BSL Glossary launches Environmental Science
Royal Society and Scottish Sensory Centre team up to ‘rewild’ British Sign Language with 400 new signs for common environmental terms.
All 4 themes: 1 Biodiversity & ecosystems, 2 Physical environment & pollution, 3 Energy resources & sustainability, and 4 Environmental impacts on humans have now launched.
BSL Environment Home
April 2025 onwards
Braille Competency Courses: for sighted learners to support individuals with visual impairments
Distance Learning
Channel 4 News: New British Sign Language allows people to talk about climate crisis, 5 January 2025.
CRIDE 2024 reports for England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales (in English and in Welsh) are now available on the NDCS website.
10th ICEVI-European Conference will be held from 15-17 May 2025 in Padova, Italy. Registration now open!
Exploring the history and current research of British Sign Language by Rachel O'Neill & Audrey Cameron, Moray House 175th Anniversary Lecture Series (Recording).
SmartSense Blog: Torø Graven has been working with SSC on this blog 'on and for the senses'. Alongside articles based on lived experience and research, we publish activities to stimulate and challenge the senses.
SSC eBulletin: January 2025
Would you like to find out more about new advances in knowledge regarding Sensory Impairment?
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SSC's BSL Glossary team have collected and created British Sign Language Terms for Curriculum Topics: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geography, Mathematics and Physics. And now the award-winning topics Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Data Science.
Includes examples and laboratory clips for students of science subjects.
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Missed an event? We have materials and recordings from a number of professional learning courses available to view on our website.
Recordings and materials are available from a number of SSC professional learning events and webinars.
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We have a number of publications and resources produced as part of our many projects are freely available on our website: from our Play DVDs to How Good is Our Sensory Service? document launched in May 2019.
Materials are also available from a number of SSC professional learning events and webinars. We also host the SAVIE (Scottish Association of Visual Impairment Education) website.
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