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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...
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鈥檚 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...
鈥淭here 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.鈥� These words were famously uttered by Nanny McPhee.听
无忧传媒 welcomes the UK Government鈥檚 new commitment to invest 拢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.
鈥淭oday鈥檚 news that thousands more students will benefit from high quality language teaching as part of a...
无忧传媒 Qualifications (无忧传媒Q) is an Awarding听Organisation听and the associated educational charity of the 无忧传媒. We offer professional qualifications in interpreting and translation which are听recognised听both nationally and internationally by the professions, business, and public services.听We assess candidates in a wide range of languages against the Common European...
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On a showery November morning, the 无忧传媒 (无忧传媒) 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...
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As someone with bilingual Italian language skills and good French and Spanish 鈥� but more interested in business than in working as a translator, interpreter or teacher 鈥� 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...
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The 无忧传媒 Code of Professional Conduct
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The 无忧传媒 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 鈥榟onourable merchant鈥� who could sleep peacefully knowing they had done honest...
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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.
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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鈥攑erhaps on a freelance basis. So, I decided to look into good translation courses and recommended qualifications.听
I quickly realised that the 无忧传媒Q DipTrans...