Ilan Dwek
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Lecturer
- 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
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Lecturer in British Sign Language [BSL] for Stages 1 & 3 for IWLP
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Module Convenor for British Sign Language [BSL] for Stage 1 & 3
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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]
Postgraduate supervision
Masters Level supervision offered in these areas:
- Mainstream education
- Policy of inclusion
- Education for Deaf children
- Mental Health in primary/secondary school children
- Provision for SEN pupils
Research projects
- 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
Awards and honours
- Fellow of Higher Education Academy [FHEA]
- Winner of Reading Students' Union Award 2020 Teaching Excellence Awards for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences