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The Bencie Woll Prize for Linguistic Research on British Sign Language
The Bencie Woll Prize celebrates exceptional research in British Sign Language (BSL) linguistics.
08 Jul 2025

BSL GCSE: New CPD Courses for Deaf Teachers
Calling all deaf teachers!
19 Jun 2025

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
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London
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England