NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 2013




First Deaf People Achieve Diploma in Sign Language Interpreting
Added 19 Feb 2013
Five students have recently become the first Deaf people to achieve the Signature Level 6 NVQ Diploma in Sign Language Interpreting. Working with [sonus], a Southampton-based Signature approved training centre, the students were the first to complete the Diploma as interpreters from one sign language to another sign language.

2012 Customer Service Survey
Added 18 Feb 2013
We have been working for several years to improve the service we give to the centres that deliver our qualifications. We count on the honest feedback you provide at our meetings, through our surveys and when you contact us. We use the information you give us to improve our qualifications, service and support products. Each year we ask you to tell us how we are meeting your expectations in Customer Service Survey.



Is Your Teacher an Inspiration to Others?
Added 12 Feb 2013
With only two days to go until the launch of the 2013 Signature Annual Awards we take a look at the story of last year's winner in the category of Teacher of the Year. Perhaps your teacher deserves recognition, why not nominate them when nominations open online on Thursday 14 February?

Who Will You Nominate?
Added 11 Feb 2013
We are excited to tell you that there are now only four days to wait until the launch of the 2013 Signature Annual Awards.
Over the next three days we will remind you of some of the previous winners and their wonderful stories. In the past four years we have received hundreds of amazing nominations and the panel have often found it tough to choose the winners.
Who will you nominate this year? The 2013 Signature Annual Awards will launch on Thursday 14 February. Watch this space...



10th Anniversary of the Recognition of British Sign Language
Added 01 Feb 2013
To mark the 10th anniversary of British Sign Language (BSL) being officially recognised, we are organising a parliamentary reception at the House of Commons on behalf of the BSL Alliance. The alliance includes Signature, National Deaf Children's Society, British Deaf Association and the Royal Association of the Deaf.