May

In May, we celebrate Deaf Awareness Week. This week is an annual event that aims to raise awareness about the Deaf community, their language, culture, and history.

The UK Council on Deafness created Deaf Awareness Week to increase the visibility of challenges the Deaf community face and educate others on how they can support them.

It is a time to celebrate Deaf identity, promote Deaf culture, and advocate for equal access to communication and services for the Deaf and hard of hearing.

This week-long event provides an opportunity for individuals and organisations to come together and support the Deaf community, learn about their experiences, and work towards a more inclusive and accessible society.

At QMU, we aim to create an inclusive, diverse and accessible environment where it is everyone’s responsibility to ensure all members of our University community are treated with fairness, dignity, respect and have a sense of belonging.

We are highly committed to protecting and promoting British Sign Language (BSL). As part of our commitments to the Scottish Government’s BSL (Scotland) Act 2015, we have committed to a BSL Action Plan which is ambitious, responsive, builds on our progress and which is continually shaped by national initiatives, local needs and the priorities of BSL users.

Our Action Plan is available in English and in BSL:

BSL Action Plan (English Version)

BSL Action Plan (BSL Version)