt of Communication Science and disorders - CSD 293D 4-LANG INTRV INFANTS/TODDLERS (Davis), Mar 6th, 2012

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Measuring deaf children's ability to form categorical relations in British Sign Language (BSL) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Poster presentation at the Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders, Madison, WI, 2012.



Abstract: Two groups of deaf children responded with one association to a list of BSL signs, including nouns, verbs, and adjectives. One group consisted of strong or native signers while participants in the other group had a wider range of signing skills. Responses were measured based on their semantic relations. Deaf children across both groups showed a more limited spread of activated semantic networks and based their responses on individual experience rather than categorical relations, compared to TD hearing children. There was no shift in the type of association over time towards responses that were in the same grammatical class as the stimulus, as reported for hearing children. These results suggest that deaf children tend to use a more heterogeneous concept when organizing their vocabulary in BSL, which is similar to their performance in written language. The inadequate knowledge of categories may be due to individuals' limited opportunities to train their categorization skills knowledge when learning new words at home or in school.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Media interest (dementia) 
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 Programme about deaf people with dementia informed the public

People are now more aware about dementia.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description More about so you think you now about BSL? 
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 Article in the British Deaf News Magazine

British Deaf News
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Multi-modal communication 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Review of visual and auditory features of human communication

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Multimodal signals : cognitive and algorithmic issues : introduction to sign language : sign language and the brain 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact IT, psychology and neuroscience students from all over Europe attended. This led to discussion and support for several student projects

Continuing requests from research students for support in projects relating to sign language
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2009
URL http://www.iiassvietri.it/school_2008/index_2008.htm
 
Description Multimodality and Iconicity in language development and language evolution 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Colloquium at the Baque Center for Brain and Cognition, San Sebastian, February
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
 
Description Multimodality and Iconicity in language development and processing 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Plenary Lecture at the International Meeting of the Cognitive Linguistics Society
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description Multimodality and language learning 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited as discussant at 'Multimodality and language learning' workshop. The aim of the workshop is to bring together international leading researchers who work on the role of body, iconicity, visual context, action perception/understanding, joint attention and multimodal input on language learning of hearing as well as deaf children learning sign languages.

Special Journal Issue
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description NDCS link to DCALs Research briefing on executive functioning 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact DCAL: Research briefing on executive functioning (2017)
The Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) have produced a short briefing about how deaf children can sometimes struggle with their executive functioning (or their 'mental control') and outline some simple ideas for parents and professionals looking to support deaf children in this area.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.ndcs.org.uk/professional_support/external_research/#contentblock1
 
Description Narrowing the gap between deaf and hearing children's educational achievement 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Co-organiser and panel member for the debate at the event: 'Narrowing the gap between deaf and hearing children's educational achievement'.

debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description National Deaf Children's Society family signed language curriculum 
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 Series of workshops on deaf children's language development aimed at deaf trainers of the National Deaf Children's Society Family signed language curriculum. London event 19.10.2011. Leeds event 25.10.2011

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Nelson Mandela's funeral: Was the sign interpreter deliberately trying to mock the deaf and mute community across the world? 
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 http://blogs.tribune.com.pk/story/20094/nelson-mandelas-funeral-was-the-sign-interpreter-deliberately-trying-to-mock-the-deaf-and-mute-community-across-the-world/

Nelson Mandela's funeral: Was the sign interpreter deliberately trying to mock the deaf and mute community across the world?
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Neurolinguistics session 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Two hours training session in the TISLR Summer School: The Sign Language Researcher's Toolkit within the Psychology of sign language module followed by 1.5 hours as a discussant in the Q&A session.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Neuropsychological assessment of deaf sign language users 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Health professionals
Results and Impact Invited lecture at Annual Meeting of British Neuropsychological Society

increased referrals to specialist clinic
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description New British Sign Language Dictionary - BSL SignBank 
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 Article about BSL SignBank

Deaf public became more aware of our research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.signhealth.org.uk/new-british-sign-language-living-dictionary/
 
Description New findings on specific language impairment in Deaf children acquiring British Sign Language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited speaker presentation to British Association of Clinical Linguistics.

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description New online resource provides 'huge leap' forward in deaf assessments - DCAL Portal Article on UCL website 
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 Provided knowledge about the DCAL portal and DCAL in general

New online resource provides 'huge leap' forward in deaf assessments

Publication date: Jul 11, 2016 03:05 PM

Start: Jun 07, 2016 12:00 AM

For the first time, teachers, clinicians and researchers will soon have access to a range of online tests that can be used to assess abilities in deaf children and adults, such as speech reading, sign language vocabulary and understanding.

The Portal Project has been developed in partnership between the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL) at University College London, City University London and online resource developers, Cauldron. This new and innovative resource, will provide practitioners - for example teachers, clinical and educational psychologists and speech and language therapists - with on-line access to assessments of deafness, cognition and language developed through research carried out at DCAL over the last decade.

DCAL is the largest centre in Europe researching in the fields of sign linguistics, psychology and neuroscience and has brought together leading Deaf and hearing researchers, to provide unique insights into language and thought based on deaf people's communication. Deafness is an important model to answer questions in linguistics, cognitive sciences and neuroscience and the work of DCAL has been of vital significance in advancing our knowledge and understanding in these areas.

The Portal site, officially launched today (7 June), will host a range of assessment tools which include:

· Sign language receptive skills (BSL RST)

· Tests of Child and Adult Speechreading (TOCS and TAS)

· A BSL vocabulary test and communicative development inventory (BSL VT and BSL CDI)

· A cognitive screening test designed to detect dementia and acquired cognitive impairment in older deaf adults who use British sign language (BSL CST)

· A BSL Aphasia Assessment Battery of British sign language and gesture ability in adults (BSL AAB)

Leading the project is Gary Morgan, Professor of Psychology in the School of Health Sciences at City University London and Deputy Director of DCAL. He has been conducting research at the research centre since 2006.

Commenting on the launch, Prof Morgan said:

"Working alongside City University London researcher, Abi Roper, we have taken some of the results of DCAL's ground-breaking research work forward in this exciting project with Cauldron.

"The DCAL Assessment Portal is a huge leap forward in allowing approved health and educational professionals to properly assess the cognitive and linguistic skills of both deaf children and adults.

"This new online resource will include tests of child and adult speechreading, assessments of sign language vocabulary and grammar, and the only language and cognitive assessments in the world designed for deaf people with acquired neurological impairments such as stroke or dementia.

"The Portal will have a significant impact on the lives of deaf people if it is used by both specialist professionals and others who have a role in providing services for deaf children and adults.

"By giving professionals access to the assessment tools, NHS and educational services will be more effectively and efficiently targeted at individuals."

