ESOL NI – E-zine edition – August 2024 – Updates and Information

 

ESOL NI – E-zine August 2024 Edition

*For full details, contacts and web links please refer to the ESOL NI E-zine main PDF document attached below*

Please, feel free to scan through the blue headlines and share any relevant information with others.

Section1: ESOL learning opportunities

Section 2: News and Updates – ESOL sector (teachers/volunteers) and stakeholders in Northern Ireland

 

 

1. ESOL learning opportunities

 

• All 6 Further Education Colleges in Northern Ireland deliver accredited ESOL courses.

 

• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses provided by Further Education colleges in Northern Ireland are free for refugees, asylum seekers and other specific categories of displaced migrants.

Please see enclosed updated information on the current opportunities for ESOL learners who wish to apply and enrol with provision across the whole province. It includes alternative accredited and non-accredited opportunities to Belfast based ESOL students who may not have been able to secure an assessment and enrolment slot with the Belfast Met last Thursday (14th August 2024).

In addition, the guidance document enclosed contains FE colleges and ESOL NI website information translated to a number of different languages, uncluding Ukrainian.

• Girdwood Community Hub – Belfast Met provision 2024/2025:

Further details enclosed as per E-zine document.

• IELTS preparation course and exam fully funded and other opportunities for ESOL young learners will be announced with the September 2024 E-zine Edition. Watch out for the updates!

 

If you have a referral of eligible learners for this programme, please get in touch by email asap – contact lparizzi@belfastmet.ac.uk

 

 

2: News and Updates – ESOL sector (teachers/volunteers) and stakeholders in Northern Ireland

• Northern Ireland Refugee Job Fair – 17th September 2024

 

See enclosed to the E-zine document, a flyer and the Eventbrite link for registration:

There is a QR code people can access on the flyer as well.

 

• CPD opportunity: Why Are So Many Teenage And Child Refugees In The UK Missing Out On Education? (Webinar)

 

Further details and registration on the E-zine document attached.

 

• Migration Justice Project Sessions: update on changes to the Ukraine Scheme, either in English only, or Ukrainian only.

 

The session will cover:

• Closure of the Ukraine Family Scheme          
• Changes to the Homes for Ukraine Sponsorship Scheme (including changes to sponsor eligibility)
• Ukraine Permission Extension scheme information
• E-visas and the end of BRPs

 

• Counselling All Nations Supporting Wellbeing Event:

 

‘Ethnic Minorities and Mental Health; Breaking Down the Barriers’.

 

Belfast City Hall on Monday 23rd September 2024, 10.00am – 3.30pm.

Ligia Parizzi

ESOL Coordinator NIRRS (Northern Ireland Refugee Resettlement Scheme)

028 9026 5233 / 07814046391 |