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The B1 English Gap in UK Social Care, and How to Close It
Back to Menu ↩ The visa route that rebuilt the frontline care workforce set the English bar at B1. That route has now closed to
July 21, 2026
SLC’s Managing Director, Chris Moore, gave a presentation to the South West Regional ESOL Network on the work SLC are doing with refugee, asylum seeker and migrant communities across the UK in partnership with strategic migration partnerships (SMPs) and refugee support organisations such as RefuAid, the Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project, and the NHS Displaced Talent programme. Chris had been invited by the South West SMP to give an overview of the online courses SLC have been working on over the past 6 years, highlighting the challenges faced and what SLC has done to address and overcome them.
Back to Menu ↩ The visa route that rebuilt the frontline care workforce set the English bar at B1. That route has now closed to
Contact us Back to Menu ↩ In this article, Laura Wiggin, Curriculum Manager for ESOL, Skills and Community Interpreting at Hopwood Hall College, shares how the
Contact us Back to Menu ↩ Roughly half of the migrants and refugees arriving in the UK already hold a degree or equivalent tertiary qualification.[1] They include
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