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34 The Linguist Vol/55 No/2 2016 www.ciol.org.uk INSTITUTE MATTERS Amanda Barton Dr Amanda Barton is Honorary Lecturer at the University of Manchester, where she has worked in teacher education for 13 years. She has published extensively on language education in both primary and secondary schools. See p.16 Sarah Cartwright Sarah Cartwright joined London Metropolitan University as a Senior Lecturer in Education in 2001 after many years in the 16-19 sector. She then moved to CILT, the National Centre for Languages, and was seconded to SOAS in 2010. Now retired, she pursues professional activity as a hobby. See p.20 Marleen Laschett After 20 years as a communication manager, Marleen Laschett now runs her own business as a presentation coach and copywriter. Her TEDx-talk 'Speak to the heart' is on YouTube. See p.12 Marta Mateo Martinez Bartolome Marta Mateo is a Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Oviedo, Spain, where she teaches English phonetics and translation. Her research interests include the translation of humour, drama and musical texts (including surtitling). See p.22 Jeanette Sakel Jeanette Sakel is Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at the University of the West of England, Bristol and a National Teaching Fellow. Her recent publications include Study Skills for Linguistics (2015). See p.14 Reza Shirmarz Reza Shirmarz MCIL is a playwright, literary translator, researcher, essayist and singer/songwriter. He has written 16 plays, including Cinnamon Stars and Crystal Vines, and two poetry collections, and translated more than 100 plays into Farsi, all published in Iran. See p.8 CONTRIBUTORS The meeting of Council on 28 November received the usual regular reports on the finances of the Chartered Institute of Linguists (CIOL) and Educational Trust (IoLET), together with an update on the situation concerning the investment in property of the proceeds of the sale of Saxon House. Miranda Moore, Editor of The Linguist, joined the meeting for Council's annual agenda item on the journal and, as always, this gave rise to a lively discussion with many positive comments about The Linguist. The meeting learnt that fewer nominations than Council places had been received, so there would be no elections to Council this year. The meeting discussed how co-option could be used to fill vacant places, bearing in mind any skills gaps. The meeting heard reports on the launch of the China Association at an event in Shanghai attended by the Chief Executive Ann Carlisle and Head of Membership Jane Galbraith, and noted with pleasure the very successful Charter anniversary and IoLET Awards evening at Lancaster House. Council expressed grave concern at the inadequacy of arrangements for language assistance to support the current refugee situation. The Chair of the Applications Committee reported that the Membership Pathway plan had been reviewed by F&E and the Applications Committee, and actions and outcomes had been identified and prioritised with target dates for completion; a small Membership Pathway steering group had been set up. It was agreed that, in future, the approval of Fellowship applications should rest with the Applications Chair of Council Keith Moffitt reports on the November and January meetings COUNCIL NEWS Committee, rather than being reviewed and approved by Council. At its meeting on 30 January, in addition to the usual discussion of the latest CIOL and IoLET management accounts, Council considered and approved the audited CIOL accounts for 2014/15. The meeting also received a report about the purchase of a second investment property. The Chair expressed thanks to the four members of Council who were retiring at the AGM in March: Marie-Marthe Gervais- le Garff, Deborah Langton, Madeleine Lee and Tony Bell, who had, for the last four years, served as Honorary Treasurer and made his last annual report in that capacity to Council. I also gave notice that I did not intend to seek renomination as Chair of Council after the AGM, but wished to continue as a member of Council. The President, Dr Nicholas Bowen, thanked us for the work we have done on behalf of the Institute. The meeting agreed a number of key items for the agenda of the AGM, including the renomination of the current President and Vice-Presidents, new subscription fees from September 2016, and amendments to the by-laws and rules, including provision for the co-option to Council of non-members, and establishing new categories of membership. Council was updated on the work of the Membership Pathway steering group, the latest position on Chartered Linguist registrations, and the work of the Equality and Diversity Committee, whose Chair reported that Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) workshops had been attended by almost all staff and members of the committee, and had been received positively by all attendees. The meeting went on to discuss how the collection of EDI data on members and examination candidates could be improved in future.