The BA (Hons) British Sign Language (Interpreting) is a long established and highly respected course with a team of Deaf and hearing staff from diverse backgrounds.

Why choose this course?

The BA (Hons) British Sign Language (Interpreting) is a long established and highly respected course with a team of Deaf and hearing staff from diverse backgrounds.

It is one of the few courses of its kind in British Sign Language (Interpreting) in the UK. The award offers the potential to lead to Trainee interpreter or Registered Sign Language Interpreter status recognised by the professional registration body - the NRCPD.

The lecturing team have a variety of national and international expertise in teaching and professional qualifications and have experience working for a diverse range of public, private and voluntary sector organisations. The team believes in interactive learning and encourages full participation from all our students: external examiners have consistently highlighted our innovative learning, teaching and assessments regimes as a major strength.

What happens on the course?

Our BA British Sign language (Interpreting) course provides a unique course which engages with the local community to provide students with current research and good links with the deaf community. Our ongoing research within the team feeds directly into and informs our teaching on the programme.

Subject Areas:

Modules across the programme are designed to introduce you to the topics of linguistics, language, culture, deaf history, deafblindness, interpreting, translation and the wider deaf community and its heritage. Modules are designed to help you develop a range of study related skills, such as research, communication, essay writing and presentations.

Work Placement Experience:

The course has links with a range of organisations, educational establishments, and freelance interpreters across the country who offer opportunities to our BA (Hons) Interpreting Students each year.

Facilities:

A range of environments are used for our teaching. These include traditional style classrooms as well as other environments for simulated learning experiences. You will also have access to information for your subjects via our virtual learning environment – Canvas