Teachers and advisers

We value the crucial role that teachers and advisers play in shaping our future generations. We're committed to supporting your professional development and providing you with opportunities to excel in your roles as career leaders, aspirational advisers, and heads of sixth form.

Through a range of initiatives and cross-faculty collaboration, we hope to empower you to make a positive impact in your institutions.

Your professional development

Working with teachers and advisers, we provide professional development opportunities to help you progress your career, and that of your school and college staffing community. We specifically offer three master's degrees in education which are aimed at teachers and other education professionals: the MA Education, the MA Special Educational Needs, Disability and Inclusion (SEND), and the MA Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

You can explore the full range of our postgraduate degrees online or request a postgraduate prospectus.

Conversion courses

Thinking about a career change? If you hold an undergraduate degree, we may offer a postgraduate conversion course that will help you to make that change. Our conversion courses can also be completed part-time, allowing you to complete a degree while continuing with your employment.

Browse our conversion courses

Conferences

Our highly successful annual Teachers and Advisers conference is tailored to you, bringing together experts, practitioners and educators to share industry updates and information.

To empower you in your roles, you'll be invited to attend carefully designed workshops, brought to you by our faculty academics and professional services teams. You'll have the chance to network with other teachers and advisers at the event, as well as our academics. Here, you can find out more about our future-proofed courses, industry-focused facilities, and the student opportunities available across the University.

Parents and supporters

Informing parents and supporters about Higher Education is just as important to us as talking to students. We're always happy to attend information sessions to help parents and carers support their children who are considering university.

View our information for parents and supporters

Explore

10 reasons to choose Sunderland

Whether you’ve already checked us out at an Open Day and want to know more, or have never even heard of Sunderland, we're sure there's a few things about the city and the University that you don't know. Here's 10 great reasons to choose Sunderland...

Moving away from home

We caught up with Environmental Psychologist Dr Stephanie Wilke, whose research specialisms include how natural environments impact psychological behaviour, health, and wellbeing, for her take on this monumental right of passage.

Is university the right choice for me?

Making the choice to commit to going to university is a big decision, whether you’re studying at school or college, or returning to education after being in the world of work. A lot of prospective students find themselves asking whether they should even go to university, or look into other options. We’re taking a look at some of the things to consider when asking yourself "should I go to uni?".