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RESEARCH

Frances is a PhD student at UCL Institute of Education working under the supervision of Professor Kearsy Cormier and Dr Kate Rowley.

 

Research project:

What is deaf students' experience of sign language interpreting support in higher education and how is their experience shaped by the procurement process?

 

This is a qualitative study using indepth interviews to collect data. In phase one, a survey of deaf students and a survey of sign language interpreters provided a picture of the landscape of interpreting support. Now in stage two, students are interviewed to look more closely at their experiences. Students are asked one open question:

 

Can you tell me about your experience of interpreting support in the university classroom?

 

Here, students are free to talk about any aspect of their support.

 

The interviews are transcribed by a deaf translator or sign language interpreter and the transcriptions are then analysed using Reflexive Thematic Analysis.

 

 

 

Frances Lewin

Having Frances as a mentor has really helped me get started in my PhD programme at UCL.  Especially over the lockdown period, I felt that starting such a course was very daunting.  However, with Frances’ help, I was able to get my bearings, and understand both what was expected of me and what I needed to do in order to gain the most out of my time studying.  I would highly recommend Frances to anybody thinking about getting involved with the mentor programme and feel very lucky to have had her support. (Gregory Mc Guinness, mentee)