The deadline for submitting to the New Plan for Immigration consultation is this Thursday (6th May) – don’t forget that you can respond as individuals as well as organisations. We would encourage everyone to have their say. gov.uk/government/con…

It's been a slightly overwhelming day (and week...) A massive thank you to everyone who gave their support in any way. Looking forward to working with some amazing Labour councillors.

Who can help Paula with her research? NATECLA Scotland 🧡🇺🇦 David Cullen @blairteacher Jesus E. Bryson Jennifer MacDougall Stella McManus Chris N

Thank you Language Issues and Diana Tremayne 🏳️‍🌈 🧡 for getting this out

Language Issues James Simpson NATECLA National Centre Great summary. Worth noting public debate on 2016 Casey report drew ironic attention from this near octogenarian at the time – recalling his grandmother happily spent most of her life in Glasgow without learning English (20.05). James Simpson Language Issues guthan.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/sao…

Hi all - yes ... jiscmail.ac.uk/esol-research ... all welcome

Delighted to be part of this excellent and exciting project. Thank you Ruth Evans and good luck team!

Great article on the policing of English in schools by Ian Cushing in National Association for the Teaching of English’s Teaching English magazine.

🤔If I were an ESOL learner I would like to join a participatory ESOL class. An amazing presentation by Dermot Bryers and Mel Cooke Must-try #ESOL resources at Our Languages ourlanguages.co.uk #iatefl #iatefl2021 IATEFL ESOL SIG

Inequalities and care challenges faced by refugee and migrant families to be revealed in new #TransnationalFamilies project rdg.ac/3iFJmWg #RefugeeWeek2021 Ruth Evans JPI More Years, Better Lives UK Research and Innovation Geography at Leeds esomi_udc TELEMMe Malmö universitet MIM UoR - Geography and Environmental Science

Caring across borders & inequalities in the time of Covid19 - our exciting new project Refugee Support Group 🧡 Migrant Support St Vincent's Centre Leeds Rosa Mas Giralt James Simpson Sally Lloyd-Evans @gradyFFC esomi_udc Economic and Social Research Council Participation Lab #TransnationalFamilies #RefugeeWeek2021

Supporting #TransnationalFamilies in the time of COVID blogpost bit.ly/2Ukl3U1 Thanks James Simpson St Vincent's Centre Leeds! #RefugeeWeek2021 Migration Yorkshire 🧡 Migrant Support Learning English in Yorkshire and the Humber Rosa Mas Giralt Don Flynn Lucy Leon Lisa Doyle 🧡 Geography at Leeds Connecting Research UoR - Geography and Environmental Science

Indeed Ruth! Fantastic blog by James Simpson St Vincent's Centre Leeds on their wonderful work supporting #migrants and their #families in #Leeds - so vital always, but more so during #Covid_19 #TransnationalFamilies #RefugeeWeek2021

We always support #TransnationalFamilies and during lockdown was no exception 🌎 James Simpson spoke to our Education Manager Julie about what we did during the Covid-19 restrictions to help support #migrants and #AsylumSeekers 🤝 research.reading.ac.uk/transnational-…

Working on this with Dr Elena Bracey was such a rewarding and worthwhile experience. The paper is very worth reading, for anyone interested in EAL policy and practice

Delighted to announce that our article w James Simpson received funding from the University of Leeds Leeds Uni Library and is now open access - it can be accessed by anyone anywhere! Open Research Leeds tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

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We are kick starting the new term with our Learning English in Yorkshire and the Humber website Drop in Support Session. If you need a password rest, how to upload information or just want to register then please come along. Don't forget to book your place! #ESOL #providers #YorkshireandHumber

On #InternationalMigrantsDay UoR - Geography and Environmental Science Ruth Evans, University of Leeds Rosa Mas Giralt James Simpson and colleagues from the #TransnationalFamilies project reflect on borders, border control and inequality: bit.ly/3e3fz6G

The UK government has neglected language learning for adult migrants. Here we ask: so...how is that working out for everyone? New paper out with James Simpson and it's OPEN ACCESS!! link.springer.com/article/10.100…