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paulsceeny.bsky.social
Celebrating 15 years 🎈🎉 of @forumadultlearning.bsky.social

Building the case for #AdultEducation across the north of Ireland.

When adults learn, the whole of society benefits.

#ESOL #AdultLiteracies #LifelongLearning #NATECLA #NICVA
Slide on screen at FALNI event with the text: "At a time when misinformation and intolerance are sweeping western societies, the importance of inclusive, accessible and community-based adult education has arguably never been greater. FALNI has played a vital role in attempting to shine a light upon our diverse and disparate sector, highlighting its impact to policymakers as well as providing a space for all who work in this sector to connect, share and network." Paul Sceeny, NATECLA Co-Chair and independent adult education consultant FALNI pop-up stand in the main meeting room at NICVA with a testimonial slide from Stephen Evans in the background. Paul wearing a NATECLA lanyard and standing in front of a FALNI banner
November 27, 2025 at 10:14 AM
paulsceeny.bsky.social
Ready for the off! 😀

#NATECLAScotland conference getting underway at @uniwestscotland.bsky.social in Paisley.

Delighted Orsi Dunn is providing the keynote.

#NATECLAScot25 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #ESOL #NATECLA #ConnectShareNetwork #ESOLCPD 💚💛
NATECLA pop-up stand in a corridor NATECLA Scotland conference agenda and direction sign, stuck to a wall. Title slide: Stepping Outside of Yourself: teacher wellbeing and emotion labour in the ESOL classroom.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
sheilattuned.bsky.social
Brilliant day at #NATECLA south West conference
Great to share with such passionate ESOL educators the impact of #trauma
Lots of people experience trauma but goodness the experience of some #ESOL Students is gobsmacking and there they go learning to live again in a new place
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
sheilattuned.bsky.social
Love this
On way to Somerset TO

to deliver session at NATECLA SW conf tomorrow- powering thru the journey - (well hubby is lol) 😜
October 2, 2025 at 12:07 PM
dianatremayne.bsky.social
This is a lovely blog post reflecting on the #NATECLA25 Teachmeet from first-time presenter Emma. If you missed the conference or just want to reflect on it do take a look #ESOL #ELT #NATECLA

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Nerves, Notes, & New ideas: My first TeachMeet
Emma Fitzpatrick, Teaching & Learning Champion, Course leader and ESOL lecturer at Hopwood Hall College, Rochdale.  I recently attended and presented at my first NATECLA TeachMeet at the nation…
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July 29, 2025 at 7:15 AM
mathsenglish-cg.bsky.social
It has been great to hear the stories from the Natecla Conference this year @paulsceeny.bsky.social. What a great community of teachers who share good practice in such a generous way. City & Guilds was proud to sponsor the bursary programme. sites.google.com/view/natecla...
#NATECLA25
** This year's conference is SOLD OUT. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.**
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July 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
sheilattuned.bsky.social
Fab 2 days at NATECLA annual conference in Aston delivering well recieved workshops of #Trauma and on using #phonics - met some amazing practitioners - let’s hope it brings in work

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June 29, 2025 at 5:28 AM
edtechgem.bsky.social
Pleased to run a workshop on the opportunities & challenges of using AI in the ESOL classroom.

Second time at the NATECLA Conference – always worth it! Great convos, familiar faces, new connections!

Big thanks to all who came. These spaces matter.

Let’s keep the conversation going!

#NATECLA25
June 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
dianatremayne.bsky.social
We've been sharing some highlights from #NATECLA25 on the NATECLA LinkedIn page. Do take a look to catch up with some of the highlights #ESOL

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Fantastic to welcome Emily Bryson (She/Her) as this morning's keynote speaker, focusing on ‘Inspiring Voices that make an Impact’. | NATECLA
Fantastic to welcome Emily Bryson (She/Her) as this morning's keynote speaker, focusing on ‘Inspiring Voices that make an Impact’. We've already had a chance to celebrate ESOL and heard the in...
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June 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
samshep.bsky.social
Travelling down to Birmingham, sadly missing out in day one of #NATECLA but will be there tomorrow, bright eyed and bushy tailed, and without a ridiculously early start
June 27, 2025 at 10:51 AM
dianatremayne.bsky.social
On my way to #Natecla for the best #ESOL conference of the year. Looking forward to catching up with familiar folk and meeting new people too. Always feels like coming home 💚

@paulsceeny.bsky.social @naeemalanguages.bsky.social
Diana on the train with a cup of coffee and wearing a green shirt
June 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
edtechgem.bsky.social
See you in Birmingham for my 2nd year delivering a workshop at NATECLA!

