People fleeing war and persecution aren’t asking for much - just to be treated with dignity and given the chance to rebuild their shattered lives. Everyone has the right to be safe and to feel like they belong.

In light of recent protests trying to prevent local residents from attending ESOL classes in the Glasgow area, an open letter has been published in defence of ESOL. If you work in education and support ESOL provision for local residents, please sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/ed...

Scotland’s leading academic on refugees warns that British political rhetoric is taking the UK ‘into the foothills of genocide’ Professor Alison Phipps, Unesco chair in refugee integration at Glasgow University, says demonisation will end in deaths www.heraldscotland.com/news/2544663...

No surprise here

I’m at the #baal2025 conference at @uofglasgow.bsky.social . Lots of the sessions are taking place in the GU Union, and I’m getting flashbacks to my undergrad years. I’m pretty sure I saw the Tom Robinson Band here back in the day.

It is insane to me that the richest man in the world is using his global megaphone to call for millions of British people to be rounded up and deported (including my family) and somehow this isn’t even news.

Smiles all round at graduation! ♥️ We love see our happy graduates on campus. All your hard work has paid off. Enjoy this moment! #UofGgrad25 #TeamUofG

🚨 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

Great to watch some of my former students from @uniwestscotland.bsky.social and current students from @uofgtesol.bsky.social presenting their research at the Scottish TESOL/Applied Linguistics Research Conference

THE RISE OF END TIMES FASCISM My first major piece of the new Trump era, co-written with @astra.bsky.social. The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Nice to get name-checked at an #IATEFL2025 plenary 😃. Thanks, Neil

High point of #IATEFL2025 coming up, Neil McMillan’s plenary on #tblt followed by @seburnt.bsky.social’s talk on inclusive materials 😬😃

Post-presentation pint with good friends and colleagues who I don’t see enough of #IATEFL2025

Nice cosy room for my #IATEFL2025 talk, starting at 3.05pm today. Maybe see you there?

All set for #IATEFL2025. Edinburgh this year, which seems strange to me for some reason. Lovely weather - so far.

“Sponsored by…” 🙄

At this year’s #IATEFL2025 conference in Edinburgh, I’ll be exploring the concept of “empowerment” and “empowering ELT”, a popular phrase which, in my view, doesn’t adequately encapsulate what needs to be done. Come and join me on 8th April at 3.05pm.

Last year I reviewed 5 books for the #ELT journal, which you can read here: academic.oup.com/eltj/article/7… Next Thursday at 4.30pm I’ll be presenting and discussing the relevance of these books to the U#ESOLOL context. You can register free here: forms.office.com/pages/response���

Day 11 ResearchAdvent I am excited for the January meeting of the ESOL Research Community, where @steve11brown.bsky.social will be exploring the relevance & application of current literature for ESOL. Deets and sign up here padlet.com/kathrynsidaw...

Always great to celebrate graduation with my students. Here’s me with some 23-24 @uofgtesol.bsky.social graduates and colleagues the other day 😊

Good to meet up with some students from last year's cohort before their graduation tomorrow! #tesol #graduation #23-24

Looks like an interesting symposium, with a possibility to present online - for those of us who are concerned about the #ELTFootprint socialjusticeinelt.com/Home/Symposi...

So, are we all deleting our twitter accounts, or are we keeping them so we can keep an eye on what those guys are up to?

Yes, please join us! I’m looking forward to this 😃

Ok, this seems a lot nicer already. Looking forward to engaging with people on here.