NATECLA seeks new Language Issues editor for our ESOL and community languages journal

NATECLA seeks applications for the next editor of its journal Language Issues for the three year period from January 2026 to December 2028.

Language Issues is the part peer-reviewed journal for NATECLA, read by ESOL and community language professionals in the UK and beyond. There are two editions a year, summer (June) and winter (December).

The editor is supported by the editorial board and the NATECLA National Centre.

You will have:

• editorial experience or be a published author in a peer-reviewed publication

• experience of the peer-review process

• experience in carrying out empirical and secondary research

• qualifications and experience in a field relevant to language

• established links with other experts in a relevant field

• excellent time-management and team management skills

You will chair two editorial meetings a year (usually February and September, either online or face-to-face) and be invited to attend NATECLA's management council meetings (online twice a year and in person/ hybrid once a year, usually in Birmingham).

There is a small annual honorarium for undertaking the role of editor for Language Issues journal. The new editor will be invited to join the editorial board straightaway and where possible, shadow the preparations for the Winter 2025 edition.

Applications to job-share the role are welcome. .

Please send initial expressions of interest and your CV to the NATECLA National Centre info@natecla.org.uk by Friday 12 December.

We will then send further information about the publication, the role of the editor and editorial board and the application process. Interviews will be held in December 2025. You are welcome to get in touch with Naeema Hann at naema.hann@gmail.com if you have any questions.

We also invite colleagues interested in joining the Language Issues editorial board to send in their CV and an expression of interest to info@natecla.org.uk.