05 August 2016 Volunteers fluent in a second language are being sought by the interpreting and translation service at Nottingham’s hospitals. Every day patients with a wide range of language needs are treated at the Queen’s Medical Centre and City Hospital – and assistance is often needed to help them communicate with healthcare professionals. The…
September is the time of year when we look forward to getting back to our studies, learn new things and look forward to a bright future. With ISL, you can go ‘back to school’ and study a range of Interpreting courses, workshops and qualifications via Distance or Classroom learning. Exclusively, with this email you will…
Issue no 6, 22/07/16 Welcome to this issue of the ISL Newsletter. We hope that you find the content useful and enjoyable. If you would like to get involved or have some ideas about what we can feature, please email the team on in**@*********ts.com. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ISL recently held a competition via our Facebook page. We wanted…
ISL are very pleased to announce that we are now a corporate member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting (ITI). Who are ITI? The Institute of Translation & Interpreting (ITI) is the UK’s only dedicated association for practising translation and interpreting professionals. ITI has over 3000 interpreter and translator members who specialise in…
We are pleased to announce that we are working closely with The Language Shop on an exciting new Ministry of Justice (MoJ) contract. The Language Shop are an experienced supplier of language services to the public sector and have recently been selected by the MoJ as the preferred bidder for an innovative quality assurance role.…
Issue no 5, 12/06/16 Welcome to this issue of the ISL Newsletter. We hope that you find the content useful and enjoyable. If you would like to get involved or have some ideas about what we can feature, please email the team on in**@*********ts.com. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Alan Ng, one of our Level 3 Certificate in Community Interpreting students, proudly…
Continuous professional development is an important part of people’s lives and the best way to self-develop is through education. Education is split into two categories; Distance and Classroom. Distance learning is when a course or qualification is presented online on a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) and can be completed in your own time, at your…
Registering as an interpreter can be a daunting task, especially if you have little or no experience in the sector. As with most jobs, a requirement is to have “At least 1 year experience in the field” but how are you supposed to gain experience when nobody will take you on, due to lack of…
ISL have recently registered as a centre with NUS allowing our Interpreting students to purchase an NUS extra cards giving them access to thousands of savings every day, but is it really worth it? An NUS extra card costs a total of £12 (£13 if you include delivery charges) and a lot of people are…
Its always great to see students complete the qualification that they set out to achieve and see the benefits that this brings to their life. Have a look at what some of our students had to say when they had successfully completed their qualifications with the International School of Linguists; David Tkac – Level 3…
On Friday 10 July, Renata Towlson, one of our learners on our Level 4 Certificate in Community Interpreting course, gave an interview to BBC Radio Nottingham. The interview, featured live on the Verity Cowley show, covered the challenges of moving to a new country, becoming an interpreter and also included information on the vital work…
Appeal for bi-lingual volunteers to help vulnerable Nottingham patients By PMBlackburn | Posted: July 04, 2015 Renata Towlson, who set up the voluntary scheme Comments (0)Language lovers are being urged to volunteer to help give people a voice in the city’s hospitals.A voluntary translation scheme has been set up at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust –…
