This is a crucial piece of legislation and, from the very outset, hundreds of organisations, including PERN, have opposed its cruel approach to the asylum system. It would see refugees treated differently depending on how they arrive in the UK, be criminalised for entering irregularly, and potentially be flown overseas to have their asylum application… Continue reading Nationality and Borders Bill
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Leo Liu
When I came to the UK, I need to find more opportunities to improve my English. But it is difficult due to the pandemic. So, I joined the English club in the last year. Our teachers are experienced. In the English club, I practice English and meet many new friends. This people have some interesting… Continue reading Leo Liu
Miranda Delgado
Hi, I came to the UK two years ago, I’m a Spanish speaker and to speak English have been so difficult to me, although I have been taking class. Joining to The PERN English Club was really good because I could get to know new people of different places, to share different traditions and to… Continue reading Miranda Delgado
Marlene Ascencio Arriaga
I joined PERN’s online English Conversation Club in September 2020. I like the classes, what I loved the most is that there is freedom of expression and I learned new words, and how to pronounce them too. I like that we talk about different topics because I learn vocabulary of everything.
Roula Abdulkarim
“Hello, my name is Roula and I am from Aleppo, Syria. I studied Business and Finance in Aleppo and worked in an International Telecommunications Company, and I worked in a bank. After a long journey and a long wait of over two years, I was finally able to join my husband in the… Continue reading Roula Abdulkarim
Naser Shariat Panah
Naser was a founder member of the Dunkirk Adult Learning Centre with Sarah Wilson back in 2015. Many of you will remember the stunning slides of Kurdistan Iran that he showed when he visited Penrith a few years ago. He has studied English diligently and here he writes of his experience. “Leaving one’s homeland… Continue reading Naser Shariat Panah