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Departmental Leadership

Dr Sue Baron - Principal Academic in Adult Nursing

Dr Sue Baron is an NMC registered nurse and nurse teacher, and Senior Lecturer/Academic in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University. She completed her PhD ‘Exploring the Patient Journey: a collaborative and evidence-based approach to person-centred healthcare …

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Dr Michele Board - Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department for Nursing Science

Dr Michele Board PhD MSc BSc (Hons) DPSN RGN Dr Michele Board is a Principal Academic in Nursing Older People at the Faculty of Health and Social Science at Bournemouth University. She has extensive experience in nursing, nurse leadership and nurse education. Dr Michele Board leads the Older …

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Dr Jonny Branney - Principal Academic In Nursing and Clinical Sciences

Dr Jonathan (Jonny) Branney is Principal Academic in Nursing and Clinical Sciences and Programme Leader for the PGDip/MSc Advanced Clinical Practice and MSc Advanced Clinical Practice apprenticeship (including Advanced Nurse Practitioner routes). He has a substantial clinical background as both …

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Professor Steven Ersser - Emeritus Professor

My current role is to lead the Department of Nursing Science within the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences at Bournemouth University. As Professor of Nursing and Dermatology Care, my primary research focus over thirty years has been on nursing applications within the clinical field of …

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Dr Leslie Gelling - Associate Professor in Adult Nursing
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Dr Nikki Glendening - Principal Academic and Deputy Head of Department for Nursing Science

Dr Nikki Glendening is a Registered Nurse, Registered Health Visitor (Public Health Specialist Practitioner) and NMC Registered Nurse Tutor. Nikki joined Bournemouth University in 1998 as a nurse lecturer and later as a senior and now principal academic where she previously led the undergraduate …

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Professor Sue Green - Professor and Head of Department for Nursing Science

Sue Green is a Professor and Head of the Department of Nursing Science. A Registered Nurse with clinical experience in acute and continuing care environments, Sue held academic posts at Leeds, Kingston, Hull and Southampton Universities before moving to Bournemouth University in 2018.

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Professor Debbie Holley - Emeritus Professor

Debbie Holley, Professor of Learning Innovation recently joined HSS and is leading innovation in research and teaching in her new role, as well as focusing on the forthcoming Research Excellence Framework (REF), co-convening Bournemouth’s first UoA23 (Education) submission. Her expertise lies …

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Dr Andy Mercer - Professional Lead For Mental Health

My primary role is as Senior Academic/Professional Lead in Mental Health & Learning Disabilities. I contribute to the HSC mental health team, and have been working closely with Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust to achieve their 'University' status and to establish the new …

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Dr Duncan Randall - Principal Academic in Children and Young Peoples Nursing

Since entering academia in 2000 I have fused teaching, practice involvement and research. I have worked part time clinically in acute and children's palliative care.

I have undertaken a number of academic administration roles most notably lead for children’s nursing, Health Research MRes …

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Dr Pramod Regmi - Principal Academic in International Health

I am primarily interested in global health and have predominantly studied around health and wellbeing of migrants and their left-behinds, young people’s sexual health and romantic relationships, diabetes, health promotion and health of ethnic minority populations. I also have an interest in …

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Dr Helena De Rezende - Principal Academic in Adult Nursing
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Ashley Spriggs - Deputy Head of Department for Nursing Science

Ashley is a Registered Nurse and academic with experience in the care of people with acute illness, having worked in the acute setting before developing her role as a nurse academic. She is a lecturer in Adult Nursing teaching in units related to anatomy & physiology and bioscience in …

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Dr Steven Trenoweth - Principal Academic In Mental Health Nursing

Dr Steve Trenoweth has been a mental health nurse for 23 years. He has worked in a wide variety of mental health settings before entering higher education in 2003. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University. He has authored several books, chapters and articles in nursing and …

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Adult Nursing academic staff

Dr Linda Agyemang - Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Dr Linda Serwaa Agyemang is a lecturer in the Department of Nursing Science at Bournemouth University. She has an extensive experience in practice and research. Her practice experience spans across local and international contexts. Her recent professional practice centred on clinical trials …

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Helen Aldridge - Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Helen Aldridge is a lecturer for the undergraduate programme in the Department of Nursing Science, joining the team in August 2022. A Registered Nurse with extensive clinical experience in critical care, spinal cord injury and spinal surgery. She has worked in and been the lead for critical care …

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Tanya Andrewes - Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing
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Dr Sue Baron - Principal Academic in Adult Nursing

Dr Sue Baron is an NMC registered nurse and nurse teacher, and Senior Lecturer/Academic in the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences at Bournemouth University. She completed her PhD ‘Exploring the Patient Journey: a collaborative and evidence-based approach to person-centred healthcare …

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Dr Michele Board - Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department for Nursing Science

Dr Michele Board PhD MSc BSc (Hons) DPSN RGN Dr Michele Board is a Principal Academic in Nursing Older People at the Faculty of Health and Social Science at Bournemouth University. She has extensive experience in nursing, nurse leadership and nurse education. Dr Michele Board leads the Older …

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Emma Böckle - Senior Lecturer in Nursing

My name is Emma Böckle and I started at Bournemouth University in April 2016 as a Lecturer in Adult Nursing. Prior to this appointment I was a Consultant Project Lead at the University of Southampton working on several projects including Inter-professional Learning, Long Term Conditions and …