We're taking a dual approach to AI in education: explore practical strategies for creating AI-proof assessments and how AI can support ESOL learning scaffolding and differentiation.

Join me at 2:30 PM & 4:00 PM this Friday!
June 23, 2025 at 12:27 PM
learnenglishyh.bsky.social
MESH is leaving X. Along with many other individuals and organisations such as our friends at #NATECLA and #RefugeeAction, we have decided that X is not addressing the increasing misinformation and hate speech found there. We stand for diverse communities, kindness and welcoming refugees and asylum
We have left X! - Learning English Plus
Due to concerns about the platform’s moderation policies and the what we see as the rise of misinformation and harmful content, the MESH team has decided to leave the X social media platform. We now have a lively social media presence on Bluesky, as well as on LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. Please follow us and […]
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June 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
paulsceeny.bsky.social
"Mismatch between rhetoric and rules versus reality on the ground."

Guess that's not a bad soundbite! 🙂

#ESOL #ImmigrationWhitePaper #NotStrangers #NATECLA
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Tough immigration talk ‘but no plan for ESOL’
ESOL leaders have questioned the government’s 'vague' promise to make it easier to attend language classes in its immigration white paper.
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May 16, 2025 at 9:31 AM
paulsceeny.bsky.social
Grim, isn’t it? 😬

The British government’s Reform-lite “Island of strangers” rhetoric is depressing enough.

But alongside the fingerpointing about passing English tests, there’s no sign of a plan or strategy to expand #ESOL provision.

See response from #NATECLA www.natecla.org.uk/news/natecla...
NATECLA’s Response to the Immigration White Paper — NATECLA
Commenting on the UK Government’s Immigration White Paper and ‘Island of Strangers’ rhetoric that accompanied its launch, NATECLA Co-Chair Paul Sceeny said: “Whilst the White Paper is unambiguous abo...
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May 15, 2025 at 8:05 PM
peterjfullagar.co.uk
Here's the link to that page on the NATELCA website:
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NATECLA: Supporting our LGBTQIA+ colleagues and learners — NATECLA
NATECLA has always championed inclusive ESOL and Community Languages provision, and especially the need for teaching, learning and assessment materials that reflect learners’ diverse realities whilst ...
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May 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
peterjfullagar.co.uk
Thank you to #NATECLA.

#LGBTQIA #RepresentationMatters #ELT #ESOL #EduSky
Screenshot from NATECLA website: NATECLA: Supporting our LGBTQIA+ colleagues and learners. NATECLA has always championed inclusive ESOL and Community Languages provision, and especially the need for teaching, learning and assessment materials that reflect learners’ diverse realities whilst offering insights into differing life experiences and perspectives. We applaud this challenge from Peter J Fullagar, LGBTQIA+ champion in the English Language Teaching sector to publishers, awarding organisations, institutions and all who work within ESOL and the wider arena of our sector to reflect on how LGBTQIA+ peoples are represented and reflected in materials and classroom discourses. Peter rightly points out that the sector is all too often complicit in upholding prejudice, discrimination and misinformation about LGBTQIA+ people and identities, as well as perpetuating falsehoods that these are ‘not normal’, ‘invalid or ‘taboo’. Given the recent fallout from the UK Supreme Court judgement and interim guidance from the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) for England, Scotland and Wales (and since it’s Trans+ History Week from 5-11 May), we’d particularly emphasise the importance of ensuring trans, non-binary and gender diverse ESOL learners and practitioners are welcomed, affirmed, accepted, included and treated with dignity. We are more than happy to sign this open letter. We’d also encourage our members and others who work within the sector (and Adult Education more generally) to do so.
May 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
learnenglishyh.bsky.social
Did you know you can search by keyword on www.learningenglishplus.org? 🔍 Check out our Literacy resources, including the NATECLA Scotland readers, to enhance your learning experience! 📚
Start exploring now! 👉 www.learningenglishplus.org

#LiteracyResources #ESOL #NATECLA
April 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
paulsceeny.bsky.social
Good morning Edinburgh! 🌅

Credential collected 🎫, coffee grabbed ☕️, and almost ready for @iatefl.bsky.social #IATEFL25.

