We are pleased to announce that our SIG is working together with the University of Edinburgh on the SLTED Conference to be held in Edinburgh 9-11 September 2026. You can find more details about the keynote speakers, Call for Papers, and registration at slted2026.weebly.com

We’re launching RELANZA, a knowledge transfer project rethinking language education for today’s global challenges. Developed by the our SIG with the PRODIGI group at UNIR, RELANZA connects research, practice, and sustainability in innovative ways: languagecurriculumbaalsig.weebly.com/events.html

RELANZA: 4/6 podcast eps now live (EN+ES) + practical guides & Genially quizzes 🎧📚 1. Digitalisation 2) AI 3) Multimodal literacy 4) Internationalisation in language curricula Explore: relanza.net/en/output/ #LanguageEducation #TESOL #CLIL #EdTech

Call for proposals (PGRs): PGR Research Dialogues – Language, Education & Social Justice (online). Deadline Mon 16 Feb 2026 (noon). Seminar Thu 23 Apr 2026, 14:00–16:00 UK. Details: baalsocialjusticesig.weebly.com/events.html please share with your PGR students 🙏🏼

🆕Este proyecto ya tiene disponible el Episodio 3 - Alfabetización multimodal en el currículo de lenguas con la Dra. Noelia Ruiz-Madrid. No te pierdas los 3 outputs: 🎧 Pódcast 📘 Guía práctica 🧩 Genially interactivo 👉 relanza.net/output/ #Alfabetización #CurrículoDeLenguas

🧩¿Sabías que puedes superar misiones con un Genially interactivo del Episodio 2 de #RELANZA sobre IA? 💪Anímate a hacerlo y piensa en cómo puedes llevarlo a tu aula de idiomas 👉 view.genially.com/69175c40e30a... 🇪🇸➡️ relanza.net/output/ 🇬🇧➡️ relanza.net/en/output/

This is vile! www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottis...

📘 Excited to share the outputs for Episode 2 of #RELANZA! This week, we explore one of the most transformative themes in education: 🤖 Artificial Intelligence in the Language Curriculum Featuring insights from Victor Lim (Nanyang Tech Uni) relanza.net/output/

An honour and a joy to open today’s @ealglasgow.bsky.social Core Session at Glasgow City Chambers 🌍✨ Sharing Beyond Grammar: Language Knowledge Every EAL Teacher Needs-a day of inspiring learning, collaboration & creativity! #EAL #TESOL #StrathEDU @strath-ioe.bsky.social

🆕¡Novedades en #RELANZA! Este proyecto ya tiene disponible el Episodio 1 Digitalización en el currículo de lenguas con el Dr. @ftsaez.bsky.social. No te pierdas los 3 outputs: 🎧 Pódcast 📘 Guía práctica 🧩 Genially interactivo 👉 relanza.net/output/ #Digitalización #CurrículoDeLenguas

Excited to share the 1st episode of #RELANZA 🎙️ Digitalisation in the Language Curriculum with Fernando Trujillo Sáez. Explore our 3 outputs: podcast, practical guide & interactive quiz 👉 relanza.net/en/output/

Excited to be part of #RELANZA, a bilingual 🇬🇧🇪🇸 project redefining language education through innovation, sustainability & inclusion 🌍 ¡Encantado de participar y compartir los resultados en los próximos seis meses! 🎧📘 #SDG4 #LanguageTeaching

A keynote to language the heartbreak and failure, the work of living with genocide #BERA2025 We are humbled by your response, tears, plans for action & your standing ovation. History is being made #GazaMatters gla.ac.uk/research/az/un…

Thanks to everyone who joined our Social Justice Linguistic Walk in Glasgow—Merchant City → East End → Barras. We read the city like a text: cones, plaques, shopfronts, murals & more. Big love for your keen eyes & generous chat. Blog & map soon. #LanguageJustice #BAAL2025 @baal2025.bsky.social

