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34 The Linguist Vol/56 No/3 2017 www.ciol.org.uk INSTITUTE MATTERS Katy Abraham Katy Abraham MCIL is a freelance translator and proofreader from French and German into English, specialising in the financial and automotive sectors. She has also worked in business management for Citroën and Harley-Davidson Financial Services Europe. See p.22 Adam Dewhirst Student Affiliate Adam Dewhirst is a translator from French and Spanish to English, and an MA student at the University of Leeds. He has a degree in Modern Languages from Durham and is a member of The Linguist Editorial Board. See p.13 Sally Fagan Sally Fagan Hon FCIL is Director of Business Language Champions (BLC), promoting languages to school students, which has run as an independent company since 2011. After a language degree, she went into export sales, followed by setting up her own company offering language services. A family move to Singapore drew her into management training, which she continued on returning to the UK, and still offers in addition to running BLC. See p.18 Flora Pitrolo Dr Flora Pitrolo is a London-based writer and scholar whose research focuses on experimental performance in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. She worked as Research Assistant on Margherita Laera's project 'Translation Adaptation Otherness' at the University of Kent. See p.7 Zahida Warriach Zahida Warriach is a Senior Speech and Language Therapy Assistant at Heywood, Middleton and Rochdale Community Healthcare Trust, where she has been delivering bilingual services in English, Mirpuri, Punjabi and Urdu for 25 years. See p.10 CONTRIBUTORS Securing equality , Dr Reza Navaei, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee volunteer, outlines the positive changes made by the committee since 2015 I have been involved with the CIOL and IoLET in a variety of capacities for more than a decade, and am proud of supporting this professional body in a range of roles, including as an examiner, a member of the Application Committee and a co-opted member of Council. So when the call came for me to volunteer in the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I) Committee in 2015, I relished the opportunity. Since then, I have grown to appreciate the importance of equality and diversity, its far-reaching impact, and its necessity for the success of the organisation that represents us, as linguists and educators, for the years to come. I am also very proud of what this committee and the Institute have achieved in the last two years. The ED&I Committee promotes and monitors CIOL's policy on equality and diversity with the view to ensure that all the Institute's internal procedures, terms of reference, and other published materials reflect ED&I policy. In addition, it seeks to raise awareness about ED&I issues across the board, including in all membership and governance boards, committees, meetings, examinations and societies. ED&I issues are multifaceted and complex, and encompass human resources, legal and day-to-day management, and practical issues as varied as ensuring CIOL governance reflects the diversity of its members and safeguarding CIOL employees' equal rights relating to promotion opportunities and work-life balance. One of the key achievements of this committee since I have joined is in helping the Institute to create an ED&I policy document that underpins its commitment to E&D legislation. This document was approved in November 2016 by CIOL Council and is now available on the website (ciol.org.uk/sites/default/files/EDI.pdf). Another exciting and practical step involves assisting the Institute in drafting an action plan to review and revise, where necessary, all of its internal procedures, strategic and operational plans, and documents to comply with ED&I policy. Any discrimination and conscious or unconscious bias in membership and examination procedures have been eliminated, while all procedures, plans and documents now encourage diversity among staff, members, examination candidates, freelancers, and volunteers. WELCOMING DIVERSITY Reza Navaei at the meeting of Council in September 2016 (above)