TESOL Programmes at the University of Stirling

🎓 Fully funded Chartered Teacher Status pathway – Now open for applications!

We are offering 30 places to secondary teachers or middle leaders from global majority backgrounds.

🌟Engage with education research
🌟Strengthen your practice

Apply now: https://chartered.pulse.ly/rq72nj5giu

The final report from the Sustainable School Leadership project is out! A 3-year study across England, Northern Ireland & Scotland, funded by #esrc #educationresearchprogramme

Available here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...

@patthomson.bsky.social @twperry1.bsky.social @samfr.bsky.social

📝 We're delighted to publish a new report from the BERA Expert Panel on Educational Research Funding:

'Making the most of education research: The ecosystem and the common good' 🌱

Find out more: https://www.bera.ac.uk/publication/bera-expert-panel-report-and-working-paper

Reminder: information webinar on the British Council English and School Education Scholarships Scheme, Thurs 5 March 2026, 12:30 UK/ 18:00 India & Sri Lanka/ 18:30 Bangladesh
lnkd.in/gWXyHSsK

@britishcouncil.bsky.social are funding 20 spaces on our MSc TESOL (Online)!

#BritishCouncilScholarsELT

🎙️ Life & Language explores how language shapes the way we see the world.

Hosted by Prof. @michamahlberg.bsky.social. Now in its 5th season with 28 episodes and brilliant guests across disciplines.

Curious about how words shape life?

🎧 Join the conversation.

Including a chapter by Stirling’s @rushtondr.bsky.social 😊

Join us on Feb. 25th for an online data session with Mark Romig, EdD Student at @columbiaaltesol.bsky.social. In this session, we will analyze videos and transcripts of vocabulary explanations from adult ESL classrooms.
The event is FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Register here: tinyurl.com/REALdoc-Mark

Flyer showing the REAL Doc Data session title, facilitator, abstract, date/time, and QR code for registration.

Have you registered yet?
On Feb. 25, Mark Romig, EdD Student in the Applied Linguistics & TESOL Program at Teachers College
(@columbiaaltesol.bsky.social) will facilitate an online data session focused on Vocabulary Explanations in Pedagogical Interaction.
Don't miss it! tinyurl.com/REALdoc-Mark

DGKL2026 - Universität Bielefeld This is the webpage of the DGKL conference 2026

🚨 Reminder 🚨 The call for games for #DGKL2026 is still open until February 25th! Do you have a game you developed for e.g. teaching linguistics, participant engagement in experiments, or else? Let people try your game in Bielefeld!

👉 CfG here: t1p.de/opy89

#linguistics #langsky #BLinguistik

UNIVERSITY of STIRLING UNLOCK YOUR TEACHING POTENTIAL: TESOL COURSES AT STIRLING On-campus (full-time or part-time): MSc TESOL: Become a confident English language teacher. MSc English Language Teaching and Management: Gain teaching and management skills to advance your career. PhD TESOL Research: Develop your autonomous research skills. Online (part-time): MSc TESOL (Online): Advance your career while continuing to teach.

TOP REASONS TO STUDY WITH US: We're top 5 in Scotland and top 15 in the UK for Education (The Complete University Guide 2025) Develop practical classroom skills through the on-campus microteaching option Apply for a placement opportunity at one of our local and/or international partner institutions Get in touch: tesol@stir.ac.uk

Keen to develop your career in English language education?

Join this webinar introducing the Stirling MSc TESOL programmes to explore your options:

Thursday 12 March 2026, 11:00 UK time

Register via www.bigmarker.com/student-supp...

#TeamStirling #ELT #TESOL
@adnanyilmaz.bsky.social

Now available for preorder

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/teacher-a...

SLTED2026 Who's joining us? #curriculum @morayhouse.bsky.social @davidgerlach.bsky.social #language #teachered

Primary schools are invited to join us for year 2 of our Sustainable Designs for Living and Learning project. The project promotes creative and multilingual approaches to Learning for Sustainability. Successful schools will receive £5,000 to support their participation.
https://loom.ly/Dsb3xas

Issue 26 of Impact Journal, guest-edited by Dr Janet Ramdeo, is arriving with our members this week! 🎉

Access the full issue on MyCollege, including online only articles, from Friday.

#MentoringEquity #TeacherCPD #CareerProgression

@markrpriestley.bsky.social @rushtondr.bsky.social @nuthmani.bsky.social

Tickets now available for this free event

Sign up for the next @scrcm.bsky.social free webinar - Curriculum making in Wales: what does it mean to be purpose-led? - led by David Morrison-Love and colleagues

Wed 18 Feb 2026 4:00 PM

www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...

