We are writing this editorial piece in September after conference season during the summer months. You will be reading our words (with luck) in January 2024 as many RE teachers limber up for the ‘Strictly RE’ event. At conferences, ideas are presented and discussed, and people network, and our field is no exception. Two of the articles in this issue of Professional REflection are based on papers delivered at the International Seminar on Religious Education and Values (ISREV). ISREV is ‘an association of religious education scholars from … 34 countries’ comprised of ‘academic and professional specialists’ (ISREV website1). In many ways it engages in the same interface as Professional REflection, demonstrating and developing understanding and synergy between academic and professional thinking through exploring and informing practice. This year the seminar was hosted at Bishop Grosseteste University, Lincoln where the World Religions and Education Research Unit (WRERU) is now based.
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