News and Events

Bradford College are offering a range of full time and part time courses at Level 5 and Level 7

MESH is doing some research on ESOL in the East Midlands. We are asking colleagues who work in the sector in the East Midlands region to help us by sharing thoughts on some key issues. This post is for colleagues working and supporting migrants, especially refugees and asylym seekers, in Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland and Northamptonshire.

A calendar of events taking place during the whole Refugee Week. Most of those events are free and you don’t need to book, unless its stated otherwise.

Welcome to the summer MESH newsletter. Follow the link to find out what we have been doing the past few months, plus some information on our upcoming Regional Networking meeting in Sheffield.

Here is a short web quest activity to use with your learners, to help them find out about what's on during Refugee week, 17 – 23 June.

How will AI change the future of language teaching? Explore the impact on learners, teachers, assessment, and more in the latest series of Talking ELT.

We at MESH have started to run Progression Pathways sessions with different classes in the region, to help them reflect on their ESOL journey and research next steps.

Positive Youth Pathway is eager to support young Afghans across West Yorkshire to learn English.

This Out & About reports on Safina and Mary's contribution to the Hull Festival of ESOL in early May 2024. The post also provides a preview of our soon to be available reading resources, generated by work on our Exploring and Belonging project which has been running in Hull over the past few months.

In April 2024, the UK passed the ‘Safety of Rwanda’ Act allowing the Government to send people seeking asylum to Rwanda. This is what the JCWI (Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants) know so far.

This thought-provoking exhibition aims to shed light on the everyday lives and experiences of individuals who have sought asylum in the UK.