If you are an English language teacher in Bangladesh, India, or Sri Lanka, this British Council scholarship for *20 fully-funded* spaces on our MSc TESOL (Online) may be of interest. Information webinar on 5 March – please spread the word!
#BritishCouncilScholarsELT #TeamStirling

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: University of Stirling MSc TESOL (Online) scholarships information session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webin... Find out more about the 20 scholarships being offered to experienced teachers and teacher educators of English working in the government sector in Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka. Please note that th...

Register for the information webinar introducing the scholarship scheme on Thursday 5 March 2026, 12:30 UK/ 18:00 India & Sri Lanka/ 18:30 Bangladesh time

britishcouncil.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

@britishcouncil.bsky.social @stir.ac.uk

#TeamStirling #BritishCouncilScholarsELT 2/2

English language teachers from Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka: the eligibility requirements + application procedure for the British Council English and School Education Scholarship Scheme have been published, covering 20 fully-funded awards on our MSc TESOL (Online) #BritishCouncilScholarsELT 1/2

Today is International Day of Education. A day to celebrate educators and the power of education.

#Teaching #Teachers #Education

Photo of the book

The new BERA publication,
Guide to Practitioner Research: Developing Professional Knowledge in Educational Research and Practice, is another essential for #furtereducation practitioners interested in research & professional practice.

Awesome ed. team and chapter writers. @drjoycechen.bsky.social

Professor Lauren Hall-Lew Inaugural Lecture Professor Lauren Hall-Lew's Inaugural Lecture from 25th September 2024. Sociophonetic indexicality as a window onto language and society.

My inaugural lecture is now online 🥰
media.ed.ac.uk/media/Profes...

#sociophonetics #sociolinguistics #linguistics #phonetics #semiotics #Peirce #indexicality #social #meaning #research #academic #academia #lecture #Arizona #SanFrancisco #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Scots #English #professor #babyphotos

We have just confirmed the date of the March @scrcm.bsky.social webinar. I will be presenting ideas from the forthcoming 2nd edition of Teacher Agency: An Ecological Approach. Join us on Tues 17 March, 4-5.30.

Sign up at www.tickettailor.com/events/facul...

🏆 Recognise exceptional teaching expertise!

Fellowship is an opportunity to amplify influence, collaborate with committed professionals, and shape educational policy.

Know someone who deserves this recognition?

Deadline: 5th February

Nominate now: https://chartered.pulse.ly/j6rnbofmpy

January CLPL 14 January - antiracisted.scot - Launching the new Anti-racist literacy resource 15 January - Burns, belonging and song: a Bitesize Lesson plan 20 January - Exploring Maths and Topical Science through botanical expeditions 22 January - Using Scotland’s Anti Racism Resource - A Workshop for Secondary Teachers

Welcome back! We hope you had a restful break & are ready to dig back in.

This busy January we have sessions exploring new resources, a bitesize lesson plan for Burns Night, & more!

You can find our CLPL offer for January & beyond on Signposts: www.signpostsglobalcitizenship.org/current-clpl-offer

Out of ‘Giám thị’ ‘heroic teachers’ will rise: pain, performance and pride while doing primary school ‘tests’ in Vietnam In Vietnam, one of the main duties teachers must do is ‘Giám thị’ (pron. ‘zum ti’) or ‘Test duty’. Based on ethnographic fieldwork over one school year in primary state schools in Vietnam, this pap...

Just published: "Out of ‘Giám thị’ ‘heroic teachers’ will rise: pain, performance and pride while doing primary school ‘tests’ in Vietnam" by Thanh Nguyen, based on ethnographic fieldwork for his PhD project doi.org/10.1080/1745...

Congratulations, Thanh!

#TEAMStirling @scrcm.bsky.social

🎉 Ready for something new in 2026?

Become a Young Advisor (ages 12–16) & work with the Commissioner to help make sure children’s voices are heard across Scotland.

✨ Learn new skills
✨ All backgrounds & accessibility needs welcome
✨ Make a difference

Apply: bit.ly/4p2tz2r

Understanding changing patterns of placement type stability in the first two years of placement for looked after children in Scotland: A sequence analysis Placement stability is an important concern for children looked after. Sequence analysis has been proposed as a promising method by which to quantitat…

✨️ Starting the new year with a new article by Dr Ben Matthews and colleagues:

'Understanding changing patterns of placement type stability in the first two years of placement for looked after children in Scotland: A sequence analysis'
#children #CareExperience
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The CfPs for LavLang32 at Edinburgh is now OPEN! A reminder of our stellar lineup:

• Dr. Nikki Lane (Duke)
• Dr. Kevin Guyan (UoE)
• Prof. Erez Levon (Bern)
• Dr. Stamatina Katsiveli (American College of Greece)
• Dr. Eddie Ungless (UoE)

Submit a paper here: lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk?page_id=231