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12 The Linguist FEBRUARY/MARCH www.ciol.org.uk AWARD WINNERS Ann Carlisle, Chief Executive CIOL and IoLET, on the new Diploma in Police Interpreting (DPI) benefit of supplementary schools to pupils, the NRCSE was given a Government grant to develop and accredit quality teaching and management. Crucially, compulsory language education for children aged 7-11, which was introduced in September 2014, can be in any language. Nevertheless, the climate for community languages is less positive than in recent years. CILT, the National Centre for Languages, was closed in 2011, and the documents, research and resources on its Our Languages website have disappeared. Recent changes in policy and the languages curricula have impacted on the ability of schools to teach a wide range of languages. Shpresa is involved in several initiatives promoting greater recognition of world languages nationally. For five years, we have been working to secure a GCSE in Albanian, and have now raised £70,000 towards the estimated £100,000 cost of establishing the exam, which we plan to offer to 300 candidates a year. We hope success with Albanian will encourage other minority ethnic communities to persevere in their attempts to secure GCSEs in their languages. We have already established a template for mobilising strategic partnerships to meet a fundraising goal. With support from London Citizens, we have approached examination boards with teams of young people representing Albanian, Ethiopian and Somali communities. We hold regular campaign and consultation meetings at the Houses of Parliament with the support of local MPs, most notably Stephen Timms MP, East Ham, and we have secured sponsorship from organisations such as PricewaterhouseCoopers and the School for Social Entrepreneurs. As Shpresa demonstrates, complementary schools organised by communities themselves are in a unique position to meet the specific needs of their members. Through innovation and dedication, these schools have met the considerable challenges presented by Government policy and the economic environment. Luljeta Nuzi and the Shpresa Programme were awarded the IoLET David Crystal Trophy 2014 for fostering the study of languages. For further details, see www.shpresaprogramme.com. Notes 1 Hemon, K and Grove-White, B, 2011, Migrant Communities and the 'Big Society', Migration and Refugee Communities Forum, London 2 Department of Education and Science, 1985, Education for All, London, Her Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) Cmnd 9453 3 Department for Education and Skills, 2003, Aiming Higher: Raising the Achievement of Minority Ethnic Pupils. Download (checked 5/1/15): www.education.gov.uk/consultations/ downloadableDocs/213_1.pdf) New test F ollowing a request from the Metropolitan Police Service in 1997, the Institute set up the Metropolitan Police Test to verify the skills of their interpreter panel. This assessment, which ran until 2013, tested candidates' interpreting ability, as well as their subject knowledge in handling policing context assignments. In 2000, the test was made compulsory for all existing and prospective Met interpreters. Having met all the necessary indicators of reliability and validity over many years, the test lacked one characteristic: accreditation. This was achieved at the end of 2013, when Ofqual approved a restructured version for registration on the Qualifications and Curriculum Framework, under the new title of IoLET Level 6 Diploma in Police Interpreting (QCF) – or the DPI. Both recent examination rounds have attracted good and increasing numbers. The new qualification continues to be recognised by key organisations that are recruiting or engaging interpreters (see ciol.org.uk for details) and, importantly, is a criteria for entry on the National Register of Public Service Interpreters (NRPSI). The DPI focuses on specialist policing tasks, with the first unit requiring the candidate to interpret in a role-play scenario simulating a police interview and statement- taking. Understanding the process, knowledge of formal cautions, and accuracy in transmission of both the spoken and written word are of critical importance, and holders of the qualification demonstrate highly specialist expertise in this area. CBS Simeon Potter Award CPD award: best candidate Marek Ryszard Geisler Follick Cup Best overall candidate Marek Ryszard Geisler McInally Trophy Best candidate CBS – Police Magdalena Ahmed DPSI Susan Tolman Award Best Law candidate Julia Zieba Jaffar Hamid Cup Best Local Government Roxana Marinkovic Corsellis Cup Best Health candidate Nicola di Pasqua Susan Tolman CPD Prize Best overall candidate Nicola di Pasqua Nuffield Trophy Best group entry Edinburgh College DPI NRPSI Award Best candidate Anna Lesniewska DipTrans Fred Brandeis Trophy Best English to German candidate Ramon Pils Peter Newmark Award Best candidate Literature Irina Aksenova Richard Lewis Trophy Best overall candidate Julie Mamou Schlapps Oliver Shield Best group entry Dom-Schule Fremdsprachen General David Crystal Trophy Fostering the study of languages Luljeta Nuzi, Shpresa Programme Threlford Memorial Cup Fostering the study of languages GCHQ language outreach IoLET AWARD WINNERS 2014