700 Reasons: Reason #217
- Reason: 217
- Language students (of Arabic) are being encouraged to put their degrees on hold to join the British Army as interpreters in Iraq. Acutely short of interpreters, the army has begun a recruitment drive in universities. A spokesman for the Ministry of Defence said "there are a very small number of military personnel with language skills, so there's a need for specialist speakers"
- Reference:
- Curtis, P. (2004) 'Language students to help army in Iraq' (Education Guardian, Wednesday, February 18, 2004, http://education.guardian.co.uk/students/news/story/0,1
- Related Keywords:
- Employability, HE (Higher Education sector), International relations, Language for specific purposes, National security, Translating
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