The Portal can be accessed via the following address - https://dcalportal.org/.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/dcal-news/dcalportal
 
Description On the origins of theory of mind : conversational input and belief attribution in deaf and hearing infants 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited speaker at University College London meeting

Questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Origins of theory of mind 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Invited speaker at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology at the University of Seville, Spain. 5th November 2010

Students interest
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://institucional.us.es/dcptea/index.php?lang=en
 
Description Overcoming obstacles to the diagnosis of dementia in the signing deaf community 
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 Online article about DCAL's research project

http://www.alzheimers.org.uk/site/scripts/documents_info.php?documentID=1129
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description PaLM project : the expression of perspective, location and motion in British Sign Language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Talk delivered at event supported under the Beacons for Public Engagement programme - funded by UK councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science, Deaf Open Day, 2010

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description PaLM project : the expression of perspective, location and motion in British Sign Language, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Talk at Chandler House Festival of Language Sciences.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description People with dementia & hearing loss failed by lack of joined-up health & social care services warns charity 
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 DCAL staff quoted in an online article (in a blog post)

http://www.talkhealthpartnership.com/blog/2013/04/dementia-hearing-loss/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description People with dementia and hearing loss 'failed by NHS' 
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 http://www.netdoctor.co.uk/interactive/news/theme_news_detail.php?id=801573355

People with dementia and hearing loss 'failed by NHS'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description People with dementia and hearing loss failed by lack of joined-up health care 
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 http://www.actiononhearingloss.org.uk/news-and-events/all-regions/news/people-with-dementia-and-hearing-loss-failed-by-lack-of-joined-up-health-and-social-care-services.aspx

People with dementia and hearing loss failed by lack of joined-up health care
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description People with hearing loss or deafness would benefit from an integrated response to long-term conditions 
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 http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/usefulresources/rcpsychenewsletters/enewsletters2013/june2013.aspx

People with hearing loss or deafness would benefit from an integrated response to long-term conditions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Perceptual and gestural constraints during phonological acquisition by hearing learners of British Sign Language (BSL) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited presentation at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

This informtion turned into a Newsletter article at the Dutch national association of language teachers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Performing brain - a moving story : an interactive evening of neuroscience in motion! 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event128992.html



An interactive evening of neuroscience in motion!



Have you ever wondered how a ballerina learns to pirouette? Or how musicians learn their art? Or even what happens to your own brain when you learn a new skill? Join neuroscientists, musicians and dancers as together we explore how fantastically changeable your brain is, giving you the extraordinary ability to adapt and learn throughout your life. Hear amazing stories of performers who excel against all odds; learn a new skill and test your own performance!



A collaborative event hosted by the British Library and UCL Neuroscience, with scientists from UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and UCL Institute of Neurology.

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.bl.uk/whatson/events/event128992.html
 
Description Poster presentation Dissociations following CVA in signers at International Society for Gesture Studies, San Diego 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The presentation has stimulated new cross-linguistic studies

After requests following the presentation, the various assessment tools will be made available online to practitioners and researchers
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Poster presentation Heschl's gyrus responses to visual language in deaf individuals are driven by auditory deprivation, and not by language modality at Neurobiology of Language conference, Amsterdam 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The presentation has been followed by requests for further information, and is being written up.

This activity is having an impact on intervention practice with young deaf children
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Postgraduate conference on current issues in sign linguistics, deafness and cognition 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Type Of Presentation workshop facilitator
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Postgraduate students and postgraduate researchers were invited to present work in progress on sign language linguistics, deafness, cognition and related fields. This one-day conference aimed to provide a forum to bring together young researchers from a range of disciplines and disseminate their findings. Multidisciplinary work was particularly encouraged.

Established network of postgraduate students working in sign language research with a view to future collaborations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Power in Relationship when the therapist is Deaf, Client is Hearing and a BSL Interpreter is Present 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Title: Power in Relationship when the therapist is Deaf, Client is Hearing and a BSL Interpreter is Present
Authors: Michelle Oldale, Jo Atkinson, Christopher Stone
26 July 2014
Sherwood Institute Nottingham


Auidence resprted a change in views
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Presentation at Centre for Educational Neuroscience event 'How do we get children reading?' 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Evening workshop attended by teachers.

Increase requests for information
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Presentation at Deaf Children's Development Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Conference for deaf community and professionals regarding Deaf Children's Development. Attended by 400 Teachers of the Deaf, Speech and Language therapists and other professionals with an interest in deafness and development. Secured £1500 from the UCL Beacon fund to support this event.

booklet
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Presentation at conference on language, translation and migration 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact "No country, No language" - A presentation about deaf migrants' interpreting needs in various settings (legal/medical/social services). Useful and still on-going meetings with public and third sector bodies about meeting current and future needs.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Presentation at the Wellcome Trust  Collection, London - Packed Lunch 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Feed your curiosity at our lunchtime discussions. Drop in to hear local scientists in conversation about their latest experiments, life in the lab and why science matters to everyone, all in the space of your lunch hour. Bring your sarnies with you to eat while you listen.

Mairéad MacSweeney researches how the brain processes language in people who are born profoundly deaf. Join us to hear more about the ways language experience can shape the brain and how this knowledge could inform education.

Greater knowledge of the research we carry out.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.wellcomecollection.org/events/packed-lunch-language-processing
 
Description Presentation on Learning a sign language as an L1 in adulthood at Workshop on late stages in speech and communicatino development 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact As the only presentation about sign language at this workshop, the talk stimulated discussion on parallels and differences in sign language and spoken language development

Requests from clinical and legal practitioners for advice and assessment of deaf people with late L1
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Presentation on Sign Language and Deaf Culture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion with cross-disciplinary academics

Invitation to speak to philology association on sign language linguistics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://ucl.columbasystems.com/event/event:p8m-htsfni52-wbvz9o/a-credoc-provocation-civilisation-and-...
 
Description Presentation to the Centre for Educational Neuroscience - Training deaf children's executive function skills using a music-based intervention programme. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation made to members of the Centre for Educational Neuroscience at the University of London entitiled "Training deaf children's executive function skills using a music-based intervention programme".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Presentation: Why sign linguistics research is important to the Deaf community. II International Conference on Linguistic Rights of the Deaf. Moscow, 20-22 May 2014 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact reached an international audience of Deaf people

Developed links with World Federation of the Deaf in relation to future policies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Presentation: preliminary reseults on the test framework for an online sign language receptive skills test at the conference of the Association of Language Testers in Europe 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Following the talk, there was an informal meeting of practitioners involved in sign language assessment.

Plans have been developed to create a web portal for assessment tools in various sign languages
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney Led workshops on the 'Impact of language deprivation' at National Teachers of the Deaf conference - London, 17th March 2018 
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 Kate Rowley (Research Associate at the Deafness, Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre), Mairead MacSweeney (Director of DCAL) and Hilary Dumbrill (Speech and Language Therapist and Play Therapist, Hamilton Lodge School and College, Brighton)

For many deaf children a 'watch and wait' approach is taken to decide the communication mode used. This usually involves waiting until the child either succeeds or 'fails' at spoken language. In the event of 'failure' many children are then allowed to resort to BSL as a back up.

