CIOL’s new mentoring platform is proving popular and a good number of members have signed up as mentees, looking for support and guidance from fellow members. If you are unsure of the types of things you could ask your mentor, or if your conversations with a mentor have become repetitive, here are a set of questions that could really help you keep things interesting and valuable for you and your mentor.

Find out more about becoming a mentor or a mentee by logging in to access the platform here.

British Academy-led proposals for the education and skills component of a UK-wide national languages strategy, including recommendation which support CIOL's work towards the creation of an accessible cross-sector framework for language competence and qualifications.

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Introduction

CIOL is committed to setting, maintaining and upholding the highest standards of professional conduct. It sets out the standards and behaviours expected of its members and Chartered Linguists in the Code of Professional Conduct, which all members and chartered linguists agree to abide by when they join CIOL. The professional conduct procedures apply to all current CIOL members and to all registered Chartered Linguists. 

Why CIOL Mentoring?

Mentoring is a great way to learn, grow and connect with others.

Three major benefits are: 

Postnominal letters, (also known as postnominal initials, postnominal titles or designatory letters), are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that that individual holds a position, academic degree, or other form of public accreditation.

• If you're a Chartered Linguist who's been randomly called for audit, this guide explains how to provide evidence of your Professional Practice and CPD
• Evidence must be provided for all five sections
• Please ensure you read the guidance in full before reviewing your the procedures and submitting your evidence online

Evidence of professional practice

As part of CIOL’s quality assurance procedures to ensure standards for Chartered Linguist registration are maintained, we call a random selection of Chartered Linguists for audit on a regular basis.

If you have been called for audit, we will have notified you of the date by which the evidence required to support your continued registration as a Chartered Linguist must be received. Please ensure that the evidence requested is submitted by this date otherwise your registration may be affected.

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Language Trends

2021

The 2020-21 school year has brought challenges to education in England in ways which we could never have imagined. Language teachers had to re-think priorities quickly in response to the Covid-19 pandemic and we know that they did so with enormous commitment.

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