Dr Haili Hughes is Director of Education at IRIS Connect and mentoring lead at the University of Sunderland. She was a teacher of English and senior and middle leader for sixteen years. She also works as an ITT Quality Advisor for the DfE, facilitates the ECF and NPQs for two national providers and is the lead subject coach at a SCITT. She has recently been appointed to the Teaching Commission researching recruitment and retention. She’s written 5 books and has 8 on the way.