About Emm Sharpe
Why Choose Study Sharpe Deaf Awareness Training Courses?
Emm Sharpe is the Owner and Founder of Study Sharpe. She first became involved in the Deaf Community in the late 80’s working for a charity supporting Deaf and Disabled young people in the classroom.
Emm has been through many years of teaching and training experience and is an advocate for Deaf Awareness, accessibility, and inclusion for Deaf people.
She has worked within the prison service, healthcare, education in both Primary and Secondary schools and Further Education and Higher Education sectors.
Emm holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Deaf Studies from Bristol University where she was fortunate to be taught by top Deaf Professionals. She also holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Education, as well as BSL Levels 1 – 3.
As a hearing teacher, she can offer an invaluable bi-lingual experience with hearing learners, to ensure the initial few classes are not too daunting.
Having worked with and personally known many Deaf people over the years and for various charities supporting Deaf and disabled young people, she has extensive experience of Deaf Awareness and Deaf Culture.
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Our Accreditations
We are proud to be a centre for Signature, the largest provider of accredited Sign Language courses in the UK who offer nationally recognised qualifications. We are able to offer British Sign Language BSL 101 Frontline Staff Qualification to your Frontline reception/customer facing staff. This course covers basic communication skills and provides you with the essential tools to enable you to communicate about a range of topics in simple, everyday language use. This course is delivered over 10 weeks but can be condensed into 5 longer sessions for ease of commitment. We also offer a Level 1 BSL Full Qualification this is a national recognised Signature approved course which includes the BSL101, BSL102 and BSL103 Units.
Alternatively, if this doesn’t suit, we can offer tailor made bespoke courses that offer similar content to the above course but are designed to suit the needs of your workplace and the needs of your key staff specifically.