ESOL Teachers Staff Room

MESH Development worker Angela Palmer has received a commendation from the British Council in their 2024-25 ELT Masters Dissertation Awards. Congratulations Angela! Read all about Angela’s work and download a copy of her dissertation. Summer reading at its best!

In this Tell Us More interview, MESH Development Worker Angela talks to Fran Murphy, Outreach worker for Leeds of Smartworks. Fran talks about how Smartworks supports women to get back into work across Yorkshire.

To support adult learners in utilising the adult skills fund (ASF) in non-devolved areas, including free courses for jobs, the residency eligibility rules will be simplified from Friday 1 August 2025.

Turning Point Welcome Hub, Brighouse, is holding two coffee mornings for asylum seekers and refugees in August.

Safina and Angela spent the day at Leeds City College, Enfield Centre, yesterday, for a CPD day. They were sharing the work of MESH and the Progression Pathways resource with ESOL tutors and support staff from the college.

Our development worker Angela spent some time out and about in Barnsley last week, visiting two providers of ESOL there – have a read about them!

The Summer Newsletter includes information on developments at MESH, including new additions to our key websites Learning English in Yorkshire & Humber and Learning English Plus, and other activities of the MESH team over the past few months. We are especially delighted to be able to share the achievements of our Development worker Angela Palmer!

Melanie Ferreira has written a blog post on the RefugEAP website about her new Intercultural Communication programme, which she was able to trial with a group at RefugEAP. You can read the blog post here.