Are you deaf and interested in language, psychology or neuroscience research? We offer paid Research Placement opportunities. Come and work with us!
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2/17/2025
Exciting updates from DCAL as we celebrate a year filled with achievements in research, events, and resources for the Deaf community and beyond! In this Christmas Newsletter 2024, we share highlights of our ongoing projects, including studies on language and reading development, neuroscience, and linguistics. We also reflect on our public engagement events, such as the BSL GCSE announcement and the upcoming DCALx event in 2025.
You’ll find information about our resources like the BSL Corpus, SignBank, and assessment tools, all designed to support researchers, educators, and the Deaf community. We’re also thrilled to share news about our postgraduate opportunities and the work of our dedicated Professional Services team.
Thank you for your support throughout 2024. From all of us at DCAL, we wish you a joyful Christmas and a happy, healthy New Year! For more information, visit our website or contact us directly.
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12/6/2024
DCAL is looking for outstanding early career researchers working in the research fields of linguistics, psychology and neuroscience with deaf people, who would like to apply for fellowships to be hosted at our research centre.
DCAL will provide tailored support to applicants, assisting in the preparation and submission of competitive applications for UK and international fellowship calls. Interested researchers should submit a one-page expression of interest and CV to dcal@ucl.ac.uk. Please note that expressions of interest should be submitted at least 3 months prior to the application scheme deadline. However, we encourage applicants to initiate contact with potential hosts as early as possible in the process.
We strongly encourage applications from deaf and hard-of-hearing researchers, as well as those from minority ethnic groups, who are currently under-represented at UCL and DCAL.
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6/28/2024
We are delighted to announce that DCAL, University College London, has 4 new research posts available. Two positions focus on reading development in deaf children aged 4-7 and 8-11 years, exploring the relationship between BSL, English, and reading development. The application deadline for these posts is 29th May. The other two positions are for Post-Doctoral Research Fellows examining how BSL and English are processed in the brain of deaf children using OPMs and deaf adults using fMRI. The application deadline for these posts is 9th June. For more information, please visit the DCAL website. Please spread the word and get in touch if you have questions.
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5/15/2024
We hope you enjoyed reading our highlights.
If you want to know any more about any of these topics, please do contact us.
Thank you for all of your support and interest in our work over 2023.
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12/12/2023
Our Professional Services (PS) team at DCAL merged with the HR team to form the HR & EDI Team, led by Ania Gasiorek, the HR & EDI Team Manager. This integration significantly bolstered our efforts to fulfil divisional EDI commitments and streamline collaboration between PALS HR, PALS IT, and PALS Finances.
This year, Indie Beedie took a new role as the Senior Student Success Officer at UCL Student and Registry Services. Congratulations, Indie! We wish you the best in your new role and extend our gratitude for your invaluable contributions at DCAL. Your expertise and knowledge will be missed. Also, congratulations to Sannah Gulamani on the birth of her second son. Welcome baby Elyas!
Welcome to the new members of the PS team: Dr. Laura Monroy, who has taken on the role of the new Executive Officer and also assumed the position of Safety Officer. Additionally, we've welcomed two new additions to the PS team: Afshan Jamil as our Centre Administrator and Calum Medlock.
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12/12/2023
If you are interested in further developing your knowledge of deafness, language and cognition, DCAL offers the MSc in Language Sciences with specialisation in Sign Language and Deaf Studies. Deaf and disabled students (UK or international) can apply to the Snowdon Masters Scholarships, which provide up to £30,000 to study on any UK Masters programme. The next round of applications for the Snowdon Masters Scholarships will open in January 2024.
We also offer the degree-level modules ‘Deafness, Cognition and Language’, ‘Sign Language Linguistics’, ‘Deaf Culture’ and modules on interpreting and on BSL.
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12/12/2023