MESH Winter newsletter
Greetings to all our colleagues and friends across the Yorkshire Humber region from the MESH team as we enter the festive season!
The MESH team have continued to maintain the LEYH resource over the autumn period.
One new development we hope will help with functionality is a refinement of our advanced search function. Recognising that the number of categories has, over recent years, become over-extended, the MESH team have worked with our web developer Feel Created to categorise these and reduce the number of search terms, making it easier to navigate and so improving access to the information base.
We hope that all providers have had the opportunity to update information about their provision as we move towards 2026 and the new term. If you are not sure how to update your information, please mail your normal MESH development worker contact and they will support you to do this.
In November 2025, we were very happy to launch our new Pathways into ESOL teaching resource. This major new feature of LE+ is designed to promote ESOL teaching as a career in the Yorkshire & Humber region. It includes a searchable database of courses which facilitate progression into ESOL teaching, on the model of LEYH, alongside details of qualifications you can take, and interviews and other resources providing context and scaffolding for those interested in pursuing this path.
We really hope you find the new resource helpful. Don’t forget, if you have any ideas about how we can develop it, or you spot anything you think needs amending, please drop us a line or fill in the online feedback form.
Another new development on LE+ is an archive of our ESOL Lunchtime Showcase sessions. Please visit the archive to catch up on any of our Showcase sessions from the 2024-25 academic year.
Hot off the press, we are ending 2025 by adding a new teaching resource on LE+ to add to our collection of MESH produced resources. This package provides ESOL practitioners with some great resources for introducing learners to an understanding of the asylum process in the UK, through an engagement with a really useful toolkit developed by the charity Right to Remain. You can use our resource to unpack the toolkit in class and support learners in getting to grips with complex facets of the process.
Our first event of 2026 will be an ESOL Lunchtime Showcase on 28th January, 12.30 to 13.30. This event will continue our focus on the challenge of delivering ESOL at a time of increased hostility to minorities and, in particular, refugees and asylum seekers. Please look out for a mail from the MESH Development Worker team sharing registration details early in the new year.
In the meantime, we at MESH wish all our colleagues and friends a joyful festive season and peaceful new year. We look forward to working with you in 2026!
