Carri Neilson

Teaching Fellow (British Sign Language)

Biography

Background

Pronouns: they/them

As a profoundly deaf queer person, Carri is a native British Sign Language (BSL) user.

Carri has taught BSL to a wide variety of students for over 20 years.  As a tutor within a Deaf-led charity, they taught SQA (Scottish Qualifications Authority) BSL from Introduction level to level 2.  Since moving to the Centre for Open Learning at Edinburgh University, Carri has progressed their career to leading, designing and co-ordinating BSL courses in addition to teaching levels from Beginners 1 to Elementary 6 and elective courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students. 

Recently, Carri has been involved in building partnerships across university departments.  They have worked with IFP on using e-learning platforms in an effective way.  In addition, Carri worked with the Learning Technologists Team to improve the use of Canvas across COL and LfA.  Carri, as co-chair, has also worked with the BSL Implementation Group to secure funding to recruit an intern to research the history of deaf students and staff at UoE.

Carri is motivated to seek opportunities to collaborate and seek partnerships with other university departments where they can.

Carri attended Heriot Watt University and graduated with a Graduate Diploma in Teaching Other Tutors.  This included an introduction to BSL Linguistics, course designing and teaching skills.  From 2002 to present, Carri has attended various training courses as such as BSL Linguistics, how to teach Deaf Awareness, how to teach BSL and many more as a part of their professional development.   

Carri is committed to life-long learning and aims to engage in more courses to further develop their career.

 

Qualifications

  • Signature Level 6 in British Sign Language (2023)
  • Graduate Diploma in Teaching Other Tutors (2007)
  • City & Guilds 7307/2 Certificate in Teaching Adults Learners (2004)
  • Level 2 Certificate in British Sign Language (2003)

Responsibilities & affiliations

 

Undergraduate teaching

  • British Sign Language Stage 1 & Stage 2

 

Postgraduate teaching

  • British Sign Language Stage 1 & Stage 2

 

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