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Get involved in SignGPT!
AI is changing the face of language technology - from lookup tools to Siri/Alexa to Google Translate to ChatGPT. So far this has been focused on spoken languages. What about sign languages?
16 Jun 2025

Dean’s List of top performing postgraduate students for 2023/24 announced
Every year the Dean recognises the top postgraduate students, in terms of academic performance, from across the Faculty.
12 Jun 2025

New research reveals how the brain distinguishes familiar voices
Researchers in the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences have revealed that our brains process the voices of people we know well differently to those we are unfamiliar with.
29 May 2025
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