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Structure, delivery, duration and outcome

Structure: Each course is divided into five topic blocks on different aspects of the course subject. 

Delivery: All courses are delivered online in English and are completed asynchronously, allowing you to access the course materials at any time that suits you.

Duration: Each course is delivered over one 12 weeks, either from September to December or January to March each year.

Outcome: These courses have been validated at SCQF Level 11 (master's level) but do not involve any assessment and are non-credit bearing.  You will receive a certificate of completion at the end of the course, which you can use to evidence your continuing professional development (CPD).

Courses running from September to December:

• Interpreting in Healthcare Settings: This course runs from September to December each year. The course will provide you with academic and non-academic material to support your reflective practice in a range of healthcare contexts, including primary and secondary healthcare environments. You will consider the most effective ways of delivering interpreting services when working alone or with other interpreting professionals and consolidate and extend your knowledge of medical terminology, conditions and treatments. You will also explore the dynamics involved in interpreted interactions in healthcare contexts. This course can be equally beneficial if you are new to interpreting and are just starting, or about to start, to engage with this domain of work, or if you have been working in medical settings for some time.
• Interpreting in Arts and Culture Settings: This course runs from September to December each year. The course will provide you with academic and non-academic material to promote and support the development of your professional practice in a wide range of both performative and non-performative cultural settings (including religion, sports, visual arts, dance, drama, music, poetry, literature, film and television). You will evaluate the most effective ways of providing interpreting and explore the potential impact of the interpreter in these contexts. The course will also allow you to develop or consolidate your knowledge of arts and culture terminology, environments and activities in order to support your professional practice.
  
  

Courses running from January to March:

• Interpreting in Mental Healthcare Settings: This course runs from January to March each year. The course will provide you with academic and non-academic material to support the development of your work in mental healthcare settings and consider the dynamics of interpreted interaction in a range of mental healthcare environments, including both inpatient and outpatient care. The course also focuses on the processes involved in assessment, diagnosis and different forms of treatment. The course will provide a useful foundation if you are starting to work in mental health settings, or to help you develop a deeper reflection on your existing practice in this domain.
• Interpreting in Employment Settings: This course runs from January to March each year. The course will provide you with academic and non-academic material to extend your knowledge of working effectively with deaf employees in a range of employment settings, and the social and political influences that impact on interpreters’ practice. There is particular focus on the ethical challenges associated with this work, consideration of the varied interpersonal dynamics that occur in workplace environments as well as the importance of rapport management. The course will support your development of reflective practice through engagement with theoretical concepts and research-based evidence. This course will be useful to you if you are an interpreting student close to completing your studies, but equally beneficial if you are an experienced interpreter working in these settings.

SCQF=Scottish Credit Qualification Framework

Entry requirements:

Applicants will usually have professional experience as a sign language interpreter. However, some of these courses, as indicated above, may also be of interest to those who are about to complete interpreter training.

International students are welcome.

Please note that the courses are delivered in English.

Fees:

Fees are £230 charged per module for 2026/7 entry.

Applying for this course: 

Application deadline: 

January 2027 entry: 9 December 2026 
September 2027 entry: 22 August 2027

Courses start in either September or January each year.

For further information, including application process, please contact Dr Rachel Mapson.