Our annual awards event was held at the IATEFL Conference in Birmingham, UK on April 14th 2016. Thanks to all our supporters, we had billing in the IATEFL conference programme, a nice room, balloons, streamers and bunting galore, and drinks and nibbles. It was a cheerful occasion.

What happened?
I kicked off with a welcome and a very brief history of the list. In our first awards event, held in 2013, only 5 organisations made it onto the list for EFL events held in the UK, in the year before, with good gender balance of plenary/keynote speakers or panellists. In 2014 the number rose to 10. In 2015 the number was 15. And very happily, this year the number had risen to 22! If things keep going this way, the list will soon not be needed and we can disband, the balance problem solved!!

Next, I briefly explained the mentoring initiative and welcomed the mentors at the event. We had a brief discussion as to how we can next attract a few mentees. I’ll keep you posted!

The playful certificates were given out next, to the organisers on the list for events in 2015. (Please see the list below) We clapped and cheered and took a few photos, bunting was raised and festooned at various points onto festive participants!
The awareness-raising activity this year was a true false questionnaire.
People discussed THE QUESTIONNAIRE in pairs and groups while availing themselves of the drinks and nibbles. The answers were then given out and there was general networking and discussion until, mindful of the over-worked centre staff, we gently persuaded people to vacate the room and adjourn to a local restaurant.
It was a good occasion!

Tessa Woodward
The Founder
The Fair List


Those on the list were:

Single events:
English UK for their Teachers’ Conference
English Teaching professional for ‘ETp Live’ conference
IATEFL for their web conference
IATEFL for their Manchester conference
International House for their DOS conference
Canterbury Christ Church University for their ‘Cutting Edge’ conference
MATSDA/University of Limerick for their ‘Creating Motivation with L2 Materials’ conference
University of St Andrews for their EAP conference
IATEFL Associates for their Associates’ Day at Manchester conference
IATEFL ESP SIG and BALEAP for their pre-conference event at Manchester
IATEFL Business English Special Interest Group for their online weekend workshops
IATEFL Business English/TEA SIG for their pre-conference event at Manchester
IATEFL Leadership and Management SIG for their pre-conference event at Manchester
IATEFL Learning Technologies Special Interest Group for their pre-conference event at Manchester
IATEFL Learner Autonomy Special Interest Group for their pre-conference event at Manchester
IATEFL LMCS SIG for their pre-conference event at Manchester
IATEFL Pron SIG for their pre-conference event at Manchester
IATEFL Research SIG for their pre-conference event at Manchester
IATEFL Young Learners and Teenagers Special Interest Group for their pre-conference event at Manchester
IATEFL Materials Writing Special Interest Group for their pre-conference event at Manchester

Event Series:
IATEFL for their webinar series
IATEFL ‘How to…sessions 2013, 2014, and 2015!