Watch: Meet the 16-year-old DJ with a difference - the UK's first Makaton-friendly DJ Makaton is a language programme that uses signs and symbols to help people to communicate. It is designed to ...

Her win marked a turning point in UK media, reshaping how Deaf culture and British Sign Language (BSL) are represented. This year’s Deaf Awareness Week (5–11 May 2025) themed, Beyond Silence, focussed ...

The Government is aiming for the British Sign Language (BSL) GCSE to be first taught to pupils in England from September 2025. Views on the qualification – including the language skills to be ...

‘British Sign Language has been created and evolved through generations,’ explains online content creator, Sam Egerton-Kemp. ‘To see hearing people culturally appropriating our language on ...

GCSE pupils will be able to choose to study British Sign Language from 2025 British Sign Language (BSL) will be taught as a GCSE in England from September 2025, the government says. It says the ...

Plans to offer a British Sign Language GCSE to pupils have moved forward after the subject content was finalised. Parents, teachers and the deaf and hearing communities took part in a 12-week ...

A new service has launched to allow people to make 999 calls using British Sign Language (BSL) for the first time. The new service, 999 BSL, will allow deaf people to make emergency calls using an ...

British Sign Language (BSL) will be taught as a GCSE in England from September 2025, the government says. It says the qualification will be open to all pupils, who will learn about 1,000 signs ...