Glad to be a panellist at the King’s College London HELD workshop on “Language teaching amidst rising authoritarian nationalism.”

I discussed how recognising signs of vicarious trauma in ESOL teaching can help us reclaim our personal & collective agency, & the professional identities we choose 🧭 🌱

Refugee Education in a Time of Heartbreak and Failure.

Our BERA keynote is now advertised on Ashlaa - the scattered human and language remains in the rubble - looking at Eritrea,Palestine, UK and beyond with @khawlabadwan.bsky.social @hyabyohannes.bsky.social @uofgsocsci.bsky.social

This is the shiny new account for BAAL (British Association of Applied Linguistics), checking in before our next annual conference - organised by the fantastic local team at Glasgow @baal2025.bsky.social in September 2025

Please give us and them a follow!

Shoutout to all the teachers everywhere who stand up for justice!

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🎉 #ESOL #LoveESOL #EduSky #AcademicSky #RefugeeWeek @iapll.bsky.social @uolappliedling.bsky.social

Thrilled to see my experience as a volunteer tutor featured in the RefugEAP Programme's first impact report!

Congratulations @alekspalanac.bsky.social & @DeirdreMcKenna for your report demonstrating the importance of accessible, trauma-informed EAP for refugee-background prospective HE students.

I'm discussing my recent paper with Zi Wang's online reading group next month. We'll be talking about translanguaging and agency opportunities for ESOL.
If you're interested in joining, email ziwang@shu.edu.cn for details! #ESOL #FE #LoveESOL #academicsky

Inspiring discussions from Coalition for Language Education event, a reminder of the importance of translanguaging and a helpful reminder of this fabulous resource ourlanguages.co.uk

Deirdre McKenna and I have written up a case study about our free trauma-informed academic English programme for refugee-background students - RefugEAP. It can be accessed here: jime.open.ac.uk/articles/10....

Further info about the programme is here: le.ac.uk/cite/sanctua...

Message from a teacher educator: "I am reading your newly published article that takes the appreciative inquiry approach. What a breath of fresh air! Thank you. I will forward it to many." And thank YOU for reaching out! 🙏https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2025.2465888

So proud to be part of this amazing series with such fabulous books and edited collections by great authors. Yet, we continue to grow even more and we are always on the look out for original ideas... always happy to chat if you have something worth exploring with us!

I've created a starter pack with scholars and groups working on different areas related to Multilingualism --- please, share. Happy to add more. go.bsky.app/KSQ5zm

I'm happy to share my recent article 'Translanguaging and Agency: Opportunities for ESOL Teaching' which was published as part of a Special Issue with the European Journal of Applied Linguistics and TEFL: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

#LoveESOL #academicsky #edusky #transformativepedagogies

Fantastic BAAL/UKALTA Leadership Workshop and Roundtable Discussion focusing on the development of Emancipatory Academic Leadership (DEAL) with a focus on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) @_BAAL @BAAL 👏

I very much enjoyed co-leading our BAAL Researcher Development Workshop at the beautiful #UniversityofNottingham alongside Veronika Derecskey.

Thank you again to our guest speakers Dr Consoli & Dr Muir
#BAAL #pllt #researchmethods #UniversityofLeicester #UniversityofNottingham #edusky #academicsky

Presenting my preliminary PhD research findings 'UK ESOL Teachers' Wellbeing and Emotion Labour: A Mixed Methods Approach' at #PLL5 An inspiring conference & an opportunity to highlight the importance of hashtag ESOL teachers' wellbeing! 🌿 #EduSky #AcademicSky