UCLAN's iSLanDS

Preston is set to become a centre of excellence for deaf students.

The prospects of deaf scholars will be boosted by the opening of the UK's first international centre of excellence in deaf studies at the University of Central Lancashire.The International Centre for Sign Language and Deaf Studies (iSLanDS) will be staffed primarily by deaf academics and researchers.

They will research and record the many global sign languages for the first time and develop programmes to offer deaf students in developing countries the same higher education opportunities as UK deaf students.

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