In this workshop we will present evidence indicating that, for some children, the consequences of a 'watch and wait' approach can be catastrophic for the cognitive and emotional development of the child (Rowley/ MacSweeney). We will also discuss approaches that Teachers of the Deaf can take to give a deaf child access to a range of communication strategies (Dumbrill).
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.batod.org.uk/about-us/national-conference-2018-wandsworth-london/
 
Description Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney: Interview for Society for Neuroscience - BrainFacts.org 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney: Interview for Society for Neuroscience - BrainFacts.org
Answered questions on topic: 'Does the Brain Process Sign Language and Spoken Language Differently?'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.brainfacts.org/thinking-sensing-and-behaving/language/2018/does-the-brain-process-sign-l...
 
Description Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney: Invited Lecturer on Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory summer course: "Genetics and Neurobiology of Language", New York July 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney: Invited Lecturer on Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory summer course: "Genetics and Neurobiology of Language", New York July 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://meetings.cshl.edu/courses.aspx?course=C-LANGUAGE&year=18
 
Description Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney: Invited to present at the 'Cognitive Neurosciences VI' - workshop to launch new Cognitive Neurosciences Handbook (Ed in Chief M Gazzaniga). Tahoe, California. July 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney: Invited to present at the 'Cognitive Neurosciences VI' - workshop to launch new Cognitive Neurosciences Handbook (Ed in Chief M Gazzaniga). Tahoe, California. July 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney: Invited to present the Athena SWAN lecture at the University of York, November 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney: Invited to present the Athena SWAN lecture at the University of York, November 2018
External Seminar: Reading a language you can't hear: The relationship between speechreading and reading in deaf children
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.york.ac.uk/psychology/news-and-events/seminars/external-seminars/2018.11.27/
 
Description Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney: Keynote lecture, UCL Neuroscience Symposium, London June 2018 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney: Keynote lecture, UCL Neuroscience Symposium, London June 2018
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/brain-sciences/events/2018/jun/2018-ucl-neuroscience-symposium
 
Description Pronouns and pointing : where do sign languages fit? Local pronouns workshop, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Presented at 'Between you and me : local pronouns across modalities', a workshop organized by the local pronouns project at the Radboud University Nijmegen, Dept of Linguistics, 7-8 June 2010

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.ru.nl/optimalcommunication/events/workshop_history/local_pronouns/local_pronouns/
 
Description Psycholinguistic processes in using sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited speaker presentation at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Psycholinguistics of sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Presentation given on Psycholinguistics on 8 January 2010

questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Public Panel Discussion on Language and Stereotype 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Panel discussion as part of Bloomsbury Festival
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Putting research into practice to improve outcomes for deaf children 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Health professionals
Results and Impact Keynote talk at the National Speech and Language Therapy Conference in Deafness.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Quality of life could be improved for those with dementia and hearing loss 
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 DCAL staff quoted in an online news article

www.femalefirst.co.uk/health/dementia-hearing-loss-288569.html

www.femalefirst.co.uk
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Reading a language you can't hear : insights from neuroimaging studies with deaf adults 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Psychology Departmental seminar, Birmingham University, 4th March 2011

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Reading a language you can't hear : insights from neuroimaging studies with deaf adults 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Psychology Departmental seminar at Lund University, Sweden.

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Recent research on deaf children's development at DCAL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article: Recent research on deaf children's development at DCAL. Available on NDCS website

Deaf public became more aware of our research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.ndcs.org.uk/professional_support/news/recent_research_on.html
 
Description Report calls for joined-up approach to assessing and treating dementia and hearing loss 
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 http://www.carehome.co.uk/news/article.cfm/id/1559717/report-calls-for-joined-up-approach-to-assessing-and-treating-dementia-and-hearing-loss

Report calls for joined-up approach to assessing and treating dementia and hearing loss
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Research Deaf with Dementia Project 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Article describing the Deaf with Dementia project in the British Deaf News

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Research and possibilities of postgraduate studies at DCAL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact The Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, Czech in Communication of the Deaf and Language Resource Centre hosted Dr. Zed Sevcikova from the Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL), University College London. The talk introduced staff and undergraduate students in the Dept. of Czech in Communication of the Deaf and LRC to past and present research activities at DCAL, associated projects and postgraduate opportunities. In addition, Sevcikova discussed some findings of her PhD research and gave an brief overview of DCAL's public engagement events. Dr. Sevcikova´s visit at Charles University proved very productive and will hopefully lead to future collaboration between DCAL, University College and Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague, especially in the field of research, student exchange and sharing of information and experiences. Lecture materials used for this talk were adapted and translated into Czech from lecture slides provided by Prof. Bencie Woll.

collaborative applications
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Research briefing (NDCS) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A research briefing on executive function and language in childhood deafness published on the National Deaf Children's Society website
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.ndcs.org.uk/document.rm?id=12410.
 
Description Rethinking the assessment of deaf children's vocabulary knowledge in sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Invited talk at the Department of Educational Administrations, Foundations and Psychology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, December 2011.

questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Robert Adam being interviewed for local TV at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the LGP Recognition Committee in Coimbra. 
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 Robert Adam being interviewed for local TV at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the LGP Recognition Committee in Coimbra.
The celebration of the 20th anniversary of the LGP Recognition Committee was the pretext for carrying out of a seminar held at the School of Education of Combra .

Deaf Community more aware of DCAL and the reseach we do and the impact it has
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZguWsRyzDbQ&sns=em
 
Description Robert Adam being interviewed on Lithuanian TV on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the government recognition of Lithuanian Sign Language at the parliament building in Vilnius. 
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 Robert Adam being interviewed on Lithuanian TV on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the government recognition of Lithuanian Sign Language at the parliament building in Vilnius.
Showed DCAL to a wider Audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0CDXaS8F2s
 
Description Robert Adam: interviewed on Lithuanian TV on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the government recognition of Lithuanian Sign Language at the parliament building in Vilnius. 
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 informed deaf community about the recognition of Lithuanian Sign Language

Greater knowledge of recognition of Lithuanian Sign Language amoung the Deaf Community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0CDXaS8F2s
 
Description Roundtable on BSL Interpreting and Interpreting Standards 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact an event for key stakeholders in the field of sign language interpreter training, registration and provision

new joint proposals for alterations to interpreter training and standards
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description S. Africa fails to explain hiring of fake signer 
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 http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/12/13/world/s-africa-fails-to-explain-hiring-of-fake-signer/#.Uuo4-ft7R8E

S. Africa fails to explain hiring of fake signer
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Sam joins DCAL 'on the road' 
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 Article in the British Deaf News describing the DCAL Roadshow event in Bristol 9th July 2011

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Scandal Over 'Schizophrenic' Mandela Signer 
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 http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/international/scandal-over-schizophrenic-mandela-signer/

Scandal Over 'Schizophrenic' Mandela Signer
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Scandal over "schizophrenic" Mandela signer 
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 http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/scandal-over/920796.html

Scandal over "schizophrenic" Mandela signer
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Scandal over "schizophrenic" Mandela signer 
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 DCAL staff quoted in an online news article

http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/scandal-over/920796.html

http://www.channelnewsasia.com
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Scandal over "schizophrenic" Mandela signer 
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 DCAL staff quoted in an online news article

http://talkvietnam.com/2013/12/scandal-over-schizophrenic-mandela-signer/#.UuAxYRDFIfw

http://talkvietnam.com
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Scandal over 'schizophrenic' Mandela signer 
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 http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iIw_WX73abjjxouoZmlnOTBkVFFQ?docId=2d7002c2-50dc-4ef8-ac26-8bf485c65f21

Scandal over 'schizophrenic' Mandela signer
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description School visit (Elmfield School for Deaf children, Bristol) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact The presentation explained the rationale for the research project and I got some helpful feedback about how best to present the various tasks to the children. I have agreed to go back and summarize the results of the project next year.

