Department of Midwifery & Health Sciences staff

I am Head of Department for Midwifery and Health Sciences, and also Lead Midwife for Education. My main teaching interests are in evidence based practice and infant feeding. My research largely involves teaching and learning around health, from school children though to heathcare students at …

Dr Alison Taylor is Programme Leader for the BSc (Hons) Midwifery programme in the Department of Midwifery and Health Sciences in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University. In 2019, Alison was awarded Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy.

Having …

Ursula is the Principal Academic in Emergency Care, Deputy Head of Department of Midwifery and Health Sciences and the Academic Lead for Practice Simulation for Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. She has previous clinical and teaching experience within the NHS and the voluntary sector in the …

I am trained as a medical sociologist and I have an interest in mixed-methods research, qualitative research and evaluation research. A large share of my academic work has been in the fields of Public Health, Health Promotion and the Organisation of Maternity Care. I have substantial research …

I am a registered midwife and a Professor in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. I have enjoyed a longstanding career that has combined education, research and practice. I am a Fellow of the Royal College of Midwives and a National Teaching Fellow (AdvancedHE). I am passionate about …

Dr Debora Almeida joined Bournemouth University in 2017 as a Lecturer in Operating Department Practice (ODP) following a clinical, academic and managerial career in general hospitals, private clinics, surgical units and higher education in the South of Brazil.

Having trained and performed …

John has a clear focus on developing and enhancing the student learning experience on the ODP programme.

Educated in Medical Sciences, John then undertook his ODP training in 1998 at Royal Bournemouth Hospital.

For a number of years John worked as a Lecturer Practitioner: both as a …

I am the Programme Lead and a Senior Lecturer of Paramedic Science, in the Department of Midwifery and Health Sciences within the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences (FHSS) at Bournemouth University (BU). I lead several units and teach across others through our busy undergraduate programme, …

Iain joined Royal Berkshire Ambulance Service in 2000 as an ambulance technician. After completion of the IHCD Paramedic award he went on to become a registered Paramedic in 2005. Iain has worked in a number of different roles, with both Royal Berkshire and South Central Ambulance Services, …

Peter is lecturer in Paramedic Science. He has been a Paramedic since 2008, working in London and Dorset, and currently practices as an Emergency Care Practitioner in urgent care.
Peter is currently undertaking a PhD looking at psychological resilience in newly qualified Paramedics using a …

As Senior Lecturer in Midwifery in the School of Health & Social Care, my focus is on leading and supporting the development of learning, teaching and assessment praxis through programme leadership in the undergraduate midwifery programme, post-registered programmes for midwives and CPD …

I was actively recruited to Bournemouth University in 1999 to jointly assist the pioneering of the student caseloading project. Part of my scholarship in education is linked with student caseloading and I have led and assisted with the student caseloading project at Bournemouth University which …

I have been a registered midwife since 1986 mainly working at the Royal Bournemouth Hospital midwifery led unit from 1992 - 2004. Working in a midwife led unit resulted in a reappraisal of my philosophy of midwifery and consequently I have a keen interest in facilitating normal birth. Due to …

Since 11.09.2019: Lecturer in Midwifery at Bournemouth University.
Registred and practising midwife since 2001, with experience in several settings of care (e.g. community, tertiary hospital, birth centre).
Most of her clinical practice was performed at Careggi University Hospital in …

I am a registered midwifery lecturer, a registered public health practitioner and a post graduate researcher. I work four days a week for Bournemouth University and on my non working days I study towards a my goal of achieving a doctorate qualification. My doctorate research is exploring the …

Susan is an experienced midwife and teacher, and has been teaching on the undergraduate and post-registration programmes for some years. She is currently working towards a PhD and her study, a narrative inquiry, aims to explore the experiences of newly qualified Sign-off Midwife Mentors. This …

I have had a long and varied career in hospital, community and independent clinical midwifery in the UK and in South Africa. This has invariably been combined with both formal and informal teaching in clinical and academic settings. Along the way, I was a Principal Investigator on an influential …

I taught English As A Foreign Language for 16 years, before qualifying as a midwife at the age of 40. I promised myself 10 years' front line midwifery, so I slept with a mobile phone for 8 of them as an on-call caseload midwife. I gained an MSc .in Advanced Clinical Practice whilst working on …

I am a Unicef Baby Friendly Initiative lead midwife practising in Dorset and currently in my last year of a 4 year clinical Phd studentship.