National Network for Interpreting

The National Network for Interpreting would like to thank all the members of the community who have voted for our entry in this year’s JORUM competition.
Our resource has been awarded a commended prize and will be presented live at ALT-C 2010 on Wed, 8 September, in a dedicated slot between 5.15 and 6 pm. Do [...]

Thanks to all who voted with regards to the two NNI multimedia and interactive resources shortlisted for the Jorum Learning and Teaching competition . (The Interpreting Skills Map and Note Taking exercise.)
Voting is now over but we’ll be looking out for the results, so watch this space!

The NNI recently took part in a language jobs Live Q&A (still viewable on the Guardian Careers website). Catriona MacLeod was among the panelists answering questions on language careers in the online forum on 22 July 2010.

On 18 June 2010 around 50 guests gathered at the University of Westminster’s Pavillion for the NNI’s online resources forum.
An interactive report is available to view.

On March 16th over 200 students attended the joint NNI and NNT South England and Wales careers conference held in the historic Wills Memorial Hall. The event was jointly organized by the Universities of Bath, Portsmouth and Westminster in collaboration with the University of Bristol who hosted the event. Presentations were given from the UN, [...]

The English Department of the European Commission’s translation service is pleased to announce the launch of a short film explaining the work of a translator and how to apply for a job as a translator in the European Institutions. This film would be of interest to anyone considering a career in languages, and we would [...]

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About the event
On October 21st Bath University welcomed 150 students from universities and schools across the South West to take part in the Careers in Interpreting and Translation conference.
The afternoon was divided into three sessions with presentations given by representatives from several major international organisations including the United Nations and European Commission, as well as [...]

The first panel
The second panel
Event summary and feedback
All undergraduate and postgraduate students who completed a feedback form agreed the Routes into Language Careers event was both interesting and enjoyable and that it had encouraged them to consider a languages related career.
Comments:
“The event gave me ideas about what to do after graduation and what is valued [...]

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Event taster
This is a 4′30” presentation of some of the highlights of this event which was organised mainly for school pupils and university students.
If you want to watch all the speeches which we filmed and broadcast live at the time, click on the tabs above:

Keynote speakers – session 1
Alumni panel 2
Keynote speakers – session 2

Keynote [...]

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A forum to showcase the online resources produced by the NNI project; come to find out how these can be of use to you, and to meet with other professionals in languages education.
For further details contact us or see our entry on the Routes into Languages events page.

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