Recruitment of children for the research project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description School visit (The Mead School, Surrey) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Parents, teachers of the deaf and school governors were enthusiastic about being informed of our research activities and there was a good discussion of what "impact" might mean for basic science research.

The school hosting the talk were keen to help with recruitment for our research involving deaf children.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Science Showoff (London) 
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 Presentation at UCL Science Showoff event held in a London pub. Involved 10 minute presentations on sign language research to a general audience.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL https://scienceshowoff.wordpress.com/welcome-to-science-showoff/
 
Description Second annual Provost's awards for public engagement 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact This article, in an internal newsletter published by the School of Life and Medical Sciences at UCL, discusses Robert Adam, a Deafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre (DCAL)

researcher, winning the research staff prize in the second annual Provost's Awards for Public Engagement in 2010. Robert has long had a concern that researchers studying deaf people have not shared their research with the Deaf community.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/slms/newsletter/internal/13-12-10
 
Description Second language learning in the visual modality: from phonology to narratives. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Health professionals
Results and Impact Conference talk to second language researchers on sign language learning in adults

Debate about theoretical overlaps between sign and spoken language L2 acquisition
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Semantic and phonological fluency tasks in deaf adult users of British sign language (BSL) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Oral presentation at the Experimental Psychology Society Meeting

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Semantic fluency in deaf children who use BSL 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Health professionals
Results and Impact Organised by the Department of language and communication science, City University

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Semantics, Pragmatics & Discourse 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Lecture for Sign Language Linguistics Module at Queen Mary University of London

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Show and tell : framing and narrating constructed action in signed and spoken languages, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited talk for Gottingen workshop "Complex Sentences and Beyond in Sign and Spoken Languages"

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Show and tell : framing and narrating constructed action in signed and spoken languages, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited lecture in Hamburg

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Show and tell : framing and narrating constructed action in signed and spoken languages, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited lecture in Nijmegen

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Sign Language Acquisition, Developmentally Atypical Sign Language; Assessing Sign Language 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact 3 lectures delivered to the Workshop on Sign Language Acquisition

led to mentoring role funded by Robert Bosch Foundation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Sign Language Acquisition; Developmentally atypical sign language; Assessing sign language development. Three lectures for the Workshop on Sign Language Acquisition, Humboldt-University of Berlin. 5-6 December, 2013. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact 60 students from universities across Germany took part in presentations, seminars and discussions

Further requests to DCAL for visits to Germany using Erasmus+ funding
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Sign Language Interpreter At Nelson Mandela's Memorial 'Was A Fake Who Made Up His Own Hand Gestures' 
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 http://www.jewsnews.co.il/2013/12/12/sign-language-interpreter-at-nelson-mandelas-memorial-was-a-fake-who-made-up-his-own-hand-gestures/

Sign Language Interpreter At Nelson Mandela's Memorial 'Was A Fake Who Made Up His Own Hand Gestures'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Sign Language Interpreter at Mandela's Memorial Called a "Fake" 
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 http://wafflesatnoon.com/2013/12/11/fake-mandela-interpreter/

Sign Language Interpreter at Mandela's Memorial Called a "Fake"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Sign Language Produces Color Visions In People With Synaesthesia. Links to DCAL research and results. 
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 on Sign Language Produces Color Visions In People With Synaesthesia linking to Research carried out by DCAL and the results found.
Made a wider audience aware of DCAL and the research carried out,
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://www.iflscience.com/brain/sign-language-produces-color-visions-in-people-with-synaesthesia/
 
Description Sign Language and Deaf Culture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Lecture to members of the Russian Deaf community

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Sign interpreter at Nelson Mandela memorial says 'I was hallucinating' 
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 DCAL staff quoted in a news article on a website

http://www.mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2013/12/12/mandela_interperter.html?cid=rss

News 13
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Sign language : window into human language and cognition symposium 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Type Of Presentation paper presentation
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Symposium of 4 talks and Q&A sessions about the importance of sign language research for the theories of human language and cognition. Held at British Psychological Society Annual Conference, London, 18-20 April 2012.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Sign language acquisition 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Professor Gary Morgan, DCAL Deputy Director, interviewed about Sign Language acquisition in children for the TV programme See Hear, Series 32 Episode 22.

Greater knowledge among the Deaf community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nzmj8
 
Description Sign language and interpreting aptitude: the case of adult language learners becoming interpreters 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Presented at an interactive workshop funded by the AHRC research networks and workshops scheme.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.bilingualism.bangor.ac.uk/events/documents/programmeworkshop4_000.pdf
 
Description Sign language aquisition : "the earlier the better" 
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 Hearing Times article about BSL Grammaticality Judgement Task

Hearing times
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.hearingtimes.co.uk/SearchResults.aspx?q=Sign%20language%20acquisition
 
Description Sign language corpora, Corpus MOOC interview 
Form Of Engagement Activity A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press)
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Kearsy Cormier interviewed about sign language corpora. Invited expert interview as part of 'In-conversation' teaching materials, Lancaster University's internationally recognised Corpus MOOC, "Corpus linguistics: method, analysis, interpretation," spring term 2014, recorded 23.1.14. www.futurelearn.com/courses/corpus-linguistics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.futurelearn.com/courses/corpus-linguistics
 
Description Sign language corpora, interview for Corpus MOOC, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Filmed informal interview, "In Conversation", KC answering questions about sign language corpora, one of a group of experts talking about applications of corpora offered as supplementary materials as part of CASS Corpus MOOC https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/corpus-linguistics

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Sign language could make it easier for deaf children to read and speak English 
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 Article in Hearing Times

Hearing times
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://www.hearingtimes.co.uk
 
Description Sign language interpreter at Mandela service says he was hallucinating 
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 http://m.cjonline.com/news/2013-12-12/sign-language-interpreter-mandela-service-says-he-was-hallucinating

Sign language interpreter at Mandela service says he was hallucinating
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Sign languages as a test case for language diversity : the case of pronouns and verb agreement, A Schembri 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited talk presented at the Centre for Research on Language Diversity, La Trobe University.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Sign languages as a test case for language diversity : the case of pronouns and verb agreement, La Trobe U presentation, 2012, A Schembri 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited talk presented at the Centre for Research on Language Diversity, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia, May 18.

