Chartered Institute
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NEWS & VOICES
By Dr Eyhab Abdulrazak Bader Eddin
Why recognition of high quality spoken English matters for Chinese Professionals: A conversation with CIOL Head of Membership Dom Hebblethwaite and Professor Saihong Li.
China’s global influence continues to expand. From international trade and technology partnerships to academic research and cultural exchange, Chinese professionals are working across borders...
WoLLoW: World of Languages, Languages of the World
By John Claughton
Let's start at the very beginning...
Of course, the recent publication of the joint report by CIOL, ITI and ATC is right to emphasis the strategic imperative for universities to continue to support languages in the UK. We all know that this is a critical time, if not a time...
By Mark Robinson – CIOL Council Member and Director of Alexika Translations
I firmly believe that outstanding translation quality begins – and ends – with highly skilled freelance translators and interpreters. Translation companies do not deliver quality by accident; they do so by working in close partnership with experienced, professional linguists who take...
By Dom Hebblethwaite, CIOL Head of Membership
Our latest CIOL poll asked members a simple but provocative question: are we in a...
Recognising English Skills for Arabic-Speaking Professionals
English is the language of international business, diplomacy, and global collaboration. For many Arabic-speaking professionals, English may not be a first language, but it is a working language used daily in meetings, presentations, negotiations, emails, and international projects.
Until recently,...
By Dr Eyhab Abdulrazak Bader Eddin
Christmas occupies a distinctive place in the English language, not merely as a religious festival or a cultural event, but as a rich linguistic domain in which history, belief, social practice and literary imagination converge. The vocabulary, metaphors and narrative patterns associated with Christmas reflect centuries of...
By Dr Joseph Ford
The decline of languages education in England is a familiar and depressing story. Take-up of French at GCSE is down from 25% in 2009-10 to 18% in 2024-25. German has halved in the same period from 10% to 5%.
There is also a significant gap in take-up at GCSE by disadvantaged pupils (34%) compared with those from more...