This podcast looks to explore the experiences of international teachers from all over the world and brought together by the University of Sunderland’s International Initial Teacher Training programmes.

Teaching Beyond Borders
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Podcast Overview
This podcast looks to explore the experiences of international teachers from all over the world and brought together by the University of Sunderland’s International Initial Teacher Training programmes.
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8/7/2025
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Recent Episodes

January 7, 2026
S1E4 'Teaching in Conflict' Series: Kini Teesdale
<p>In this episode, I speak to Kini Teesdale. Kini is an Early Years practitioner who has worked in humanitarian and refugee education for over a decade in USA, France, and Greece. Kini is also a co-founder of Crisis Management Association, whose focus is on providing healthcare systems to refugees and displaced people in Lesvos, Greece.</p><p>As part of Kini's Masters degree, she undertook research for her thesis at the Alsama School in Beirut, Lebanon. The Alsama Project is a non-profit, NGO founded in 2020 in a refugee camp in Beirut and now serving over 800 young refugees and displaced teenagers from across the Middle-East.</p><p>You can find out more about both NGOs at the following websites:</p><p>www.crisismanagementassociation.com</p><p>www.alsamaproject.com</p>

October 22, 2025
S1E3 'Teaching in Conflict' Series: Olena Puchko
<p>Olena Puchko is a Maths teacher with over two decades of experience teaching in Kyiv, Ukraine, but none of that experience could prepare her for the past 3 years. Olena completed her PGCE with the University of Sunderland in 2023, at the height of Russia's drone and missile attacks on Ukraine and her commitment to her studies and her students was nothing short of inspirational.</p><p>In this episode, Olena shares stories of teaching in a bomb shelter, managing student exams whilst neighbouring buildings are brought to the ground, and overcoming the struggles of technology with laughter and community spirit.</p>

September 17, 2025
S1E2 ‘Teaching in Conflict’ Series: Julia Knight
<p>In the second episode of this ‘Teaching in Conflict’ series, I speak to Julia Knight. Julia is an experienced international teacher and educational leader who has taught in Thailand, Saudi Arabia, and Bahrain.</p><p><br></p><p>During her time in education, she has experienced terrorist attacks (plural!), a military coup, and presidential visits; so what has all of this taught Julia about what it takes to keep on coming back?</p>
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