ESOL training dates in Yorkshire and the Humber

This webinar explores the growing challenges at the intersection of migration and social care, focusing on how increasingly restrictive policy environments, systemic discrimination, and sustained funding cuts are reshaping access to support. Migrants often face significant barriers in navigating complex and hostile systems, understanding their entitlements, and receiving timely and appropriate care. At the same time, practitioners encounter uncertainty around eligibility criteria and limitations in statutory provision, which can delay or prevent effective intervention. The webinar will examine these dynamics, drawing on research that captures the perspectives of social care practitioners, the lived experiences of migrants, and the impact of specific policy frameworks such as NRPF (No Recourse to Public Funds).

The course will enable staff and volunteers to identify the warning signs of challenging and threatening behaviour and provide effective strategies and techniques to address behaviour that may escalate into abuse, aggression and violence. The course (delivered by Samantha Higgins) is suitable for any member of staff or volunteer working directly with clients living in challenging environments.

Time: 10am to 4pm.

The price per person is £83 plus VAT

A discussion between Imre Fekete, author of "Artificial Intelligence Literacy in Higher Education: Theory and Practice from a European Perspective" and Multilingual Matters' Editorial Director Anna Roderick with the opportunity for audience questions at the end.

Free

Time: 16:00pm

Discover practical, low-preparation teaching activities that bring variety and energy to your ESOL lessons, with minimal resources and photocopying. Kindly sponsored by NOCN Group.

Time: 16:00 17:15

Online

The session is open to anyone working in the ESOL sector including administrators, managers and tutors who would like to learn more about how tests are created, and how to effectively evaluate the quality and suitability of assessments for their learners.

Explore how language educators can create inclusive, supportive and trauma-informed classrooms where learners can discuss difficult experiences, challenge misinformation and develop critical thinking skills. The session includes discussion, collaborative activities and practical resources.

Time: 19:00–20:15

Speaker: Michela Hendriks

NATECLA members can join for just £5.

The course will explore what research tells us about developing spoken fluency and, importantly, how these insights can be applied in the classroom to support learners’ workplace communication.

Time: 13:00- 16:00

2 online sessions TBC.

The forum will bring together presentations and real-life experiences, highlighting a range of volunteering pathways, including English for Everyone Volunteering Programme at Bradford Museum, Lived Experience, Creating Pathways, Sue Ryder Retail Volunteering, and Charity Shop Volunteering Classroom Resources.

Time: 11:45–13:15

Free

This training will aim to give teaching staff much more confidence in supporting ESOL learners who are on their maths programmes of study. It will provide a deeper understanding of the needs of ESOL and explore relatively simple strategies and teaching ideas that can be put into immediate use.

Multi-agency event exploring cuckooing, criminal exploitation and vulnerability, featuring Hull's MACAP partnership response.

This session responds directly to the sharp rise in immigration raids, arrests, and detention across the UK, and the growing need for communities to have clear and practical information to protect themselves and each other.

Thursday 24th September, 10am – 1pm.

This training will aim to give teaching staff much more confidence in supporting ESOL learners who are studying on Functional Skills and other English courses. It will provide a deeper understanding of the needs of ESOL and explore relatively simple strategies and teaching ideas that can be put into immediate use. Time: 3:00pm – 5:00pm

This presentation introduces Exploratory Action Research – an approach to continuing professional development which teachers in the ‘difficult circumstances’ of large-class, under-resourced Global South classrooms have experienced as useful in a number of British Council projects. Moving closer to home – the UK ESOL context – we provide a case study to illustrate how the approach has also been applied here, to help refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in their struggle to practise English beyond the classroom. Our overall aim is to provide initial guidance and resources to help participants take their own first steps in researching their classrooms.

Hosted by Impact Hub Yorkshire, The Phoenix Way, The Funding and Finance Fair 2026 brings together voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations with grant funders, social capital investors, infrastructure organisations and specialist support providers. The event aims to strengthen the local VCSE sector by creating opportunities to explore funding, develop partnerships, build organisational capacity and share best practice.

Time: 9:30am – 4:00pm

Dr Alfonso Del Percio explores how language regulates sporting bodies and shapes value, power, national identity, and capitalism.

