21 October 2009

The BSL:UPTAKE project: WIN-WIN? KNOW-KNOW? YES, YES!

Tessa Padden, Knowledge Exchange Associate, and Bob Duncan, Project Officer on BSL:UPTAKE, will demonstrate features of the website, discuss its potential uses, and explain how we can all benefit from it.

Presenters: Tessa Padden and Bob Duncan
Title: The BSL:UPTAKE project: WIN-WIN? KNOW-KNOW? YES, YES!
Date: 4th November 2009
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Venue: Queen Margaret University, EH21 6UU (how to get there)
BSL/English Interpreter: Kyra Pollitt

All welcome!

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Abstract
The idea of a virtual forum – bilingual in BSL and English – to pool knowledge about BSL and Deaf people has been around for some time. BSL:UPTAKE, led by Heriot-Watt University, in partnership with the Scottish Government’s Equality Unit, the University of Edinburgh, Queen Margaret University and others, aims to turn this cherished idea into a "virtual – but at the same time very substantive – reality".

Supported by the Scottish Funding Council, BSL:UPTAKE will contribute to informed public policy making and help improve decision-making by Government and other authorities, by making it easier for both Deaf and hearing people to access material and ideas relating to BSL on the Internet.

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