Alison

Deaf UK Jobs was set up on the 8 April 1999 and here we are 25,197 adverts later.

BSL Wales Act Celebration event happing on 11th March at 3.30pm. If you'd like to attend, book your ticket: eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsl-wales-ac…

New Year's Honours 2026 CBE Dr Lynne Bernadette BARNES Principal Lecturer, University of Lancashire. For services to Education (Preston, Lancashire)

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New Year's Honours 2026 OBE Robert Jan Michiel NOLAN Chair, Board of Trustees, Deafblind UK. For services to People Living with Deafblindness (Hope Valley, Derbyshire)

King's Birthday Honours 2025 BEM: Tony BECKETT For services to the Deaf Community (Redcar, North Yorkshire)

King's Birthday Honours 2025 MBE: Merleen Ann WATSON For services to the Deaf and Hearing Impaired Community in Worcestershire (Broadway, Worcestershire)

King's Birthday Honours 2025 MBE: Peter Hugh BURROUGHS Lately Trustee and Chair, Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education. For services to Education (Yelverton, Devon)

The Zoe one apparently is Joel.

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Deaf related New Year's Honours 2025 OBE: Wendy DAUNT Deaf Studies Teacher, Royal School for the Deaf, Derby. For services to Deaf Children and to the Young Adult and Deaf Communities (Derby, Derbyshire)

Just saw this about Tasha Ghouri and bullying over deaf speech. Hearing people need to learn to deal with it, since you're the ones who expect deaf people to speak, over glorify CI switch ons, etc. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Qualifications Wales suspended GCSE BSL indefinitely. Instead they've come up with a fraction of a qualification which can be taught in as little as 5 hours by an unqualified "BSL teacher". It is meaningless, insulting and a tokenistic exercise. Trick or treat.

An blog post about the Welsh Government's opposition to a BSL (Wales) Bill. limpingchicken.com/2024/07/02/ali…

@UN @VisitUN For an international organisation, you need to be offering this in International Sign too. Thanks.

Visiting NYC? Take a guided tour of our Headquarters to explore the General Assembly Hall, the Security Council Chamber and more, and discover how the UN tackles global issues. On 10 July, you can also join a @VisitUN tour in American Sign Language: fareharbor.com/embeds/book/vi…