York Associates

International travel is being made easier! From 11 February, there will be a simplified Passenger Locator Form, and removal of testing for eligible fully vaccinated arrivals to the UK. Find out more at gov.uk/travel-abroad #openforbusiness #travel #york #English

Great news, travelling to England is becoming easier! From Fri 11 Feb, you won't need to take a COVID-19 test when you arrive, if you are vaccinated. After 2 years of testing and isolation for our new participants, we're looking forward to getting closer to normal in spring 2022!

Happy New Year! We hope all our friends across the world have a healthy and peaceful 2022, and we look forward to seeing you back in York again soon!

Merry Christmas from the team at York Associates to our friends and colleagues around the world! We hope you have a wonderful festive season and we look forward to seeing you in 2022!

We are delighted to announce that we have been selected to be part of PRELIM 2 and will be working with The Language Teachers Association of Zambia to raise teachers’ confidence in the #ELT classroom. PRELIM is a @BritishCouncil @iatefl @englishuk project. #ELTpartnership #UKELT

Another great session of international #SENToolkit training with @YorkAssociates, @LearnJamTweets, @BabelMalaga, @BlackbirdSchool, @GrowthCoop, @CentrulPentru and others. The project is really coming together! I wanted to share some of the feedback with you. A couple each day.

We’re so pleased to be able to welcome you back to York to study from 6th September! You can find clear information about UK Covid-19 travel requirements on the new #EnglishWithConfidence website: bit.ly/2RFDt0o #englishintheuk #qualityenglish #york

We’re delighted to let you know that York Associates will reopen our centre for face to face learning from Monday 6th September! We’d love to welcome you to York for a course with us this autumn, please contact us at training@york-associates.co.uk. We hope to see you soon!

How do you feel about Emojis? 🤔 In this interesting piece, cognitive science lecturer Benjamin Weissman argues that Emojis are actually enriching our language. Do you agree👍 or not? 👎 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We are ready to welcome international guests to study English in the UK, whenever they are able to travel. Find clear information about UK Covid-19 travel requirements on the new #EnglishWithConfidence website: bit.ly/2RFDt0o

Hello all, we hope you’re enjoying a successful start to the week so far! We saw this free online course at OpenLearn which looks so interesting, Introducing us to communication, from hieroglyphics to emojis! Take a look and let us know what you think! open.edu/openlearn/lang…

Job alert! Doctors Without Borders are looking for intercultural mediators fluent in Kurdish, Farsi, Tigrinya or Amharic. If this is you, please contact us for a copy of our intercultural mediator materials or to join a future pilot training session. linkedin.com/jobs/view/2633…

We hope you’re enjoying your Sunday! We’re all looking forward to the England Men’s Football team taking part in their first major final for 55 years tonight! Good luck to the ‘Three Lions’, and best wishes for a great contest to our Italian friends too! #euro2020 #eng #ita

Hello, here’s hoping you’re having a wonderful Monday so far! Last week our Intercultural Team enjoyed a fascinating presentation from Michael Muthukrishna. You can see a recording of his talk here. #thescienceofculture #interculturalmediation m.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=I…

York is ready and waiting, we’ll be reopening as soon as we can! The current very strict quarantine regulations for travellers from most countries mean that we have to stay closed for a little while longer, but we hope to be able to welcome our wonderful visitors back soon!

More about the project project “Intercultural Mediation: A Professional Role Connecting Sectors” at interculturalmediation.eu/about-project/ 3/3

Now, grab your bikes and join us on our virtual exploration of one of the most beautiful cities in Europe youtu.be/LCs-kMK1lbU. You don’t cycle – no problem – we have a local guide to take you around youtu.be/vm8sLD4HvgA. Krakow, we can’t wait to see you in person! 2/3

The travel, the full linguistic immersion, the opportunity to see each other’s working environments are all an integral part of the ERASMUS experience. We completed a lot of work with our European partners over the past two days. 1/3

Once ready, the materials will be tested with our advisory groups and published on the project website at interculturalmediation.eu Please drop us a line if you would like to join the waiting list to attend the workshops! #ICM #ICMproject #ERASMUS+ #InterculturalMediation 2/2

Online meetings are our new normal! The Intercultural mediation team began work on a customised training programme that will provide the Intercultural Mediator with the necessary expertise and skills to succeed in their new role. 1/2