Empowering Voices: ESOL in Adult Education Across Ireland and the UK

Empowering Voices 2025 seminar was held in Trinity College Dublin, organised by Dr Chelsea Whittaker and hosted by LUMIERE. The seminar brought together experts to discuss ESOL policy, practice, and migrant language education. Participants gained valuable perspectives on multilingualism, language policy, and educational inclusion, and had the opportunity to engage directly with researchers and educators shaping the future of ESOL provision.

Using Language Prerequisites for Literacy Success Webinar

This webinar will be led by Professor Catherine Snow, John H. and Elisabeth A. Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, and Faculty Co-Chair, Literacy and Languages Concentration, at Harvard Graduate School of Education. The webinar will focus on the language perquisites for literacy success. The webinar was organised by LUMIERE Research Group at the School of Education, Trinity College Dublin.

LEPI Conference May 18th - 19th 2023 Keynote by Professor Kate Menken

Translanguaging Theory and Pedagogy in contexts of the maintenance and development of minoritized languages 

LEPI Conference May 18th - 19th 2023 Keynote Dr Máire Mhic Mhathúna

Language Policy and Practice in Early Childhood Education