Check out the SORD 2023 annual newsletter! Dive into updates on our Inspiring Young People into Research project, celebrate our PhD graduations and get insights from our staff on their course experiences. Read news on our Summer intern Beth about her journey with...

SORD has developed a supplementary document focusing Social Care (including social work), providing summaries of key research areas. These encompass evidence concerning deaf child safeguarding and protection, engagement with Deaf service users in understanding the...

SORD has developed a supplementary document focusing Deaf health, providing summaries of key research areas. These encompass evidence concerning Deaf health outcomes, types and barriers to health services and improvements in aspects of health services to Deaf people....

The article "What is the efficacy and effectiveness of telemedicine intervention for deaf signing populations in comparison to face-to-face interventions? A systematic review" has been published online by BMC Health Services Research.The research has been co-authored...

During Deaf Awareness Week (1st-7th May 2023), Celia, Emma and Katie from SORD participated in a filmed discussion with Paul Marks-Jones, Lead Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Partner at the University of Manchester. This was an opportunity to highlight the everyday...

In December 2022, Katie and Molly presented a seminar on "Health Inequalities in the Signing Deaf Community" as part of the Cancer Research Network EDI Seminar series. The seminar aimed to shed light on the health disparities faced by members of the deaf community who...

The article "Deaf signers and hearing aids: motivations, access, competency and service effectiveness", co-authored by Celia Hulme, Alys Young, Katherine Rogers and Kevin Munro, has now been published in the International Journal of Audiology. To cite this article:...

Members of SORD were returned in REF2021, under Unit of Assessment 3: Allied Health Professions. REF (Research Excellence Framework) is a UK-wide exercise in assessing the quality of research in all universities.This article is available in BSL It consists of three...