Community Interpretting - Introduction

This is a 10 week introduction course to Community Interpreting. As well as improving your academic English skills, this course will introduce you to public service awareness and knowledge. This course leads to the Level 1 accredited course from January 2024. Students should have at least a Level 1 certificate in written English (Functional Skills or GCSE Foundation or ESOL Level 1) to enrol on this course.

Please be prepared to provide your residency documents such as a passport, EU citizen ID card, UK Birth Certificate or Biometric Card. If you have been in the UK for less than 3 years or have entered the UK with a visa you will need to provide evidence that you are eligible to study in the UK - your visa, your biometric card that covers the duration of your course or any relevant home office documents to support your residency should all be provided. If you’re an EU, EEA or Swiss citizen we will need to see evidence of 'Pre-Settled' or 'Settled-status' documents. Also for funding purposes we would need to see evidence of payslips if working (within the last 3 months). If you are receiving benefits (e.g JSA, ESA, Universal Credit (UC), Housing benefits etc. please provide evidence of this).