News and Events

• Asylum seekers and Refugees
• Event
• Research

Have your say on the development of the LEYH and LE+ websites

• Research

Please complete this survey, which aims to understand the communication dynamics between service providers and forced migrant service users.

• Teacher training

The next ESOL Research Community event Evidence-based approaches to teaching ESOL literacy learners will be held on Thursday 11th June, online, from 4-5.30pm GMT.

• Teacher training

Please join us on online on Thursday 14Th May 12.00 – 13.00, for the next meeting of the Yorkshire and Humber ESOL Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Collaborative Group—a regional network committed to enhancing the quality, resources, and professionalism within ESOL ITE across Yorkshire and the Humber.

MESH volunteer and Gold para weightlifting champion OSCAR talks about how both weighlifting and volunteering are helping him shape his future career.

• Politics
• Progression

Sally Wookey works for Lincoln College, and has written a Substack blog about the recent decision taken by the Greater Lincolnshire Combined County Authority to de-fund ESOL and divert the funds to literacy programs. An interesting and timely read.

Our May ESOL Lunchtime Showcase focuses on strategies for delivering Pre-Entry ESOL, continuing the theme of our spring Networking event

• Asylum seekers and Refugees
• Teacher training

As part of the Swift Project’s training programme, they are offering a full day North Yorkshire Conversation Club Workshop. This workshop would be suitable for North Yorkshire based VCSE leads, facilitators, ESOL tutors and volunteers, anyone who runs or would like to run an informal conversation club for people whose first language is not English.

• Job opportunity

We are looking to hire an Expert by Experience to be a Project Support Worker on our Exploring and Belonging project. Please share widely with your groups.

• Research

The next meeting for the ESOL Research Community will be held on 23rd April from 4 – 5.30pm via Teams. As always, this is free to attend and everyone is welcome.

• Asylum seekers and Refugees

The New to Sheffield website is live – with everything new arrivals in Sheffield need to settle in – from housing and health to jobs, education and community life.

PhD researcher Sharon Freeman from Leicester University has written this excellent article in The Conversation. Although this is not news to us in ESOL, it is great to see this message being spread via articles like Sharon's.