Looking forward to today’s #ESOLSIG #PreConferenceEvent! 😃

If you’re here (I’m around most of the week), do say👋!

#Networking #ESOL #ELT #PracticeSharing #NATECLA
Paul, wearing a white linen shirt, leather jacket and conference lanyard, standing in front of the IATEFL Conference banner. Paul holding a takeaway coffee cup with a lid on and napkin with the word Leith’s.
April 7, 2025 at 7:57 AM
justcarol.bsky.social
A delightful surprise! ☺️
Thank you, #NATECLA, for the opportunities to share & and encourage other #esol tutors on topics such as digital skills and sustainability.

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March 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
paulaalcbar.bsky.social
New publication which discusses ways to increase staff diversity in #ESOL . Available to all #NATECLA members in the latest edition of Language Issues Journal ⬇️⬇️
March 4, 2025 at 10:32 AM
paulsceeny.bsky.social
ICYMI - taking aim at the British Govt’s decision to cut England’s #AdultSkillsFund in 2025-26 - the very opposite of what’s needed if they’re serious about driving growth and extending opportunity.

#ESOL #NATECLA #AdultEducation @fenews.bsky.social

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Adult Skills Fund Cuts: Wrong-headed, counterproductive and the polar opposite of what’s needed | FE News
| Adult Skills Fund Cuts: Wrong-headed, counterproductive and the polar opposite of what’s needed
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February 22, 2025 at 11:40 AM
paulsceeny.bsky.social
Have doubted it several times over the last 36 hours for obvious reasons 🌫️ - but looks like I *will* be making it to #NATECLA Management Council in Birmingham tomorrow. 🥳

Looking forward to catching up with old and new MC members in the morning. 🤞
#ESOL
Paul standing in the Departures lounge at Belfast City Airport with a coat and scarf on and the airfield behind him.
January 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
cathywint.bsky.social
Day 24 #researchadvent I am looking forward to an action packed 2025, both professionally and personally. There’s the ESOL research community events, the Yorkshire ESOL ITE meetings, NATECLA national conference. And most excited to have tix for Lloyd Cole, Pulp and Alannis Morissette 🎶
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#ResearchAdvent

Join in by quote posting or replying with your response to each prompt during December. Don’t forget the hashtag!

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Day 1 About me and my research interests Day 2 I am doing this because Day 3 This year I really enjoyed or valued Day 4 My best conference experience Day 5 I want other people to know Day 6 I laugh(ed) when Day 7 I think everyone should read/watch Day 8 Challenges I’ve faced Day 9 Publication Day 10 About methodology Day 11 I’m excited about Day 12 Appreciation for Day 13 The thing I love most about Day 14 In 3 years I’ll look back and think Day 15 My favourite place to research/study is Day 16 Public engagement Day 17 Nourishment, rest, health Day 18 Inspiration and motivation for Day 19 Approach to analysis Day 20 I’d like to meet Day 21 My theoretical framework Day 22 The perfect gift for a researcher Day 23 In 6 months Day 24 I am looking forward to
December 24, 2024 at 11:28 AM
cathywint.bsky.social
@natecla proposal submitted 🤞 @kathrynsidaway.bsky.social and I hope to be doing a session linked to our ESOL Research Community. It’s the Must Attend Event of the ESOL calendar www.natecla.org.uk/news/natecla...
NATECLA’s Annual Conference 2025: Submit your workshop proposal — NATECLA
NATECLA is currently inviting applications from workshop leaders with an interest in ESOL and English Language Teaching to deliver relevant sessions at our 2025 Annual Conference on 27th and 28th June...
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December 18, 2024 at 5:51 PM