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New Jobs for SCIT Graduates

We are happy to say that SCIT graduates are continuing to be receive offers from the international organizations. In August 2018 Polina Volkova started her one-year contract with the WIPO in Geneva, which is an excellent career start for this alumna 2017! Congratulations!

Also this summer, following several years of contract work for the UN and having successfully passed the UN competitive exams, Vadim Yermolenko (2014) and Kristina Lugovina (2013) received offers of appointment with the UN. Vadim joined the staff in the UN Office in Nairobi while Kristina took the vacancy at the RIS UNHQ in New York. We are very happy for them!

UN Internships Are Over!

On 31 August, SCIT’s graduates of 2018 finished their internships in the UN language services. Our graduates worked in the UN offices and services on three continents: in Europe, America and Africa! Supervised by senior staff members, most of whom they knew from their master-classes at SCIT, the students plunged into the working atmosphere at the UN, working on current UN documentation. We hope the internship experience lived up to their expectations and will be a powerful stimulus for their professional careers. (Full steam ahead now, dear graduates!/) Bon voyage!

16 May 2018 : Master-classes of J.A. Gamache

On 16 May SCIT hosted J.A. Gamache, a world-class professional public speaker. The master-classes were also attended by the students of the Institute of Foreign Languages, Herzen University. Our guest is a member of Toastmasters International – non-profit educational organization dedicated to help its members improve their communication, public speaking, and leadership skills. During three hours J.A. Gamache spoke to the students about how to end the fear of public speaking, gave simple tips on how to deal with various symptoms of this fear and revealed a speechwriting technique to quickly organize thoughts before speaking. The master-classes were held in a free and easy atmosphere; from the first minutes our guest captured the attention of the audience, drew examples from his vast personal experience. His example undoubtedly inspired the students to tackle their fear of public speaking and proved that public speaking can be a lot of fun.

16-20 April 2018: visit of Cécile Frogneux, lecturer at the Louvain School of Translation and Interpreting, UCL

From 16 to 20 April SCIT hosted Cécile Frogneux, lecturer at the Louvain School of Translation and Interpreting, UCL. The visit was part of the Erasmus + Mobility Programme, initiated by our schools in 2017. Cécile was actively engaged in the teaching process: she gave classes to SCIT students, presented a speech at a mock-conference and acted as an expert in French-into-Russian interpretation classes. Her exchanges with the SCIT colleagues was also valuable. We sincerely hope that this coopertion between our schools will continue.

«Global Dialogue » in Moscow

Moscow has opened a new venue to discuss T&I issues: Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration hosted the forum Global Dialogue on 13-14 April. Ekaterina Pokholkova, Dean of the Translation and Interpreting Faculty of the Moscow State Linguistic University (MSLU), and other MSLU trainers contributed immensely to organizing the event and forming its agenda. There were heated discussions, the groundwork was laid for new interpretation research projects. The highlight for the event was set by Pavel Palazhchenko, an experienced interpreter with vast international experience, who stressed the necessity of impeccable interpretation at any level. Young interpreters actively took part: there were many participants from different cities of Russia, and the final plenary was marked by presentations of young talented professionals.  The participants took notice of the excellent presentations of Anna Mikhailuk (Balashova) and Grigory Khaustov – both SCIT graduates. The School itself was fondly remembered on several occasions by veterans of the diplomatic service as well as by outstanding professionals and colleagues from Russian universities. SCIT was represented by director Irina Alexeeva.