Online Courses
Webinar - Working in the Legal Domain for Deaf and Hearing TSLIs
Date: Deaf Trainee Interpreters - Saturday 14th March, 2026 - delivered in BSL
Hearing Trainee Interpreters - Saturday 21st March, 2026 - delivered in Spoken English
Time: 10am – 3pm
Fee: £45
Venue: ONLINE
Delivered by: Byron Campbell
This Webinar is for Deaf and Hearing Trainee Interpreters who may be thinking about working in the Legal domain once they are qualified. The development strategies, skills required and resources available differ for Deaf and Hearing TSLIs, which is why there are two Webinars.
NRCPD guidance states that Trainee Interpreters should not undertake work in the Legal domain. It is also recommended that those wishing to work in the Court and Tribunal Services, should have at least three years post-qualified experience. There are however, some types of Legal assignments that may be suited to a ‘newly’ qualified Interpreters who possess the requisite skills and knowledge.
This Webinar will cover the different types of assignments that occur in the Legal domain and will outline some of the key skills and knowledge that Interpreters will need to begin their career in this domain. Alongside presenting the strategies and resources available, the Webinar will discuss the creation of a development plan so Trainees can focus on the steps needed to gain the knowledge and skills that will be required.
Certificates will be awarded for 5 CPD points.
To register your interest, please email - training@bsl-link4comm.co.uk
BSL Linguistics
Date: Friday 17th, Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th October, 2025
Time: 10am – 4pm
Fee: £255.00 all inclusive
Venue: ONLINE
Delivered by: Tessa Padden in BSL
Tessa Padden, MA is a qualified Deaf Interpreter and Translator, a BSL Teacher trainer and an experienced teacher of BSL and Linguistics at University level.
The Course is 18 hours of online learning over three days and will establish a solid understanding of the structure and Linguistics of BSL.
The Course content will cover:
The Conditional Clause
BSL Semantics
Simultaneous Signs
Syntactic Space
Tenses/Time Markers
Non-Manual Features (NMF)
Negation
Morphology
Verb Classes
Classifiers
The sessions will consist of presentations, group work and video clips.
Participants will be expected to attend for all three days and to study independently between sessions as homework exercises will be provided for personal practise and development.
The Course is ideal for anybody with a minimum of Level 3 BSL and an interest in improving their self-awareness of the language and its structure. It is a useful addition for those studying Level 4 and Level 6 BSL as well as Deaf and hearing professionals, Translators, Interpreters, Presenters, BSL Teachers and Education Support Assistants, who use the language both personally and professionally.
This three day Course is running for the 29th time and continues to be hugely popular with our students.
Certificates will be awarded for 18 CPD points.
To register your interest, please email - training@bsl-link4comm.co.uk