'By broadening the critical technology focus in ALTS we forearm students to see beyond technology hype and to prepare them to work in different languages and cultures.'

My name is Joss Moorkens. I am an Associate Professor at SALIS and a member of the ADAPT Centre and DCU’s Institute of Ethics. 

In carrying out research that centres on how people interact with multilingual technology, I work closely with the European Commission, the language industry, and international academic colleagues. 

This carries across into my teaching and my two recent co-authored textbooks for translation students to help them understand cutting-edge processes for interaction with technology and to think critically about where and when it should be used.

Regarding AI and employability, I would hope that by broadening the critical technology focus in ALTS we forearm students to see beyond technology hype and to prepare them to work in different languages and cultures in which their critical input will prove valuable. 

Looking at former students' LinkedIn profiles, the programme has historically given them a platform to succeed in lots of countries and environments, with our course graduates working internationally in technology and software companies, child protection, the whiskey industry, as life coaches, and working for the EU institutions and representing Ireland in Japan for Enterprise Ireland.

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