The Translating the Deaf Self project: Where are we now?

By Zoë McWhinney and Jemina Napier On behalf of the whole Translating the Deaf Self project team Click here to see a BSL version of the blog presented by Zoë. As you may have seen in the earlier blogpost in March 2016, members of the Centre for Translation & Interpreting Studies Scotland at Heriot-Watt University (Jemina Napier and Robert Skinner) […]


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LINCS 2nd in Scotland and in top 10 UK for student satisfaction!

When deciding on which university to go to, it is important to see what students who are studying your chosen courses think. There are various unofficial online forums and other sources where people discuss their experience in a particular university or course, but nothing is as reliable as the annual National Student Satisfaction survey (NSS). The […]


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When dealing with the police, deaf people are at a major disadvantage

by Jemina Napier This article was originally published in The Conversation by Jemina Napier, Professor and Chair of Intercultural Communication, Heriot-Watt University. Jemina Napier has received co-funding for JUSTISIGNS through the European Commission’s Leonardo Da Vinci Lifelong Learning programme, and from the UK arts and humanities research council.   When dealing with the police, deaf people are […]


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Heriot-Watt and University of North Florida Cultural and Linguistic Exchange

by Stacey Webb For a BSL version of this post, please click here I have been working in collaboration with Dr. Suzanne Ehrlich from the University of North Florida (UNF) on a linguistic and cultural exchange opportunity between some of our respective interpreting students. The project was designed to provide an expansive experience in our […]


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