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.
