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We continue to receive reports from members who have been contacted by various email addresses with spam and scam content. Thank you to those members for bringing these incidents to our attention. We wanted to share them in case of help or use to other members.
Recent emails for infoNote the email and the reference to it at the end.
On Friday, 07/10...
Sabine Braun receives the Threlford Award from Baroness Jean Coussins
The CIOL Awards 2026 took place on 10 June 2026 at King’s College London, bringing together award winners, CIOL Council, Awards and Educational Trust Board members, partners and stakeholders to celebrate achievement, leadership and impact for linguists and languages.
Celebrating...
By Michael Lynas Director, UK and Europe Duolingo.
Too often, the story we tell ourselves about languages in the UK is a negative one: that we are not very good at them; that young people are losing interest; that, in a world where English is widely spoken, they matter less than they once did. But the evidence points in a different direction....
Over 40 Chartered and other professional bodies have signed an open letter to government offering their support as key partners in building trust in the public and business services we all depend on.
Chartered bodies can help government rebuild trust in public services
Chartered and professional bodies should be key partners of government as it builds trust in the...
CIOL is celebrating Chartered Week 2026!
What is it?
Chartered Week is a national awareness week bringing people and organisations together to shine a light on the value of professional registration and its potential for positive impact in society today.
Why celebrate it?
We are incredibly proud of our Chartered Linguists whose professional...
New Ministry of Justice (MoJ) contracts from October 2026 will bring updated qualification standards. Getting qualified in good time will help interpreters to access more work and take advantage of better opportunities, as demand in MoJ contexts continues to grow. Why MoJ Interpreting?
MoJ work offers flexible, meaningful assignments that support the UK’s complex...
The Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI), the Association of Translation Companies (ATC) and CIOL have jointly published a new report urging UK universities to protect and strengthen their language provision. The three professional bodies are calling on universities to recognise language provision as a strategic investment, drive innovation in course design...
A year on from last year's very successful Duolingo Westminster challenge, parliamentarians are once again being invited to learn, practice and live the benefits of day-to-day language learning.
The Duolingo Language Challenge is back for 2026
And this time, it's bigger and better!
More than 200 Parliamentarians took part in the...
ITI and CIOL have written to The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, the UK's Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero as below:
Europe Economics Report on Impact of Growth of Data Centres on Energy Consumption – Translation case study
FAO The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero
We learned this week, courtesy of a...