Overview

This course will enable you to apply your knowledge and skills in strategies for planning, delivering and reviewing your own professional interpreting work. It offers interpreters a structured career and professional development route that enables those currently practising to improve their skills and achieve not only a postgraduate diploma, but also nationally recognised qualification status.

Key facts

The overall aim of this postgraduate course is to produce practitioners with high order interpreting skills who will be able to interpret between Deaf people whose first or preferred language is BSL and the many hearing people with whom they interact.
The British Sign Language - English Interpreting programme from The University of Lancashire includes theoretically based knowledge of language, linguistics and culture required in order to understand the various client groups’ language choices and interact appropriately with them.
Successful British Sign Language/English Interpreting and Translation Studies students will be eligible to register and work as Professional British Sign Language interpreters.
You could teach and assess others, sign at theatre productions or television performances, or move into research.
You could also become self-employed and work freelance.

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Programme Structure

Courses include:

Interpreting as a Profession

Developing BSL-Performance

English as a Source and Target Language

Translation to Interpreting

Critical Interpreting Analysis

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Key information

Duration

Part-time
- 24 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-29 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-08-10 00:00:00 , International

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UK students can apply all year round.

Language

English

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Credits

180 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Preston, United Kingdom

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

Lower Second Class

English requirements

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General requirements

Applicants should hold at least 2:2 degree in related subject
Intermediate/Level 3 British Sign Language skills such as SIGNATURE or equivalent
Applicant must show potential to achieve postgraduate level academic performance
Applicant must show potential to function as a competent member of the target work-force
For progression onto the MA, must have completed the postgraduate diploma
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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

1050 GBP / module

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Citizens or residents

1050 GBP / module

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Additional Details

per 20 credits

Living costs

Preston

United Kingdom

751 - 1425 GBP / month

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