Schembri, A., Cormier, K. & Woll, B. (2012). Sign languages as a test case for language diversity: The case of pronouns and verb agreement.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Sign linguistics training session at Discover UCL, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Sign linguistics training session at Discover UCL: A Summer School for D/deaf and Hard of Hearing Students, 11-13 August 2014

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Signed language acquisition as a second language. Radbout University Nijmegen. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Research talk to researchers

Network grant application
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Signer for deaf at Mandela service has violent past 
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 http://readingeagle.com/article/20131213/NEWS/312139902/1052#.Uupxlvt7R8E

Signer for deaf at Mandela service has violent past
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Signers with stroke 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation to deaf professionals working in mental health settings as part of Healthy Deaf Minds special meeting for Brain Awareness Week

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Signs of the times : deaf community minds its language 
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 First major study of how British sign language has evolved shows younger users are more reluctant to use 'offensive' signs

The Guardian
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://m.guardian.co.uk/society/2012/oct/07/british-sign-language-changing?cat=society&type=article
 
Description Signs of the times : deaf people drop hand signals that use slanted eyes to describe the Chinese and a limp wrist for gays 
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 Article in the Daily Mail

Daily Mail
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2214467/Signs-times-Deaf-people-drop-hand-signals-use-slante...
 
Description Similarities and differences in the voice hallucinations of deaf and hearing people: Unlocking psychiatry's secrets through the study of deaf people 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Atkinson (2014) Similarities and differences in the voice hallucinations of deaf and hearing people: Unlocking psychiatry's secrets through the study of deaf people, 6th World Congress On Mental Health And Deafness, Queen's University Belfast, 16-19 September 2014. This was a poster and it won a commendation

Greater knowledge amoung the World Congress On Mental Health And Deafness
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Sociolinguistic variation and change in sign languages, A Schembri 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Iecture at Monash Linguistics Seminar Series

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Sociolinguistics and language variation - how do people use BSL? Exeter, England. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop delivered to British Sign Language teachers

BSL tutors had an improved understanding of BSL linguistics and there were some informal requests for further training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Sociolinguistics and language variation - how do people use BSL? Liverpool, England 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Workshop delivered to British Sign Language teachers

BSL tutors had an improved understanding of BSL linguistics and there were some informal requests for further training.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description South African 'interpreter' fake-signed anti-white song, also accused of murder 
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 http://engineeringevil.com/2013/12/13/south-african-interpreter-fake-signed-anti-white-song-also-accused-of-murder-video/

South African 'interpreter' fake-signed anti-white song, also accused of murder
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description South African 'interpreter' fake-signed anti-white song, also accused of murder 
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 DCAL staff quoted in an online article

http://engineeringevil.com/2013/12/13/south-african-interpreter-fake-signed-anti-white-song-also-accused-of-murder-video/

Engineering Evil
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Speaking of shape 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Research article in The British Deaf News. The British Deaf Association is the largest organisation of Deaf people in the UK that is run by Deaf people. We represent the British Sign Language community, which is united by shared experiences, history and, most importantly, by language. We celebrate Deaf Culture, Deaf Identity and British Sign Language.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description Specific language impairment 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Talk delivered at event supported under the Beacons for Public Engagement programme - funded by UK councils, Research Councils UK and the Wellcome Trust as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science.

Discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Specific language impairment : identification and description 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Talk delivered at Healthy Deaf Minds meeting.

questions discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Specific language impairment in British Sign Language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation given at "Lost for Words, Lost for Life" Conference, City University, London, UK

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://www.city.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/96084/SLCN-Conference-Delegate-Book.pdf
 
Description Speechreading Training and Reading: An Introduction to the STAR Project. 
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 Article published in the magazine of the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD).

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Speechreading revisited 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation given at - Deaf Education: Changed by Cochlear Implantation?

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Statement by Dr Joanna Atkinson published on a translation forum 
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 Statement by Dr Joanna Atkinson published on a translation forum called Proz

http://www.proz.com/forum/interpreting/261136-fake_interpreter_at_mandela_funeral-page2.html

http://www.proz.com/
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Stephen Lloyd MP, visits DCAL 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact DCAL hosted Stephen Lloyd, Liberal Democrat MP for Eastbourne on 12th June 2012. Stephen Lloyd visited to find out more about DCAL's research. During his visit DCAL's Deputy Director, Professor Gary Morgan and Co- Director Dr Mairéad MacSweeney gave a presentation on deaf children's development. Stephen is particularly interested in DCAL's work, having been hard of hearing from childhood.

Stephen Lloyd MP is currently working on our behalf to get long term funding for the deaf Neuro Clinic
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Switching cost in between dialects of British Sign Language and Irish Sign Language 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A workshop at Gallaudet University presenting data and findings in a research study of language contact between British Sign Language and Irish Sign Language.

I had discussions with academics at Gallaudet University about sign language contact.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description TISLR Summer School: The Sign Language Researcher's Toolkit 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact The summer school provided core theoretical and methodological training on sign language research covering linguistic as well as psycholinguistic/neurolinguistic approaches.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description TISLR Summer School: The Sign Language Researcher's Toolkit (7-9 July 2013) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Type Of Presentation workshop facilitator
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact DCAL organised and hosted the TISLR 11 summer school, The Sign Language Researcher's Toolkit, held 7-9 July 2013, immediately preceding the TISLR 11 conference.



The summer school provided core theoretical and methodological training on sign language research covering linguistic as well as psycholinguistic/neurolinguistic approaches. The summer school consisted of lectures, discussions and activities and was aimed at masters and PhD students and early career post-doctoral researchers embarking on or interested in pursuing an independent research program in the study of sign languages. Training was provided by internationally recognised experts in the field, offering students a unique opportunity to acquire an interdisciplinary skill set and to meet and interact with leading academics, both deaf and hearing. The summer school covered topics crucial for linguistic documentation and description of sign languages and for experimental research.



http://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/tislr/summerschool link accessed 11.7.13

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Talk UCL Theory of Mind 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Departmental seminar

New student projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Talking about boys, dogs and frogs in the visual modality : using narrative to study Deaf people's extended sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited speaker (plenary) to German Linguistics Society

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Teaching at the DCAL summer school 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Study participants or study members
Results and Impact Presented a neuroimaging method (fMRI) and gave tours of the Birkbeck-UCL Centre for NeuroImaging (BUCNI) at the DCAL Research Skills Summer School: The language of deaf people in July 2018.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Team working with Deaf interpreters 
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 A workshop which went through the theoretical and practical aspects of working with Deaf interpreters.

