Dr Ilan Dwek - Education

Ilan Dwek

Responsibilities:

Lecturer within BA Education Studies – convenor for Deafness & Blindness [Part 3] and Education for Inclusion [Part 1] modules.
Academic Tutor.
Dissertation Supervisor for some Year 3 students
Lecturer in British Sign Language [BSL] for Stages 1 & 2 of Languages for All
Module Convenor for British Sign Language [BSL] for Stage 2
Senior Academic Manager [SAM] for IoE
MA Dissertation Supervisor
PhD/EdD Second Supervisor

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:

2026: Assistant Investigator – Exploring the reasons behind the lack of Deaf and Hearing Impaired Students learning Modern Foreign Languages [in collaboration with University of Liverpool]
2025: Research Assistant for the MultiPic Project collecting data from native Albanian and Rumanian speakers
PhD thesis (2022) – 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 91猫先生 Students' Union Award 2020 Teaching Excellence Awards for Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

Recent blog: Dwek, I.G (2025)
Article: Sheiba, S. & Dwek I.G. (2025) - Jasour magazine (in Arabic) about Ilan Dwek (2025)