It has been a rollercoaster eighteen months for English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) funding.  And the rollercoaster ride is set to continue with the announcement of a new consultation from the Government. 

Following the Learning and Skills Council's (LSC) change in funding priorities announced in October 2006, asylum seekers were cut out of ESOL and wider Further Education funding.   The Refugee Council campaigned with a range of allies to call for asylum seekers and refugees to be reinstated.

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