• New Arabic resources for the Primary classroom

    Action for Refugees is delighted to present the second booklet in a series produced by students, working in partnership to develop resources for the primary classroom.

  • RefuAid Language Scholarship Programme set for Liverpool launch

    Mohib Ullah, who is leading on the project for RefuAid told us, “We are working with one of our partner schools in Liverpool and will be starting an OET (Occupational English Test accepted by the General Medical Council as an alternative to IELTS for re-qualification) course for healthcare professionals after Easter. The course will be…

  • RefuAid seminar results in action for refugees

    Delegates to the RefuAid seminar held at Edge Hill University’s Ormskirk campus on 20 March were enthralled by the presentations, not least by the moving testimony given by former client Naima, who told us about her former life in Libya and the role played by RefuAid in turning her life around. RefuAid co-founder, Anna Jones,…

  • Migrants and Refugees in Education: A toolkit for teachers

    Learn how to teach and support young people across the globe affected by violence, conflict or displacement. This free, online course developed by the British Council is designed to help teachers support students who are dealing with trauma. Experienced teachers talk about the challenges, what they have learnt and the strategies they have used when…

  • Manchester Event: ‘Offering linguistic hospitality’ an Arabic language workshop

    Organised by the University of Glasgow and the Islamic University of Gaza (Palestine), a workshop in Manchester, 8th March 2019, 2pm – 4pm at the Friends Meeting House. This workshop will discuss the importance of giving a space to the languages of people seeking asylum and/or people who have refugee status. Showing respect and appreciation…

  • Upcoming RefuAid AfR Seminar 20th March 2019

    Action for Refugees are delighted to welcome Anna Jones, RefuAid co-founder, to campus to speak about the innovative work of this award-winning NGO. RefuAid was founded in 2015 in an effort to provide a practical response to forced migration for refugees and asylum-seekers living in the UK. Their primary focus is to provide solutions to…

  • Imagining community through sport at Edge Hill University

    Dr Jack Sugden In 1983 Benedict Anderson wrote ‘Imagined Communities’, a book that pointed out, among other things, that the communities, towns, cities and especially nations in which we live are not actually real. Although they might feel real to us, part of our lives, our identities, have you ever actually seen an England? Touched…

  • Put away your British accents: Farsi Taster session @FoE

    Twenty students and staff from the Faculty of Education volunteered for a Farsi taster session this week. Our teachers were two refugee volunteers from Iran, supported by West Lancs CVS. As new learners we were told to ‘Put away your British accents’. Working in small groups, the trainees and staff enjoyed the opportunity to hear about…

  • From our inbox (March 15th)

    There’s a lot of events, calls for papers, new research and other information related to work with refugees that we think needs to be shared as widely as possible. At Edge Hill, a new Migration Working Group has been set up, led  by Dr Zana Vathi. Gramnet (the network for community members and scholars working in…