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Advance notice of a £5.00 increase in the NRPSI registration and renewal fee for 2026 as of 1st January 2026 to £262.00
This represents a 2% increase at a time when inflation has been consistently running at 3.8%. As a non-profit organisation, Registrants' fees are what enables NRPSI to remain free from commercial and political influence in pursuit of strategic aims for th -
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Click here to read the latest update from NUPIT
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Please note operational changes recently approved by the NRPSI board; click here for more information
These changes affect Rare languages renewal, PSI proof, Reinstatements, Photographs for ID cards, and Medical (fitness to practice) Certificates. Please familiarise yourself with the changes -
Click here for the latest language services needs from the Home Office
Review this monthly update from the Home Office -
Please note the draft short-form version of the NRPSI 'Strategy 2026 - 2028' document, which the board has been working on over recent months; click here for more information
Please review and share your comments with Mike Orlov at mike@nrpsi.org.uk no later than 21st November 2025 -
There has been some concern expressed about potential ambiguities in Clause 3.17 of the Code of Professional Conduct; click here for more information
The NRPSI board has reviewed this and would like your views on whether the new proposed wording for Clause 3.17 clarifies any ambiguities -
ITI and CIOL have written to The Rt Hon Ed Miliband MP, the UK's Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero following the publishing of a report on Impact of Growth of Data Centres on Energy Consumption produced by Europe Economics
“We simply cannot agree with the authors’ assertion that their results show that significant reductions in electricity consumption can be achieved by digitalisation in the field of translation” -
Read Hiba Bayyat’s recent LinkedIn post; click here for more
“And if you are looking for qualified and regulated professional public service interpreters, you can find them in the NRPSI register, where your safety is just as important as theirs” -
Read Marta Leigh’s LinkedIn post for a personal view of thebigword; click here for more information
“If we want justice, healthcare and social services to function properly, then interpreting must be treated as the professional, skilled work it is, and paid accordingly” -
Katherine King, M.A., Doctoral Researcher at Nottingham University has launched another survey as part of mherPhD project on police communication with ESL speakers. Click here for more information
This project is specifically for interpreters and/or translators, who have worked in a policing setting in England and Wales; see : https://app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/ntusurvey/police-communication-survey-3 -
The Chartered Institute of Linguists and Institute of Translation and Interpreting have written to the UK Home Office flagging concerns regarding the Home Office’s Auto-Translation and Transcription RFI (Request For Information)
The CIOL and ITI are urging engagement with researchers from the University of Bristol, CenTraS-UCL and CTS Surrey on the growing research base on the risks of AI use for translation in public service contexts -
Late payments: tackling poor payment practices. Click here for more information
The Department for Business and Trade is seeking views on legislative measures which address late, long and disputed business-to-business payments -
Read the BBC news story ‘Deaf people criticise Coventry hospital over interpreter delays’; click here
A deaf man who spent 24 hours in hospital without the support of an interpreter said staff were shouting out his name despite being told he could not hear -
See Marta Leigh’s latest LinkedIn post; really useful information; click here
‘Qualified, regulated professionals reduce risk, save time, and protect both solicitors and clients with limited English proficiency’