I was approached to give more workshops and to write a book chapter for a book published in Japan on some aspects of working as a Deaf interpreter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Telling and Showing in Sign Language, post-TISLR12 workshop 
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 Telling and Showing in Sign Language. Session led with Della Goswell at From Theory to Practice: Applied Issues in Sign Language Research workshop for Auslan teachers and interpreters, Melbourne, Australia, 8 January 2016
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description Ten years of deafness, cognition and language research at UCL 
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 An exhibition showcasing DCAL's achievements to mark it's 10th anniversary
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description The BSL Corpus training session for Moscow students 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact "The BSL Corpus," training session for Russian Sign Language interpreting students from Moscow State Linguistic University

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description The British Sign Language Corpus and BSL SignBank, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact invited lecture at CASS, Lancaster

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description The Case Against the Mandela "Fake Interpreter" 
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 http://clipinterpreting.com/tag/deaf-culture/

The Case Against the Mandela "Fake Interpreter"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description The DCAL research centre 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Presentation given at the National Institute of Informatics, National Institute of Sciences

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description The Deaf Brain 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A group of scientists from Cancer Research UK/UCL that set up our non-profit organisation in 2012 with an aim of bringing Science to the public in an accessible way. To achieve this, they chose the function room of the English version of a French café a pub - and every month they have been inviting excellent scientist from all areas of Science to give informal talks and host an open discussion afterwards. This talk looked at the British Deaf community, their language (BSL), culture, and their brains. Wherever communities of deaf people exist, sign languages are spontaneously developed - exploiting vision and space for linguistic purposes. BSL and some of its striking features will be introduced, together with an outline of the history and use of BSL. This was followed by a discussion of our evolving understanding of the dual roles of deafness and sign language in shaping the 'deaf brain'.

This talk looked at the British Deaf community, their language (BSL), culture, and their brains. Wherever communities of deaf people exist, sign languages are spontaneously developed - exploiting vision and space for linguistic purposes. BSL and some of i
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description The Deaf and signing brain 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Presentation on 'The Deaf and Signing Brain' to Healthy Deaf Minds, Bristol. 8th June 2011.

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description The Deaf and signing brain 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Presentation on 'The Deaf and Signing Brain' to the Deaf History Society, Brighton. 28th June 2011.

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description The Deaf brain 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Health professionals
Results and Impact Article in the quarterly newsletter of the British Association for Community Child Health.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://www.bacch.org.uk/publications/newsletters/index.php
 
Description The History of British Sign Language Exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Visit and see unique deafness and sign language-related material, never previously exhibited together. Rare books and pamphlets, early films which show the origins of sign language in Britain

• Find out about the earliest sources of sign language • Learn about the history of fingerspelling and the beginnings of Deaf education. • How BSL evolved in the 20th and 21st centuries. • Find out which sign languages are related to BSL. • What were the impacts of influences like religion, education and royal patronage • How both the language and Deaf culture have evolved over time

School visits
Raised awareness
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description The Naked Scientists BBC Cambridgeshire: Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney "If a person is born completely deaf and can't hear a thing, what language do they think in?" 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact The Naked Scientists Podcast: Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney "If a person is born completely deaf and can't hear a thing, what language do they think in?"
The answer was broadcast on BBC Cambridgeshire (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06xv0dp)
The Naked Scientists, a science production company based at Cambridge University who create radio programmes for BBC, ABC Australia and host an international podcast
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p06xv0dp
 
Description The Naked Scientists Podcast: Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney "If a person is born completely deaf and can't hear a thing, what language do they think in?" 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The Naked Scientists Podcast: Prof. Mairéad MacSweeney "If a person is born completely deaf and can't hear a thing, what language do they think in?"
The Naked Scientists, a science production company based at Cambridge University who create radio programmes for BBC, ABC Australia and host an international podcast
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/question-week/qotw-what-language-do-deaf-people-think
 
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 The Road to Language Learning is Iconic 
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 Article online on International Business Times



URL - http://m.ibtimes.co.uk/road-language-learning-iconic-404663.html

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description The Road to Language Learning is Iconic 
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 Article in MedicalXpress



URL - http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-road-language-iconic.html

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description The Road to Language Learning is Iconic 
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 Article on ScienceCodex



URL - http://www.sciencecodex.com/the_road_to_language_learning_is_iconic-102000

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description The benefits of early sign language exposure for deaf children, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Item in newsletter for Cochlear Implanted Children's Support Group

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.cicsgroup.org.uk
 
Description The benefits of sign language for deaf people (and the risks of going without) : evidence from deaf signers, NBRU, NHS, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Health professionals
Results and Impact Invited talk at National Biomedical Research Unit in Hearing, NHS National Institute for Health Research, 16 July 2012

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description The bridge of iconicity: from a world of experience to experience of language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited presentation at the . Language and Perception Workshop, Norwich, February
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description The challenge of identifying Dementia in the UK Deaf Community: A new cognitive screening test using British Sign Language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Atkinson (2014) The challenge of identifying Dementia in the UK Deaf
Community: A new cognitive screening test using British Sign Language, 6th World Congress On Mental Health And Deafness, Queen's University Belfast, 16-19 September 2014


more awarness of BSL cognitive screening tests.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description The core lexicon and non-core lexicon in sign languages, training for Moscow students 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact "The core lexicon and non-core lexicon in sign languages," training session for Russian Sign Language interpreting students from Moscow State Linguistic University, 21-23 April 2015.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description The deaf and signing brain 
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 Evening seminar for deaf and hearing people - arranged as part of brain awareness week

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/1103/11031401
 
Description The deaf brain 
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 BBC See hear.
Research on the deaf brain is beginning to provide a new evidence base for policy and practice in relation to intervention with deaf children. Here we outline the multi-channel nature of language and review recent neuroscience research on language processing with and without sound.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description The deaf brain : a unique perspective of literacy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Lecture

debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011,2012
 
Description The deaf brain : a unique perspective of literacy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Brain Meeting, University College London, 11th March 2011
discussion.

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description The deaf brain : a unique perspective of literacy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain and Language, San Sebastian, Spain. 20th October 2011

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description The deaf brain : a unique perspective on literacy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University. 18th October 2011

discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description The deaf community as a bilingual community 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Research article in The British Deaf News. The British Deaf Association is the largest organisation of Deaf people in the UK that is run by Deaf people. We represent the British Sign Language community, which is united by shared experiences, history and, most importantly, by language. We celebrate Deaf Culture, Deaf Identity and British Sign Language.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description The deaf with dementia project shows how to test for the condition in BSL 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact The Deaf with Dementia project shows how to test for the condition in BSL. TV Programme first aired 17th October 2012, See Hear - Series 32, Episode 18. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nj0mf


Greater knowledge among the Deaf community. Deaf public became more aware of our Research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nj0mf
 
Description The flexibility of the brain in deaf people is mapped out 
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 http://www.liu.se/forskning/forskningsnyheter/1.439800/1.440169?l=en

The flexibility of the brain in deaf people is mapped out
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description The importance of language documentation and corpora for sign languages, SOAS, 2013, K Cormier 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact invited presentation at SOAS Endangered Languages Week 2013

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description The learning potential of a deaf child is tremendously high. We mustn't lower our expectations 
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 http://www.uoc.edu/portal/en/sala-de-premsa/actualitat/entrevistes/2014/gary-morgan.html

The learning potential of a deaf child is tremendously high. We mustn't lower our expectations
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description The neurobiology of signed and spoken language 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited presentation.

The neurobiology of signed and spoken language. South China Normal University, Guangzhou 25 May 2012.

led to collaboration with South China Normal University
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description The neurobiology of signed and spoken language 
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 Invited presentation at Australian Sign Language Interpreters Association National Conference, Adelaide, 25 August 2012.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description The perfoming brain - a moving story 
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 An organised event hosted at the British Library. The British Library and UCL Neuroscience were involved in the organisation. Public event attended by 300 people.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description The personal attributes of the ideal sign language interpreter 
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 A workshop reviewing the sign language interpreter research literature.

