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Celebrating The Con Powell Memorial Scholarships for Teachers of the Deaf

Our Con Powell Memorial Scholars, past and present, have reunited for a special afternoon tea to celebrate ten years of the Scholarships programme for trainee Teachers of the Deaf. During the event in York, Scholars developed a giant time line marking their progress over the last decade, noting the defining moments in their personal journeys…

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Thank you to Joyce!

Our wonderful Education Advisor Joyce Sewell-Rutter has retired after twenty years with the Ewing Foundation and an incredible fifty years in deaf education. Colleagues gathered to celebrate her achievements and to wish her well for her next adventures, all the while reminding her that, as a lifelong member of the Ewing Foundation family, she is…

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Deaf education professionals gather for GLADE

Members of our Greater London Affiliation for Deaf Education (GLADE) have recently met together to share a special day of presentations and updates about the sector. The event also provided an opportunity to celebrate GLADE facilitator Joyce Sewell-Rutter (pictured presenting here) who is retiring from Ewing Foundation next month after an amazing fifty years in…

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Free resources for Deaf Awareness Week and beyond

Monday 2 May – Sunday 8 May 2022 marks Deaf Awareness Week, the UK Council on Deafness’s annual campaign to highlight the experiences of deaf people. If you are an education professional working with deaf children and young people, we have a range of free resources to support you during Deaf Awareness Week and throughout the…

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Supporting deaf education professionals

This April, staff from the Ewing Foundation took part in an event at the University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service (USAIS). The event, aimed at education professionals supporting deaf children and young people, provided an opportunity to review the latest research on speech tests, learn about speech tests in educational settings and look at assessment…

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Resources for World Hearing Day and beyond

Wednesday 3rd March is World Hearing Day! Led by the World Health Organisation (WHO), this global advocacy event calls for action to address hearing loss and related issues. Its aim is to raise awareness of hearing loss and promote hearing care across the world. The theme for 2022 ‘To hear for life, listen with care!’…
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Congratulations to our Con Powell Memorial Scholars

Many congratulations to our five Con Powell Memorial Scholars who have all recently become Qualified Teachers of the Deaf (QToDs). Our Ewing Foundation team were delighted to support the students during their studies. They have all shown great dedication during these challenging times, and, in recognition of their achievements, their Ewing mentors organised an online…

Ewing Foundation for deaf children and Oticon UK EduMic event
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Train to become a Qualified Teacher of the Deaf

Would you like to help deaf children and young people learn and achieve at school? The British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD) is offering five scholarships for teachers to train to become Qualified Teachers of the Deaf (QToDs). The Con Powell Memorial Scholarships, named after BATOD’s first President and Ewing Foundation’s first Chief…