All Outputs (14)

Exposing equality law as it relates to Deaf people: Developing Deaf Legal Theory (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wilks, R. (2023, November). Exposing equality law as it relates to Deaf people: Developing Deaf Legal Theory. Presented at Festival of Change Alumni Events, University of Leicester, Leicester

Bryan and Emery (2014) argue that for 'Deaf jurisprudence' to develop, the current underpinnings of law that are based on incomplete assumptions need to be exposed and to do so, Deaf Legal Theory needs to be applied to particular aspects of the law.... Read More about Exposing equality law as it relates to Deaf people: Developing Deaf Legal Theory.

Architects of change: Considering your impact, identity and inclusion (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wilks, R. (2023, November). Architects of change: Considering your impact, identity and inclusion. Presented at South West Doctoral Training Partnership Annual Conference, Bailbrook House Hotel, Bath

"Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world." At this keynote lecture at the South West Doctoral Training Partnership's annual conference, Rob Wilks considers our role as 'architects... Read More about Architects of change: Considering your impact, identity and inclusion.

The future of BSL in the UK: What will the BSL Act 2022 do for us? (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wilks, R. (2023, March). The future of BSL in the UK: What will the BSL Act 2022 do for us?. Presented at BSL Conference, London

This presentation considers the pros and cons of the BSL Act 2022, provides some thoughts on what deaf people want or could have now that we have a BSL Act in place, and discusses some relevant concepts and theories that could be useful in future res... Read More about The future of BSL in the UK: What will the BSL Act 2022 do for us?.

Deaf education in Scotland and Wales: Lessons from the Scottish and Welsh approaches (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Wilks, R., & O'Neill, R. (2023, March). Deaf education in Scotland and Wales: Lessons from the Scottish and Welsh approaches. Presented at BSL Conference, London

Sign language recognition has the potential to achieve transformative equality (Wilks, 2020) in relation to the everyday experiences of deaf people. The importance of recognising minority languages is well documented (Meulder, Murray and McKee, 2019;... Read More about Deaf education in Scotland and Wales: Lessons from the Scottish and Welsh approaches.

Developing Deaf Legal Theory (2022)
Presentation / Conference
Wilks, R. (2022, November). Developing Deaf Legal Theory. Presented at University of Birmingham, Language and Law Seminars, Birmingham

This is Rob Wilks' first lecture on Deaf Legal Theory in which he presents a summary of Bryan and Emery's (2014) seminal chapter, attempts to develop a model through which Deaf Legal Theory can be applied, and applies it to four different areas of la... Read More about Developing Deaf Legal Theory.

Deaf education in Scotland and Wales: Attitudes to British Sign Language in deaf education compared to Gaelic and Welsh (2022)
Report
Wilks, R., & O'Neill, R. (2022). Deaf education in Scotland and Wales: Attitudes to British Sign Language in deaf education compared to Gaelic and Welsh

Having conducted a review of the impact of the Scottish national BSL plan on deaf education, in particular its issues, failures and successes, during Phase 1 of this project, the purpose of this report was to ascertain whether there is an appetite at... Read More about Deaf education in Scotland and Wales: Attitudes to British Sign Language in deaf education compared to Gaelic and Welsh.

Developing Deaf jurisprudence: The role of interpreters and translators (2022)
Book Chapter
Wilks, R. (2022). Developing Deaf jurisprudence: The role of interpreters and translators. In C. Stone, R. Adam, R. Müller de Quadros, & C. Rathmann (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Sign Language Translation and Interpreting (249-266). Oxford: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003019664-21

The aim of this chapter is to contextualise the role of sign language interpreters and translators within a Deaf jurisprudence framework. Several critical issues and topics are discussed: the disparity between the Deaf identity and the laws that prov... Read More about Developing Deaf jurisprudence: The role of interpreters and translators.

The impact of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 on deaf education (2021)
Report
O'Neill, R., & Wilks, R. (2021). The impact of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 on deaf education

Since the passage of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act in 2015 the first national BSL plan has been published. One of the ten goals is that children who use BSL will be encouraged to reach their full potential at school and be supported in the... Read More about The impact of the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015 on deaf education.

The impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act on the education of deaf children and young people (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Wilks, R., & O'Neill, R. (2021, May). The impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act on the education of deaf children and young people. Presented at Language Policy Forum, Bishop Grossetese University

Considerable recent research has focused on the legal recognition of signed languages (De Meulder, Murray & McKee, 2019; Wilks, 2020). This talk documents shifting viewpoints of deaf children and young people from professionals and the state as the l... Read More about The impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act on the education of deaf children and young people.

The impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act on the education of deaf children and young people (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Wilks, R., & O'Neill, R. (2021, May). The impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act on the education of deaf children and young people. Presented at Language in Context Research Seminar series, University of Edinburgh

Considerable recent research has focused on the legal recognition of signed languages (De Meulder, Murray & McKee, 2019; Wilks, 2020). This talk documents shifting viewpoints of deaf children and young people from professionals and the state as the l... Read More about The impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act on the education of deaf children and young people.

Making equality law work for deaf people (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Wilks, R. (2021, March). Making equality law work for deaf people. Presented at Doctoral Inaugural Lecture 2021, College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, University of Leicester

This presentation introduces my doctrinal and socio-legal doctoral thesis, which is understood to be the first doctoral thesis on the subject of Law as it relates to Deaf people in the UK and possibly internationally, exploring the possible solutions... Read More about Making equality law work for deaf people.

Recognising British Sign Language in Scotland (2019)
Book Chapter
Lawson, L., McLean, F., O'Neill, R., & Wilks, R. (2019). Recognising British Sign Language in Scotland. In The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages: Advocacy and Outcomes Around the World (67-81). Clevedon: Multilingual Matters

A delegation of Deaf people met Members of the Scottish Parliament when it was opened in 1999 to discuss the recognition of British Sign Language (BSL). Members of the cross-party group on deafness, along with the positive support from civil servants... Read More about Recognising British Sign Language in Scotland.

Why equality law and Deaf people don’t get on: Developing Deaf Legal Theory (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Wilks, R. (2017, August). Why equality law and Deaf people don’t get on: Developing Deaf Legal Theory. Presented at Deaf Academics Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark

This presentation will introduce my doctrinal and socio-legal doctoral thesis, which is understood to be the first doctoral thesis on the subject of Law as it relates to Deaf people in the UK and possibly internationally, exploring the possible solut... Read More about Why equality law and Deaf people don’t get on: Developing Deaf Legal Theory.

Making the law work for young deaf people (2012)
Report
Wilks, R., & Brattan-Wilson, J. (2012). Making the law work for young deaf people. London: Law Centres Federation

RAD Deaf Law Centre was commissioned to develop a report entitled “Making the law work for young Deaf people” by the Law Centres Network in order to improve young Deaf people’s access to advice from Law Centres.