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Dom Hebblethwaite interviews Helen Beech (pictured left) and Angela Xia from Xi’an Jiaotong Liverpool University.

To watch a short clip of the interview, you can scroll down to the bottom of this Q&A article for the link to the video.

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Published on Thursday, 10 February 2022 - 4:17pm
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CIOL welcomes the recent statement in the House of Lords by Lord Wolfson committing to commissioning a full independent review of the existing qualifications and standards requirements for assignments with the UK Ministry of Justice. The review is due to be completed before the new contract...

Published on Monday, 17 January 2022 - 5:10pm
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As a UK-based and internationally-engaged, organisation, we can only be glad that the UK Armed Forces and diplomatic service have done what they could in Kabul and elsewhere in Afghanistan in recent days; of course we wish they could have done more.

CIOL made urgent contact with the UK Ministry of Defence regarding interpreter access to the Afghan Relocations and Assistance...

Published on Friday, 27 August 2021 - 4:09pm
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Following the UK’s departure from the European Union, UK NARIC has changed from a NARIC (which is an EU-only title) to an ENIC (the wider European title for national recognition agencies) in order to meet the UK's continuing treaty obligations under the Lisbon Recognition Convention. Therefore, since 1 March 2021, UK NARIC has become UK ENIC, managed by ECCTIS Limited.

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Published on Monday, 12 April 2021 - 12:49pm
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Public Service Interpreters may work in a variety of settings on a daily basis, moving between locations regularly and therefore carrying a high risk of coronavirus exposure, as they have to move between settings from one booking to another.

For this reason we would like to see the inclusion of public service interpreters in the COVID-19 Vaccination Priority Groups alongside police,...

Published on Thursday, 21 January 2021 - 1:33pm
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The Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) has chosen former BBC Moscow correspondent Bridget Kendall MBE as the latest recipient of the David Crystal Award, originally donated by the eponymous linguist, a vice-president and Fellow of CIOL.

The award is presented annually to an individual ‘for whom languages have been a constant within their work and life and who has...

Published on Wednesday, 13 January 2021 - 6:06pm
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The British Academy, together with the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Australian Academy of the Humanities, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and The Royal Society of Canada, has just published The Importance of Languages in Global Context: An International Call to Action.

This unprecedented joint statement highlights the key role that language skills play in...

Published on Friday, 4 December 2020 - 12:09pm
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CIOL Vice President Baroness Jean Coussins has asked Government whether they have provided guidance to GP practices about the responsibility to provide personal protective equipment (PPE) to public service interpreters who are needed for face-to-face patient appointments.

Read the answer here: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-11-19/hl10504...

Published on Wednesday, 2 December 2020 - 6:44pm
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The webpage for police language services has been launched, providing information relating to the use of interpreters for police assignments as well as contact details. Click here to read.

Published on Monday, 30 November 2020 - 12:10pm
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CIOL welcomes frameworks which recognise the professional status of public service interpreters. We believe their professionalism should always be at the forefront of the selection and delivery of public service language services.

We also believe in fair pay and working conditions for interpreters, as both a right and a necessity - to maintain and nurture a profession on which important...

Published on Thursday, 26 November 2020 - 12:41pm
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