Post-BAAL: join BAAL LESJ SIG’s Social Justice Linguistic Walk in Glasgow. Read the city like a text—see how public words shape (in)equality. Sat 6 Sep, 13:00–15:00. Meet: GoMA | Register: forms.gle/t4YvTJFUQaqZ... #BAAL2025 @baal2025.bsky.social #BAAL please share 🙏🏼

🚨 Join the 1st #BAAL #LanguageCurriculum SIG Symposium! 🗓 19 June 2025 | ⏰ 9am–12pm BST | 💻 Online & Free for #BAAL members🎤 Plenary: Dr Suha Alansari + 6 talks 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/baalsig2025 @dariobanegas.bsky.social @mqueroljulian.bsky.social @tomaszjohn.bsky.social

You are a "citizen of nowhere", they said. A "queue-jumper", they said. Now I am a "squalid chapter", they say. A risk as I might make this an "island of strangers", they say. I am "pulling the country apart", they say.

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✍️ New blog post: Exploring international students’ narratives on bilingualism and linguistic landscapes: A critical reflection" by @tomaszjohn.bsky.social (University of Strathclyde) Read at: researchintlstudents.com/2025/04/25/e...

Sharing reflections from our research on multilingual journeys! ✨ How bodies, emotions, and spaces shape bilingualism in everyday life. Part of our bigger project on capabilities and belonging. Blog here: researchintlstudents.com/2025/04/25/e... Thanks to #RIS and @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social

New article in the #baleap Journal of Research & Practice! We explore trioethnography, rhizomatic analysis & blackout poetry as creative tools for resistance, growth & collaboration in EAP. Read here: reinventionjournal.org/index.php/ba... #EAP #BALEAP

Excited to share my @iatefl.bsky.social #IATEFL2025 talk: Pre-service English Teachers’ Narratives on Bilingualism and Linguistic Landscapes 🗓 9 April | ⏰ 16:15 | 📍 Moffat Room A journey through identity, space & language in the Forum on Bilingualism 🌍📚 #ELT #MultilingualEd Hope to see you there!

Training for the #EdinburghMarathon Marathon & running for Refuweegee! Smashed my ParkRun PB + a conversational half mara last weekend. Already raised £250—help me hit £1,000! Support here: www.justgiving.com/page/tomasz-... #RunForRefuweegee

9 weeks to #EdinburghMarathon This week: 10k, 2x5k, and a big ol’ 15k. Legs = cooked spaghetti. #RunThisTown #marathontraining 12% of my fundraising goal for #Refuweegee so far— help me crawl to the finish line (and hit that target)! 🔗 www.justgiving.com/page/tomasz-...

Great to be at @satealscotland.bsky.social in Edinburgh! Thanks to the organisers and all the EAL practitioners and leaders for the inspiring discussions. We shared our partnership teaching model and explored its potential in supporting multilingual learners @EALGlasgow @annettestreetps.bsky.social

I’m excited to attend and present at the @satealscotland.bsky.social #SATEAL conference this Saturday with EAL coordinators from @GlasgowCC @EALglasgow Ella Van Loock, Anne Marie Love as well as Joanna McPake. We hope to see you there! #EAL #PartnershipTeaching @annettestreetps.bsky.social

🚀 Online Research Poster Exhibition: Re-imagining TESOL 📚 Explore @strath-ioe.bsky.social MSc TESOLIC students’ research on TESOL, multilingualism & pedagogy! Engage by asking questions & sharing insights. 🔗 Join the discussion: shorturl.at/PiFiZ #TESOL #LanguageEducation

🏃‍♂️ Running the Edinburgh Marathon 2025 for Rwfuweegee! 💙 After my first half marathon & Hyrox competition, I’m now taking on 42.2km to support Refuweegee, providing vital aid to refugees in Glasgow. 💙 Donate here: shorturl.at/N1HcE #Refuweegee #EdinburghMara25

