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Alumni & Employers Bring Languages to Life Employer Engagement With Languages Students & Graduates at Heriot-Watt University and Beyond Given the tight labour market for translation and interpreting careers, a field under-represented by employers on university campuses, the Careers Service and the Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies have initiated a full programme of specialised talks from a wide range of employers and alumni. The aim is to increase students’ understanding of knowledge and skills useful in work, to inform them of the different types of careers they can embrace and to invite professionals to share their expertise . ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Work-related learning talks CASE STUDY : wider impact ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Screen shot of the IATE web-site, the terminology database of the European Union, used for the practical workshop by S. Mills To achieve maximum impact across internal and external audiences, audio recordings, videos and summaries of talks have been created and published on our new You Tube site: www.youtube.com/user/HWLangCareers They have attracted a high number of hits, and students and alumni who were unable to attend the talks and are working on making a successful transition to the world of work found them useful. Outreach The site is also used by others : it has been well promoted to other Scottish universities and local schools to help current and prospective students in Scotland and other key influencers such as teachers and parents gain an in-depth understanding of a wide range of language related career paths. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Authors: Lorraine Chambers, Careers Advisory Service Fanny Chouc, Dept of Languages & Intercultural Studies This series of career talks was designed to be relevant for students and alumni, regardless of the languages they studied, and it aimed at presenting a wide range of career paths for our languages students. Student attendance has been consistently high and feedback has been extremely positive. Overall this programme has helped achieve a marked increase in the positive graduate destinations figures for Heriot-Watt students. Screen-shot of the YouTube channel HWLangCareers Supporting companies Career talks programme for 2009-2010 A. Petrits, European Commission - Directorate General for Translation “ Working as a translator for an international institution” H. Knecht, Integrated Language Services “ Working with agencies as a freelance translator – hints & tips on getting started and getting work” E. Anderson (alumnus ‘08), Sandberg Translation Partners “ Translation Project Management” R. Noble, (alumnus ‘06) “ Working as a freelance translator / interpreter” B. Wohanka, Barbara Wohanka & Kollegen translation agency “ Working as an in-house translator” S. Mills (alumnus ‘82), European Commission – DGT “ Working as a translator in the European Commission and a practical demonstration of a translation” B. Fox & D. Smith, European Commission - Directorate General for Interpretation “ Becoming an interpreter for the European Commission” V. Dundas & I. Ng, The City of Edinburgh Council Public Service Interpreting: the translation and interpretation services at the City of Edinburgh Council” Y. Gu (alumnus ‘06), Harper Collins “ Working as an in-house dictionary editor”

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