- ‘Exposing equality law as it relates to Deaf people: developing Deaf Legal Theory’ (Festival of Change Alumni Events, University of Leicester, 30 November 2023). [Slides]
- ‘Architects of Change: Considering your impact, identity and inclusion‘ (Keynote, South West Doctoral Training Partnership Annual Conference, Bath, 23 November 2023). [Slides]
- ‘Deaf Education in Scotland and Wales: lessons from the Scottish and Welsh approaches’ (BSL Conference, London, 17 March 2023) <https://vimeo.com/812811925> [Slides]
- ‘The Future of BSL in the UK: what will the BSL Act 2022 do for us?’ (BSL Conference, London, 17 March 2023) <https://vimeo.com/812747530> [Slides]
- With Rachel O’Neill, ‘Betting on deaf children’s futures: how far are the Scottish and Welsh approaches ensuring the inclusion of BSL in deaf education?’ (EdSign Lecture Series, Deaf Action, 20 December 2022). [Slides]
- ‘Developing Deaf Legal Theory’ (University of Birmingham, Language and Law Seminars, 10 November 2022) (04:00-37:34). [Slides]
- With Rachel O’Neill, ‘Deaf Education and the British Sign Language (Scotland) Act 2015: comparisons with the Welsh approach ‘ (WISERD Annual Conference, Swansea University, 6 July 2022). [Slides]
- With Wilson McLeod and Rachel O’Neill, ‘Language Planning in Scotland: institutional plans, civil society and government engagement’ (Language(s), Interculturality and Literacies Research Hub Webinar series, 8 December 2021). [Slides]
- With Rachel O’Neill, ‘The impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act on the education of deaf children and young people: transformative equality?’ (British Association for Applied Linguistics 2021 Conference, Northumbria University, 9-10 September 2021). [Slides]
- With Rachel O’Neill, ‘The impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act on the education of deaf children and young people’ (Language Policy Forum, Bishop Grossetese University, 27-28 May 2021). [Slides]
- With Rachel O’Neill, ‘The impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act on the education of deaf children and young people’ (Language in Context Research Seminar series, University of Edinburgh 7 May 2021). [Slides]
- ‘Making equality law work for Deaf people’ (Doctoral Inaugural Lecture 2021, College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, University of Leicester, 31 March 2021) (note that the lecture does not have BSL as Rob’s video was not recorded). [Slides]
- ‘Making equality law work for Deaf people’ (South Wales Business Research Conference: Widening Your Horizons, University of South Wales, 2 July 2020)
- ‘Making equality law work for Deaf people‘ (Bridging the Gap 6 – Deaf people’s rights: is research working to advance them?, University of South Wales, November 2019)
- ’Teaching through BSL: its impact on teaching practice‘ (Learning and Teaching Conference, University of South Wales, June 2019)
- With Gordon Hay and Rachel O’Neill, ‘Scotland, BSL, language recognition and the law’ (Deaf Studies Conference, University of Wolverhampton, February 2019)
- ‘Why equality law and Deaf people don’t get on’ (Business School Research Conference: Gaining Momentum, University of South Wales, 29 May 2018)
- ‘Why equality law and Deaf people don’t get on: developing Deaf Legal Theory’ (Deaf Academics Conference, Copenhagen, August 2017) [Slides]
Papers
- ‘Why equality law and Deaf people don’t get on’ (Business School Research Conference: Gaining Momentum, University of South Wales, 29 May 2018)
Dr Rob Wilks 