Raheem Zafar

Senior Lecturer in International Education

Raheem Zafar is Senior Lecturer in International Education at the University of Sunderland and module leader for the PGCE Education (French Medium), the first distance-learning PGCE delivered entirely in French, whose design and international implementation he is leading ahead of its launch in early 2027. He has more than 25 years of experience in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and his work focuses on global teacher education, distance learning, leadership development, curriculum innovation and inclusive international education. He is an international school inspector with the Council of British International Schools, contributing to quality assurance and school standards, and he is completing the National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership with UCL while preparing to begin a PhD in international education at the University of Sunderland.