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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Thank you so much to everyone who visited our stand at the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf’s Annual Study Day in Huddersfield on 14 October. It was fantastic to see you all in person after so long. It was a great day with excellent presentations, including one from England deaf cricket international James…
We are saddened to learn that our friend and former Trustee Shirley Metherell MBE has passed away. Over the years, Shirley generously shared with us her experience of supporting deaf children. In 1981, she and her husband David (pictured above) established The Elizabeth Foundation after their daughter was diagnosed as profoundly deaf at 22 months.…
On Monday 21st June, Technology Consultant Paul Harris delivered another successful webinar on how to use Oticon equipment at school and in the home. He addressed topics such as: Demonstrating how to monitor transparency of the frequency response using an FP35 Hearing Aid Analyzer (for peace of mind) How to use EduMic for classroom media …
Tuesday 4 May – Sunday 9 May 2021 marks Deaf Awareness Week, the annual event to highlight the experiences of deaf people. If you are an education professional working with deaf children and young people, we have a wide range of resources to support you during Deaf Awareness Week and throughout the year. These include…