Great session with @jlmittelmeier.bsky.social on rethinking support for international students! 🌍🎓 Key takeaways: move beyond stereotypes, reduce uncertainty, and foster inclusion through co-creation. Thanks, Jenna, for an inspiring workshop! 🙌 #HigherEd #Inclusion #InterculturalLearning

Espero que estés salvo y seguro, amigo 🙏🏼

Register for our 2025 in-person Pre-Conference Event at IATEFL Edinburgh Conference on 7 April: Looking Back, Looking Forward - celebrating 40 years of teacher development Key figures from past & current membership consider how TD's changed in 4 decades & where we see it going tdsig.org/pce

📈 New @britishfuture.bsky.social research out this week suggests that the public is more positive about student migration than the government might think @heather-rolfe.bsky.social breaks down the stats in her new blog 👇 ukandeu.ac.uk/the-public-s...

Congrats!

Laela Adamson and I recently hosted the workshop “Enhancing Culturally Sensitive Pedagogies: Reflective Practice and Case Studies,” featuring insights from Jane Essex, Amanda Corrigan, and Ntimi Mtawa www.linkedin.com/posts/dr-tom... #InclusiveEducation #CulturallyResponsivePedagogy

Proud of my MSc TESOLIC student Liam for his insightful blog, “Intercultural Realities: Exploring Native Speakerism’s Impact on Intercultural Relationships in Scottish Academia.” His research brings fresh perspectives on inclusivity in education researchintlstudents.com/2025/01/17/i...

One of my hats is the Chair of SATEAL We've been supporting the CPD of educators in Scotland for years. We are delighted to be organising a conference again and we are looking for people to submit a workshop. See link before and get thinking! forms.gle/FVZVVoAiTrtQ...

Tomorrow! Free, online seminar with Professor Adrian Holliday 🗣💬 Title: Putting aside native-speakerist labelling to find #linguistic and cultural hybridity and the “translingual instinct" Jan 16, 2025 10:00 AM London elinet.org.uk/resources/se... #ELT #langsky #TESOL

The UK Government has today launched its AI and opportunities action plan. Responding to this, our Director @clairemcpherson.bsky.social has detailed the opportunities for collaboration between the UK Government and HE sector. Read our full response on our website⬇️ universities-scotland.ac.uk/aiap/

Our range of departments within The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, often referred to as HaSS, at The University of Strathclyde 📚

🎉 Welcome to Strathclyde! 🎉 Our January MSc TESOLIC and Education Studies students kicked off their #StrathLife journey with a campus treasure hunt using #GooseChase! This fun activity helped them explore, connect, and start their academic adventure with enthusiasm. Here’s to a great semester ahead!

1/5 🎉 Celebrating Success! 🎓 Thrilled to share the incredible achievements of three outstanding students who have successfully completed their dissertations, each making meaningful contributions to their fields…

Languages Week Scotland 2025 will take place from 3 - 7 February and will be a week of activity across the country. The theme for 2025 is “Our multilingual futures”. Follow #ScotlandLovesLanguages to keep up to date! Find out more: loom.ly/hiOP0Cc

🎉 GooseChase Adventure! 🏫📱 Next week, my MSc TESOLIC & Education Studies students will explore campus & connect through a fun scavenger hunt! From finding classrooms to icebreakers, it’s all about teamwork, inclusion, & creating a sense of belonging. Try it: studio.goosechase.com/share-experi...

The call for proposals for the 3rd International Symposium on Social Justice in English Language Teaching is now open! Join us on the 30-31st of May 2025 in Istanbul, Turkey! Both virtual and in-person presentations are welcome. Details 👇 @elinet-lsj.bsky.social

The Traitors: how trustworthy is a Welsh accent? A sociolinguist explains… Charlotte would be the first red flag (and potential Traitor) for me with her inconsistent Welsh accent :) theconversation.com/the-traitors...