Shirley
Lawes
Dr
Shirley Lawes MCIL
was, until recently, the
Subject Leader for
PGCE languages at the
Institute of Education.
She has researched and written
extensively on language learning and
teaching in UK schools, and on
teacher education, and her recent
publications include Reviving the
Secondary Foreign Languages
Curriculum. See p.14
Frances Mechan-Schmidt
Freelance translator and
journalist Frances
Mechan-Schmidt MCIL
has been an examiner
for the German State
Examination for English and
German translation since she
completed the examination in 2003.
See p.24
Marilyn Sephocle
Dr Marilyn Sephocle is
Professor of German at
Howard University, and
set up the Simultaneous
Interpretation Unit there
in 1995. A pioneer in the field of Afro-
German studies and founder of the
Women Ambassadors Foundation,
she is widely published, with works
including Then, They Were Twelve.
She speaks nine languages, including
Creole, French, Russian and Arabic,
and is now learning Swahili. See p.22
Sandrijn Van Den Noortgate
Sandrijn Van Den
Noortgate recently
completed a
postgraduate course in
Conference Interpreting
and an MA in Interpreting at Antwerp
University, for which she did a
comparative study of interpreting in
WWI and the present day. She now
hopes to move into the field of
translation and interpreting. See p.10
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Isobel
Barrett
Isobel
Barrett is a Spanish
and French teacher at a
secondary academy in
London. She studied
languages at the University
of Bath and holds an MA in Language,
Ethnicity and Education from King's
College London. Her main professional
interest is in tackling educational
disadvantage. She can be found on
Twitter @IsobelLovesMFL. See p.20
Martyn Bond
A UK press correspondent
for the Council of Europe,
Dr Martyn Bond HonFCIL is
also a Visiting Professor at
the University of London.
His media career began at the BBC in
the 1960s, and has included working as
a BBC correspondent in Berlin, a Press
Officer for the Council of Ministers in
Brussels, and Head of the European
Parliament Office in the UK. See p.26
Krista Cowman
Krista Cowman is Professor
of History and Director of
Research at the University
of Lincoln and previously
worked in the School of
Cultural Studies at Leeds Metropolitan
University. Her special interests include
women's history, on which she has
published several books and gives
regular talks. Dr Cowman also works as
a media consultant, most recently on
the feature film The Suffragette. See p.8
Ian Higgins
Ian Higgins is Honorary
Senior Lecturer at the
University of St Andrews,
where he taught French
for 33 years. His translation
of Albert-Paul Granier's Great War
poems, Cockerels and Vultures, was
published in January. He is currently
translating 20 French WWI poets for a
substantial anthology, due to appear in
2016. See p.12
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NETWORKING
LUNCH
Saturday 22
November
Wig & Mitre, Lincoln,
midday-4pm
Jack Sellen, Professional
Development and
Membership Services
Officer, will join the
Lincolnshire Society
for this networking
lunch. Members, non-
members and their
friends are welcome.
For details or to attend,
email lincolnshiresociety@
ciol.org.uk or call
+44 (0)1522 526695.
Steep Hill Room, Wig
& Mitre, 30 Steep Hill,
Lincoln LN2 1TL.
EMOTIONALLY
DIFFICULT
INTERPRETING
ASSIGNMENTS
Saturday 29
November
YHA Manchester,
11am-1pm
Talk by Kirsty Heimerl-
Moggan followed by the
North West Society AGM
at midday. An optional
networking lunch (filled
baguettes) is charged
separately (£5).
To book by Friday
21 November, email
nwsociety@ciol.org.uk.
Potato Wharf, M3 4NB.
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germansociety@ciol.org.uk
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Candia Hillier,
lincolnshiresociety@
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Rannheid Sharma,
londonsociety@ciol.org.uk
Katrin Hiietam,
northwestsociety@
ciol.org.uk
Anne Withers,
scottishsociety@ciol.org.uk
Rebekah Rhodes,
spanishsociety@ciol.org.uk
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Don't miss Members' Day on Saturday 11 October,
with a range of seminars and the Threlford
Memorial Lecture delivered by Eleanor Sharpston,
Advocate General at the EU Court of Justice.
The event will take place at BMA House, Tavistock
Square, London WC1H 9JP. To attend or for
further details, email: julie.hobbs@ciol.org.uk.
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