After my talk I was invited to watch Deaf and hearing interpreters at work (on TV and in a college) and I have since had contact with Deaf interpreters in Japan.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.jsltc.org/??????????/?12???-2012/????????/
 
Description The psychology of sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Presentation given in London on 11 March 2010

questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
 
Description The relationship between speechreading and reading in deaf children and adults. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Type Of Presentation paper presentation
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Second international conference on Cognitive Hearing Science for Communication.

discussion and debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description The road to language learning is iconic : evidence from British Sign Language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact The Road to Language Learning Is Iconic: Evidence From British Sign Language" was featured in the 12-4-2012 edition of "This Week in Psychological Science" (TWiPS). TWiPS is a weekly email to APS members that includes summaries of 4-6 Psychological Science articles recently published online. The online press release is at: http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/releases/the-road-to-language-learning-is-iconic.html

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Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description The role of iconicity in lexical retrieval in British Sign Language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ideas were disseminated.

Discussion after the talk.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
 
Description The social impact of university activity, organised by the Agencia de Calidad del Sistema Universitario Vasco 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact A talk on how to achieve and measure social impact for university research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description The special nature of sign language acquisition. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Talk to linguists on sign language acquisition

debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Theoretical issues in sign language research (TISLR) conference 11 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Type Of Presentation workshop facilitator
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact The Deafness, Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre based in University College London (UCL) are pleased to be hosting this conference in the exciting city of London from 10th to 13th July 2013. UCL is in the heart of Central London, within easy reach of numerous attractions and transport links including Euston and Kings Cross St Pancras stations.

For more information on the location and venue please see 'Venue Details'.TISLR 11 invites unpublished papers addressing any aspect of research that is both theoretical and addresses sign languages.

For more information on the programme, speakers and topics covered please see 'programme'.

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Theory of mind in deaf toddlers 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Talk delivered at Healthy Deaf Minds meeting.

questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description This Week Article in New Scientiest linking to DCAL research and results - First evidence that synaesthesia gives colour to sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This week Article in New Scientiest linking to DCAL research and results - First evidence that synaesthesia gives colour to sign language
Increased knowledge of DCAL research and brought DCAL to a wider audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg23130813-300-first-evidence-that-synaesthesia-gives-colour-to...
 
Description Twitter: History of BSL exhibition at University College London (2-20 July) by @DCAL_London @Hearing_Library & @deafhistoryuk pic.twitter.com/ohwW3uaa5p 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Twitter advertisement about DCAL's exhibition.

https://twitter.com/DeafHeritageUK/status/337693160329338880 link accessed 11.7.13

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
URL https://twitter.com/DeafHeritageUK/status/337693160329338880
 
Description UCL LunchHour Lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact UCL LunchHour Lecture to general audience. 'Language and the brain: Insights from deafness and Sign Language'
Now viewed 1,800 times on YouTube
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69nJ1l4DO-s
 
Description UCL Newsletter - The Week@UCL: 22 September 2016 . Spotlight on.. Robert Adam, Director of Continuing Professional Development 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact The Week@UCL: 22 September 2016 . Spotlight on.. Robert Adam, Director of Continuing Professional Development, UCL Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre
Increased knowledge of DCAL among UCL staff. Staff gained knowledge of the services we provide, including courses we run, and the research we do.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://uclnews.org.uk/UAA-4HVX5-5B8PBAHD24/cr.aspx
 
Description UCL Newsletter - The Week@UCL: 8 December 2016. Spotlight on... Manjula Patrick, Centre Administrator 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact UCL Newsletter - The Week@UCL: 8 December 2016. Spotlight on... Manjula Patrick, Centre Administrator, UCL Deafness, Cognition and Language (DCAL) Centre. Manjula was interviewed for the UCL staff newsletter. This is circulated to all UCL staff. This bought DCAL to a wider audience
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
URL http://uclnews.org.uk/UAA-4NFGM-5B8PBAHD24/cr.aspx
 
Description UCL launches new online deaf awareness course - UCL Life Learning - Learn to work and communicate well with deaf people: 
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 Press Release on UCL Life Learning website regarding the launch of DCALs online Deaf Awareness course. This increased queries about DCAL and our work and also made the public more aware of DCAL.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016,2017
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifelearning/latest-announcements/new-online-deaf-awareness-course
 
Description Understanding the role of a Deaf interpreter 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A workshop which went through the theoretical and practical aspects of working with Deaf interpreters.

After my talk, Deaf and hearing participants had a better understanding of some of the theoretical applications of the research into Deaf people working as interpreters.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Unimodal bilingualism in two sign languages : British Sign Language and Irish Sign Language. 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact A lecture on the language contact situation between two sign languages, which investigates (1) the sociolinguistic background and (2) features of code-mixing in this contact situation.

After my talk I had more contact with hearing researchers into bilingualism from around the country.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/research/titl/
 
Description Universals and modality issues : language acquisition, sign language and the brain, atypical sign language 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited presentation: Jiangsu University, Xuzhou, People's Republic of China to encourage students to take up research opportunities in neuroscience of sign language

Several postgraduates have applied to study at DCAL
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Update on Deaf with Dementia Project 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Article in UKCoD (UK Council on Deafness) February e-Bulletin

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
URL http://deafcouncil.org.uk/news/2012/01/31/january-e-bulletin/
 
Description Using a linguistic savant's learning of BSL to explore linguistic theory 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Presentation at Israeli Linguistics Association meeting of research teaching BSL to an autistic savant with enhanced language learning abilities

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Using functional imaging to explore phonological and semantic processing 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited presentation.

Using functional imaging to explore phonological and semantic processing. 2nd Conference on Formal and Experimental Advances in Linguistic Theory. Warsaw 1-2 June 2012.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Using signs with hearing babies 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? Yes
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact • Convenor and Invited speaker, UCL. ESRC Social Science Festival. Baby signing: a critical viewpoint. 17.3.2007.

Public debate
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2007
 
Description Variation and change in BSL number signs 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Participants in your research and patient groups
Results and Impact Presented at a DCAL deaf open day.

