Ilan Dwek

Responsibilities:

SEND Pathway Lead
Lecturer within PGCE Primary – convenor for Professional Studies: The Reflective Practitioner. Academic Tutor
Lecturer within BA Education Studies – convenor for Exploring Learning module for Year 1 students. Academic Tutor. Dissertation Supervisor for some Year 3 students
Lecturer in British Sign Language [BSL] for Stages 1 & 3 for IWLP
Module Convenor for British Sign Language [BSL] for Stage 1 & 3
ATP Dissertation Supervisor for BA Education
MA Dissertation Supervisor
PhD/EdD Second Supervisor

Areas of interest

Impact of mainstream education on deaf linking to employability, social and mental wellbeing
Inclusion within education and in social life
SEND Education and provision in general for SEN pupils
Deafhood
Political and Social history of Deaf people
Linguistics of BSL and its evolution over the years
Representation of Deaf via media
Deaf-blind communication strategy and tactics [including Haptic method]

Masters Level supervision offered in these areas:

Just completed PhD thesis – looking at employability of Deaf adults and key factors leading to success or otherwise in employment
2019-2022: Research Assistant (Leverhulme funded project) – looking at Assistive Technology support for university students who are either Deaf/Hard of hearing, dyslexic or has English as second language

Fellow of Higher Education Academy [FHEA]
Winner of Reading Students' Union Award 2020 Teaching Excellence Awards for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences