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Teresa M.

Teresa

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some useful info for twitter in education

Whether you’re a new or seasoned Twitter user, you likely come across confusing hashtags that probably look like a bunch of nonsense. The # symbol, called a hashtag, is used to mark keyword or topic in a Tweet. Any Twitter user...

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Claire O.

Claire

Do you use your language skills in your day to day role?

I am organising a creative careers event for language students at the University of Birmingham, if you studied languages and use them in ...

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Claire O. 29 days ago • Edit • Hi Jo & Ian, thats great to know, really good feedback to get from people who use their languages day to day! Would you both be interested in ... »
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Dominic L.

Dominic

Speak to the future's first newsletter!

Find out the latest news from Speak to the future in our first newsletter. This edition updates you on campaign progress, highlights ...

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Dominic L.

Dominic

American Studies Association promotes the importance of language study

We're going to find out more about the ASA and MLA who seem to be campaigning as we are in the UK - anyone have any inside knowledge? ...

posted 2 months ago

Dominic L. 1 month ago • Edit • Some idea of what they're up against - the dim view of languages expressed by the right wing http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/9732822-418/ ... »
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Dominic L.

Dominic

We have a European Day of Languages on the 26 September every year. Would you be in favour of a National Languages Week for the UK? If...

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Teresa T. 2 months ago • Edit • My impression is that schools interpret the European Day of Languages very broadly. I have noted press coverage of EDL celebrations right ... »
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Marie H.

Marie

Google boss talks about the importance of languages

If the current bust tells us anything, it's that reliance on domestic consumption to drive economic growth is not sustainable in the long term. To grow our economy and create jobs, we need to increase exports from both...

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Seán H.

Seán

Modern Foreign Languages and the post-recession economy

Bob Peckham, of the Globe-Gate Intercultural Web Project, presents a valuable North American perspective on the need for modern foreign ...

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Jane C.

Jane

The Globe Theatre is looking for language ambassadors for their World Shakespeare Festival to mark the 2012 Games.

http://www.shakespearesglobe.com/about-us/opportunities/globe-to-globe-ambassador-scheme

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Nick B.

Nick

Air Canada - interesting model for developing a strategic language policy

http://www.aircanada.com/en/about/language/documents/linguistic-action-plan.pdf

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Seán H.

Seán

Christmas present?

‘On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: INSEAD’s language policy.’ The metre isn’t perfect, but http://mba.insead.edu/ ...

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Rachel D.

Rachel

I love languages, had a fantastic third year abroad as part of my degree and am gutted about their decline in secondary schools after...

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Dominic L. 2 months ago • Edit • Ditto Rachel. There's a pledge form on our website - click on 'Sign up now' at www.speaktothefuture.org - it will give you some ideas. We ... »
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Natasha M.

Natasha

Hi everyone, I live and breathe languages :-) I have a school in Peterborough and translation brokering service, so I'm looking to make...

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Teresa M.

Teresa

recent graduate in languages from a UK institution? We need your accounts to lobby for the tmaintenance of year abroad, details here!...

Value of the year abroad slideshare.net

iform to gather information about experiences of the year abroad. If you went abroad as part of your uni studies in UK please complete and return to help...

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Nick R.

Nick

What public sector interpreters earn - ITI letter in the Sunday Times

Today's Sunday Times (13/11/11) carries a letter from me, as chairman of Council at the Institute of Translation and Interpreting. We ...

posted 3 months ago

Jen S. 3 months ago • Edit • The one time I interpreted in the Old Bailey, I got £35 for the morning + travel expenses. Admittedly, that was in the early 90ies when £35 meant ... »
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Teresa M.

Teresa

Speaking out for translation and interpreting services

Speak Up, Speak Out campaign unitetheunion.org

Unite's campaign to protect interpretation and translation services in the justice sector.

posted 6 months ago

Nick R. 3 months ago • Edit • On behalf of the Institute of Translation and interpreting, I wrote to the editor of the Sunday Times on the subject of court and police ... »
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