The filmed scenarios from this groundbreaking NIHR School for Social Care Research funded interdisciplinary project will be used to develop training materials for AMHPs & interpreters @UoMSORD Heriot Watt CTISS SIGNS@HWU (aka Heriot-Watt BSL team) The Open University CTIS Manchester

Four of the INforMHAA team in the The University of Manchester News simulation suite (hospital ward) to support the actors, AMHPs & interpreters in filming the scenarios Prof Jemina Napier, PhD, FAHA, FAcSS, FASLI Dr Celia Hulme Natalia Rodríguez Vicente, PhD & Alys Young

Scenario two done! In this one we have a Kurdish speaking father & son with an AMHP & doctor regarding section 3 under the Mental Health Act

Today the INforMHAA team have been joined by Christine McPherson from our advisory group to give input to the scenarios from her professional AMHP experience

INforMHAA Christine McPherson Scenario 3 all done. This time a Dutch speaking patient with auditory & visual hallucinations & a non-experienced interpreter.

INforMHAA Christine McPherson And that’s a wrap! Scenario 4 all done with a deaf person, professional BSL interpreter & AMHP discussing what it means to agree to go to hospital voluntarily

Call for papers for #WASLI2023 conference WASLI wasli.org/wasli-2023sout…

Prof Jemina Napier, PhD, FAHA, FAcSS, FASLI & others from the INforMHAA project team of which SIGNS@HWU (aka Heriot-Watt BSL team) Heriot Watt CTISS is a part are keeping busy!

We are delighted to launch our bilingual project website in #BSL & English. We will be adding more informtaion about outcomes from the project as we progress & where possible other languages sites.manchester.ac.uk/informhaa/ @UoMSORD SIGNS@HWU (aka Heriot-Watt BSL team) Heriot Watt CTISS The Open University

Former Heriot Watt CTISS MSc student Carmen Acosta Vicente, now a PhD researcher @Helsinkiuni, is looking for public service interpreters for a survey on gender in interpreting. Survey takes 10 min:redcap.link/uhul6gkj Questions? Please contact: [email protected]

JUSTISIGNS2 UK partners SIGNS@HWU (aka Heriot-Watt BSL team) Heriot Watt CTISS Prof Jemina Napier, PhD, FAHA, FAcSS, FASLI & @luccl81 will be presenting on our project to the Policing Domestic Abuse Research Network (P-DARN) facilitated through the Durham University Centre for Research into Violence & Abuse: eventbrite.co.uk/e/p-darn-webin…

HWU Project EBIC has been awarded for their work highlighting the impact on fake news in impoverished communities. Congratulations to Prof. Claudia Angelelli and her HWU and Universidade Federal de Goiás teams! #CTISS #SoSS #HWU hw.ac.uk/news/articles/…

Metaphor translation workshop: free online training workshop on #conceptualmetaphor and #metaphortranslation from Heriot-Watt University on 11 June 2022. Details and sign-up link here: lifeinlincs.org/?p=2972

Online webinar series of 8 sessions of 90 minutes each. Sessions facilitated by experts on #researchmethodology in #translation and #interpreting. #Qualitative and #quantitative #research, #researchdesign, #researchmethods and writing a #dissertation.

Join the next #TranslatingEurope Workshop “AVT workflows and the role of automation” to discover the benefits and pitfalls of CAT tools in audiovisual translation. bit.ly/3FNnIcl #Translation #xl8 #languages #Translators

#EVENT: Join Prof. Claudia Angelelli and the Project EBIC team tomorrow at 4pm for insight into their award-winning research in Brazil 🇧🇷 Click here to register: zoom.us/webinar/regist… #HW #LINCS #CTISS

.@AnneliesKusters @ErinMoriartyH and I wrote a chapter for this book on researching language attitudes in sigining communities. The book looks exciting and is available for pre-order! Thanks to editors Ruth Kircher and Lena Zipp for bringing this project to a successful end 🙌

@luccl81 & I are looking fwd to hosting our JUSTISIGNS2 workshop today in collaboration with Police Scotland, facilitated by Clare, bringing together a group of experts to discuss BSL glossary for gender-based violence specific terms SIGNS@HWU (aka Heriot-Watt BSL team) Heriot Watt CTISS

It was a great afternoon, a workshop to focus on #BSL and #Genderbasedviolence Prof Jemina Napier, PhD, FAHA, FAcSS, FASLI JUSTISIGNS2 @policescotland x.com/EdinburghPolic…

Amazing news, well done! 🎉