We are delighted and honoured that Sir David Bell, the Vice-Chancellor of The University of Sunderland has kindly agreed to open the SunRAE conference on Tuesady 7th June at 10am. Sir David will record his opening address as a video, in keeping with our commitment to poviding both live and asynchronous streams at our conference.

The SunRAE initiative was funded through a Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Fellowship award for 2021-2022 to recognise the ambitions of the International Initial Teacher Training team to develop a platform for research-informed practice in international teacher education.