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk/Events/DCAL_Deaf_Open_Day.html
 
Description Voice hallucinations in deaf and hearing people 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited talk to Psychiatry and deafness special interest group at Euston Friends House

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description Voice hallucinations in speech and sign : insights into the nature of subvocal thought and sensory feedback loops 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited presentation

Division of Language Sciences and Psychology UCL Early Career Fellowship talk

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Watch your language 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Research into sign language and the brain, is shedding light on how the brain processes language in both hearing and deaf people, as well as highlighting the importance of gaining language skills early in life.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2010
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lifesciences-faculty/degree-programmes/biological-sciences/UCL_Science
 
Description Wellcome Collection Public Event 'Whisperings within' talk and expert panel discussion with BBC's Claudia Hammond 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Wellcome Collection public event with invited experts about the history and science of how we talk to ourselves. Inspired by Fernyhough's book, The Voices Within, this discussion will take a wide-ranging look at the voices in all our heads, examining how we think and what it means for our lives and sense of self. I presented work about voice hallucinations in deaf and hearing people.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2016
 
Description What can we do with a sign language corpus?: Insights from the British Sign Language Corpus Project 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Class presentation given to teachers and assistants at Frank Barnes School as a training opportunity

Section not completed
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description What do sign language developmental disorders look like? 
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 Talk on sign language impairment

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013
 
Description What do the voice hallucinations of deaf people tell us about the voice hallucinations of those who can hear? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Invited lecture at Wellcome funded 'Hearing the Voice' Research Centre, University of Durham

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description What does sign language impairment look like? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk to students and professionals in Barcelona about sign language and deafness in children with cognitive or language impairments

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description What if languages were visual : lexical processing in British Sign Language. 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.)
Results and Impact Poster presented at the Experimental Psychology Society Workshop

N/A
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description What if the study of language started from the investigation of signed, rather than spoken, languages? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Type Of Presentation paper presentation
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Our understanding of the cognitive and neural underpinnings of language learning and processing has been highly influenced by the fact that empirical research and theoretical development has been predominantly based on spoken languages. Since the 70s, researchers (in ever increasing numbers) have recognised the importance of investigating signed languages in order to determine which aspects of language can be considered universal and which, instead, ought to be regarded as modality-specific. However, the study of sign languages has been driven in large part by the theoretical ideas developed for spoken languages. As a result, the general approach has been to assess when sign languages behave like spoken languages (supporting universals) and when they do not (supporting modality-specific features of language).

This workshop challenges this approach by asking whether traditional theoretical ideas about language would, in fact, have played a central role in our thinking if we had started the investigation of language with visual, rather than acoustic systems. In order to make this very broad issue tractable, we plan to focus on two separate but related areas:

(1) Iconicity, and (2) Language as a multi-channel phenomenon.

special journal issue
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description What if... the study of language started from signed rather than spoken languages? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Type Of Presentation workshop facilitator
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact a Workshop sponsored by Experimental Psychology Society, DCAL and the CPB Research Department bringing together researchers primarily working on spoken languages asking them to re-think about the basic assumption of the field, in light of properties and findings from sign languages.

special journal issue
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description What is social science? : part 1 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact DCAL's Director, Bencie Woll comments on "What is Social Science?"

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://www.esrc.ac.uk/publications/multimedia/index.aspx
 
Description What is the relationship between executive function and language in deaf children? 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Presentation at the International Doctoral Research Group in Deaf Education, University of Leeds 18th October 2012.

Sharing of skills
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2012
 
Description Why ASL? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Online video produced, referencing DCAL's research.

n/a
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
URL http://aslized.org/whyasl/
 
Description Why BSL linguistics matters for BSL teaching and learning 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact "Why BSL linguistics matters for BSL teaching and learning," article written by Kearsy Cormier, Robert Adam & Bencie Woll for Limping Chicken (world-leading deaf blog) 16 December 2015 http://limpingchicken.com/2015/12/16/dcal-why-bsl-linguistics-matters-for-bsl-teaching-and-learning/ and re-published 9 January 2016 due to popularity of first posting.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://limpingchicken.com/2015/12/16/dcal-why-bsl-linguistics-matters-for-bsl-teaching-and-learning/
 
Description Why deaf people sneeze silently 
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 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-23162903

Why deaf people sneeze silently
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description Widening Participation - Discover UCL Summer School for D/deaf and hard of hearing students (year 11 and 12) 
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 Residential summer school for 15 students to provide a taste of university life - included sessions on how to prepare, career choices, support available for deaf students at UCL and role
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.ucl.ac.uk/dcal/study/discover-ucl-summer-school
 
Description Widening Participation - Discover UCL Summer School for D/deaf and hard of hearing students (year 11 and 12) 
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 Residential summer school for 15 students to provide a taste of university life - included sessions on how to prepare, career choices, support available for deaf students at UCL and role model sessions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/widening-participation/activities/summer-schools/discover-...
 
Description Working as a deaf researcher: workshop to Deaf community in Tokyo 
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 Presentation given to the East Tokyo region of the Japanese Federation of the Deaf

I was asked to participate in the publication of a book: Oka, Norie and Michiko Sasaki (eds) (2014), Literacies of the Challenged: to construct truly a inclusive society. Tokyo: Kuroshio Publishing Co. Ltd which will enable Deaf people to have access to information about being a Deaf interpreter.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2011
 
Description Workshop delivered at International Mother Language Day event, Communication ID 
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 Cormier, Kearsy & Robert Adam. 2015. "Current Issues in BSL Lingustics", workshop delivered at International Mother Language Day event for Deaf community, co-sponsored by DCAL and Communication ID, 20 February 2015. Two workshops delivered, one in morning and one in afternoon - questions and discussion followed each.

Several expressions of interest in DCAL's Continuing Professional Development programme and Msc programmes.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://www.communicationid.co.uk/news/international-mother-language-day-2015
 
Description Workshop on Language planning and standardisation in the Deaf community: what are the human rights implications? Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussions were held with local Deaf people, the World Federation of the Deaf and other academics (the University of Kansas) about future collaboration

Possible collaboration on a sign language project for families of Deaf children in Saudi Arabia
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.icdr.org.sa/en/Home/Program
 
Description Workshop on: Unimodal code-switching between two sign languages - some findings. Osaka, Japan 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Discussion on bilingualism and language contact took place after the presentation

Contact with sign language researchers at Minpaku University and the University of Hamburg resulted from this contact.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
URL http://www.minpaku.ac.jp/english/research/activity/news/corp/20141004-05
 
Description XVII WFD (World Federation Deaf) Congress Resolutions - Robert Adam (president of WFD) involved in writing of this 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact "recognizing disability as a part of human diversity is essential for appreciating the abilities of people with disabilities."
Emphasises deaf people are an important and crucial part of humanity, with unique cultural and linguistic contributions to human diversity, and
Declares its collective commitment to strengthening diversity in deaf communities around the world.

Auidence reported a change in views and a greater knowledge amoung the Deaf community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2015
URL http://wfdeaf.org/whoarewe/world-congress/xvii-resolution
 
Description lecture to annual conference of Audiovestibular Physicians 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact An invited presentation on deafness, the developing brain, and language, addressing the question of whether exposure to sign language has any negative effects on the subsequent development of spoken language
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description workshop on deaf and hearing children's sign language acquisition 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact participation in a debate organised for professional practitioners, members of the Deaf community, and parents of deaf children
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description • Invited speaker (plenary). Social cognition for deaf learners. 1st International Conference on Teaching Deaf Learners, 19.3.14. http://www.kentalis.nl/Teaching-Deaf-Learners/ Amsterdam 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Plenary talk

Invited talks/projects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2014
 
Description • Invited speaker. ¿El bilingüismo es bueno para los niños pero no si eres sordo? (in Spanish). University Autonoma Madrid. 24.4.13 
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 Discussion about future of bilingual schools in Madrid

Public debates
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013