The January vacations are over, and SCIT students are back to studies. There are several interpesting projects underway at SCIT, and the preparation for others have begun, too. For example, on 29 January – 2 February two SCIT students and one graduate are invited for a trainee session to the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space – Scientific and Technical Committee, UNOV.  The internship is organized by the Interpretation Section of the Conference Management Service at UNOV. A lot of interesting and useful activities will be organized for the interns: participation in the Subcommittee working sessions, master-classes from the experienced UN language specialists.  Of note is that  it is the second winter internship for SCIT students at UNOV, and last year interns are actively involved in training the students for the upcoming internship to make the immersion into the specific topic of outer space smooth and painless.  We are happy that UNOV is open to cooperation with SCIT, and we are planning longer summer internship programmes as well.

Underway is the WIPO Terminological project. This year the project is again supervised by Alena Bakhtina, SCIT graduate and actively contracted WIPO translator.  This is the third project done by SCIT students for WIPO under Alena’s supervision, and we are sure our team will do their best to make a valid contribution to the terminilogical base WIPO Pearl.