Topic: Migration
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‘I’ve always seen ESOL as a crucial pillar of a fairer society’
Teacher and founder of the charity English for Action, Dermot Bryers, explains why high-quality and accessible language education is good for everyone
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Learners in West Yorkshire wait up to two years for beginner ESOL classes
One provider said there had been a ‘massive boom’ in demand for ESOL in 2024-25 while another college warned of ‘more demand than we can deliver’
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Editor’s view: cuts to ESOL revealed by Hyphen are a national emergency
Nearly 40% in real terms has been taken out of the budget for teaching English to speakers of other languages. Here’s why it’s bad news for Britain
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Spend on English lessons for non-native speakers plunges 39% in 15 years
Department for Education funding for ESOL classes has fallen £117m in real terms despite rising demand, data obtained by Hyphen reveals
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Five books to read on migration
Novels and memoirs to remind us that migration is a tale as old as time, and is essential to our survival, from Megha Majumdar’s A Guardian And a Thief to Cecile Pin’s Wandering Souls
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The Hyphen view from Europe: the far right has found a way to win while losing
Voters in Sweden and Berlin rejected the far right in key elections this month — but its ideas are proving rather harder to defeat
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Shabana Mahmood says her Muslim faith gives her sense of accountability
The home secretary discussed the role of Islam in her decision-making during an event hosted by the Tony Blair Institute at the 2026 Labour conference
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Ahadadream’s propulsive productions bring diaspora identity to the dancefloor
With a provocatively titled debut album ready for release, the producer, DJ and Dialled In festival founder is loudly and unapologetically celebrating who he is
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Lamsa: the crochet enterprise threading communities together
The brand works with refugee artisans from Syria whose crafts include brightly coloured handwoven bags with punchy designs
