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Lots of people need to take periods of time off work to care for their children or, increasingly, a vulnerable parent. In some cases, this can be a significant career break. When someone has had a lengthy break from work it can be more difficult than you might think to restart a career.

Yet, people returning to work can have a significant impact on the economy. PWC recently reported...

Published on Tuesday, 29 November 2022 - 4:05pm
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The UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) offers degree courses and language short courses in 18 languages of the region. The school’s research is supported by the SSEES Library, one of the major research libraries covering the whole of the Central and East European region and Russia.

PROLang, is a newly established research group in the school, which supports and...

Published on Wednesday, 23 November 2022 - 4:46pm
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“There is something you should understand about the way I work. When you need me but do not want me, then I must stay. When you want me but no longer need me, then I have to go.” These words were famously uttered by Nanny McPhee. 

Published on Thursday, 17 November 2022 - 1:51pm
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CIOL welcomes the UK Government’s new commitment to invest £14.9m to help deliver high-quality teaching of languages in schools, with a programme to promote the benefits of learning a language, support teachers and encourage more students to study French, German and Spanish.

“Today’s news that thousands more students will benefit from high quality language teaching as part of a...

Published on Monday, 14 November 2022 - 3:00pm
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CIOL Qualifications (CIOLQ) is an Awarding Organisation and the associated educational charity of the Chartered Institute of Linguists. We offer professional qualifications in interpreting and translation which are recognised both nationally and internationally by the professions, business, and public services. We assess candidates in a wide range of languages against the Common European...

Published on Wednesday, 9 November 2022 - 12:58pm
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An event hosted at the House of Lords by the Chartered Institute of Linguists 

by Anna Esaki-Smith

On a showery November morning, the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) hosted a breakfast to welcome Duolingo CEO and Co-Founder Luis von Ahn to London and to discuss language learning, technology and the dynamic intersection of the two.

In the historic Cholmondeley Room...

Published on Friday, 4 November 2022 - 4:12pm
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Asset or irrelevance? 

As someone with bilingual Italian language skills and good French and Spanish – but more interested in business than in working as a translator, interpreter or teacher – I have always been puzzled by whether my language skills are an asset or an irrelevance. Do I look for work using my Italian, or is that restrictive? Do I need to live in...

Published on Friday, 21 October 2022 - 6:59pm
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The CIOL Code of Professional Conduct

 

 

The CIOL Code of Professional Conduct

The principles of honour and sustainable business practices originated in Europe in Italian and North German trading centres around the 12th century and were embodied by the figure of the ‘honourable merchant’ who could sleep peacefully knowing they had done honest...

Published on Thursday, 20 October 2022 - 12:17pm
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When I first received my Masters in Interpreting, I was very proud of myself for completing a challenging course. But I wrongly assumed that a Masters would be enough to cover any kind of work that I might want to do.

Published on Thursday, 20 October 2022 - 9:20am
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I moved to the UK in 1997 to study and had just started my first publishing role in 2002. Although I liked my job, I knew I wanted to use my language skills in future—perhaps on a freelance basis. So, I decided to look into good translation courses and recommended qualifications. 

I quickly realised that the CIOLQ DipTrans...

Published on Monday, 10 October 2022 - 10:16pm
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