Join this symposium to explore how inclusive representation can be embedded in second language (L2) assessment. Drawing on current research, the event will examine examples of good practice, discuss the challenges of implementing inclusive assessment in different contexts, and consider practical approaches to creating fairer, more representative language assessments.

Right to Remain has been exploring how to support people who may need to prepare for and attend an asylum appeal without legal representation. Through its Knowledge is Power sessions, the organisation has been sharing practical guidance for people seeking asylum and those supporting them. A recent Radical Solidarity Hub session also provided an opportunity to reflect on learning from these sessions and gather feedback from participants. This training is particularly relevant for anyone working with or supporting people navigating the asylum system and seeking to better understand the challenges faced during the appeals process.

This session responds directly to the sharp rise in immigration raids, arrests, and detention across the UK, and the growing need for communities to have clear and practical information to protect themselves and each other.

The WEA would like to invite you a free webinar to explore the work of the Centenary Commission on Adult Education and how its recommendations could shape the future of lifelong learning. They are delighted to have the Chair of the Commission, Dame Helen Ghosh, as the keynote speaker at this event, sharing reflections on lifelong learning in 2026 in the light of the Commission’s work.

The Annual Conference is the leading event in the ESOL teaching calendar and has been for over 25 years. The event attracts ESOL and ELT practitioners from all over the UK and Ireland to engage in inspiring talks and interactive workshops, discussion and ideas-sharing sessions, a diverse exhibition area and relaxed social activities.

Right to Remain has been exploring how to support people who may need to prepare for and attend an asylum appeal without legal representation. Through its Knowledge is Power sessions, the organisation has been sharing practical guidance for people seeking asylum and those supporting them. A recent Radical Solidarity Hub session also provided an opportunity to reflect on learning from these sessions and gather feedback from participants. This training is particularly relevant for anyone working with or supporting people navigating the asylum system and seeking to better understand the challenges faced during the appeals process.

Tom Saunders from Hull Truck Theatre shares key learning and methodology from an ongoing partnership project with the University of Hull’s ESOL department, offering practical tools and creative activities you could use in your own work to support anyone whose first language is not English.

This event which will bring together our trusted partners and their networks for a dynamic day of thought leadership, practical insights, and peer learning. With space limited to 200 attendees, this is a valuable opportunity to connect with leading voices across schools, local authorities, and the third sector.  Key themes include:   – Supporting learners arriving late into the school system.   – Investigating the intersection of EAL and SEND.  – Exploring opportunities for use of AI in language education. 

Join this introductory workshop on navigating the Right to Remain Toolkit. Perfect for individuals and groups who want to understand how to get the most out of the resource, and how to share it with others.

The Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics is pleased to invite you to our annual research symposium, Linguistics in Action, taking place over two days. The event showcases examples of the work we do in the centre, guided by our aims of creating change and addressing social justice issues through linguistics research.

With all the resources I have: Learning new languages in migrant contexts is a six-week online course running from May to July 2026, led by Mari D’Agostino and Egle Mocciaro. The course explores the challenges of teaching and learning in multilingual migration contexts and introduces practical approaches for working with learners who speak more than one language. Participants will explore the Council of Europe CEFR Companion Volume (2020) and consider how it can be used in real teaching situations. The course also includes video and audio material from workshops in Palermo, Italy, and encourages a multilingual approach to language teaching. Registration opens on 11 May 2026. Participants who complete the course can request a personalised certificate. For more information, contact info@eu-speak.net .

Registrations for 42nd Annual Conference are now open. Please see information below and help us spread the word by forwarding the attached to your contacts. Follow the link to register

This meeting we'll be joined by Emma Taylor from Migration Yorkshire to talk about the work of Strategic Migration Partnerships in the current context of migration and language learning remaining in the spotlight (and not always for the right reasons!). We'll also have the usual NATECLA updates and temperature take – as well as exciting news about the Managers' Network being showcased at IATEFL and during next month's European Basic Skills Network conference. Recognising that this is a busy time of year for everyone, this meeting will be slightly shorter than usual (1 hour), although hopefully you can spare the time to join us.