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Dr Chantel Cox - Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Chantel has over 20 years of experience in healthcare and nursing. She has a passion for humanised practice both clinically and within education practice. Clinically, Chantel has a specialist interest in neurodegenerative diseases, in particular dementia and Parkinson’s disease. She currently …

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Dr Cindy Cox - Principal Academic in Nursing (CPD)
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Lorraine Dolley - Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Lorraine Dolley is a lecturer for the undergraduate programme in the Department of Nursing Science, joining the team in December 2023. A Registered Nurse with extensive clinical experience supportive and palliative care. She has worked in palliative care in multiple sectors including inpatient …

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Professor Steven Ersser - Emeritus Professor

My current role is to lead the Department of Nursing Science within the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences at Bournemouth University. As Professor of Nursing and Dermatology Care, my primary research focus over thirty years has been on nursing applications within the clinical field of …

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Matthew Hartwell - Senior Lecturer In Adult Nursing

Matthew Hartwell is a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Science at Bournemouth University. I have extensive experience in nursing and nurse education.
The majority of my teaching is post registration where I am the programme lead for Independent and Supplementary …

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Dr Sharon Holland - Senior Lecturer In Adult Nursing
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Dr Janet James - Senior Lecturer In Adult Nursing

Prior to joining Bournemouth University as a lecturer, I was a Diabetes Specialist Nurse at the Bournemouth Diabetes and Endocrine Centre, where I worked for over 12 years.

I am especially interested in health promotion and specifically obesity prevention. The primary focus of my main …

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Dr Bernice Law - Senior Lecturer In Adult Nursing

Bernice Law joined the Department of Nursing Science at Bournemouth University as a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing in December 2023. Her clinical experience ranged from Emergency Department, Neurosurgery, Neurology, Surgery, Ophthalmology, and Otorhinolaryngology in Hong Kong to Aged Care and …

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Emma Lucas - Lecturer In Adult Nursing

Emma Lucas is an Academic Lecturer in Adult Nursing with the Bournemouth University Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. She is an experienced Senior Registered Nurse and continues to practice within her clinical area of Urgent and Emergency Care. She qualified from Bournemouth University with …

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Veronica Izquierdo Manrique - Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Vero is a Lecturer in Adult nursing at Bournemouth University. She is an experienced registered nurse who joined Bournemouth University in February 2022.

Vero has worked both in the UK and Spain, where she was trained. She has varied experience as a laboratory technician, sports and …

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Scott McEwan - Senior Lecturer in Nursing and CPD

Scott McEwan, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice, BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing- Critical Care, PGC(HE)

Scott McEwan is a Senior Lecturer in CPD Nursing at Bournemouth University. He has extensive clinical experience in emergency and critical care nursing, advanced clinical practice and clinical …

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Ryan Muldoon - Lecturer in Adult Nursing
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Angela Prah - Lecturer in Adult Nursing
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Dr Pramod Regmi - Principal Academic in International Health

I am primarily interested in global health and have predominantly studied around health and wellbeing of migrants and their left-behinds, young people’s sexual health and romantic relationships, diabetes, health promotion and health of ethnic minority populations. I also have an interest in …

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Dr Helena De Rezende - Principal Academic in Adult Nursing
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Enrico Sgroi - Lecturer in Adult Nursing

My Name is Enrico and I am an Academic Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Bournemouth University.
I graduated in Italy in 2008 where I firstly registered as practicing nurse. Since Then, I gained registration in Spain, UK and Australia.
Since my graduation, I mostly worked in Critical Care …

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Dr Rowena Slope - Senior Lecturer In Adult Nursing
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Ashley Spriggs - Deputy Head of Department for Nursing Science

Ashley is a Registered Nurse and academic with experience in the care of people with acute illness, having worked in the acute setting before developing her role as a nurse academic. She is a lecturer in Adult Nursing teaching in units related to anatomy & physiology and bioscience in …

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Lucy Stainer - Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing

I have extensive clinical and academic experience since graduation. 13 years' variety of surgical settings, 3 years as Lecturer Practitioner and 13 years as a Senior Lecturer. Areas of interest focus upon the learners and staff experiences both within the University and practice setting, and in …

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Dr Memory Tauringana - Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing

Dr Tauringana joined the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences from the University of West London in 2021. She is a Registered General Nurse (RGN) with extensive experience in acute care settings and care of older adults. Memory has worked abroad and in the UK. In the UK, she has worked with …

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Ruth Thompson - Lecturer In Adult Nursing

I have started at Bournemouth University in 2021, prior to this I worked as a lecturer for Canterbury Christ Church University for three years. My background within nursing is in prisons and infection control, as well as the emergency department and primary care. I am teaching on several units …

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Sharon Waight - Senior Lecturer

I joined the Department of Nursing Science after a career in the NHS spanning over 30 years, culminating in the position as Associate Director of Nursing in a large NHS community Trust. As an active professional practice in nursing, at local, regional and national level, my qualifications are as …

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Rose Walford - Lecturer in Adult Nursing
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Children and Young People's Nursing academic staff

Emma Collins - Lecturer in Child and Young People Nursing
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Dr Heidi Singleton - Senior Lecturer in Children and Young Peoples Nursing

CYP Digital Health.

Heidi's main research areas are:

1. Digital Health for Children and Young People (CYP)
(including technology for therapeutic interventions/approaches and technology for education of service users and nurses).
2. Children and Young People's Nursing …

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Alexandra Hull - Lecturer in Children and Young Peoples Nursing

Alexandra joined the university in July 2022 as part of the undergraduate team within the Children and Young People’s nursing department. She completed her training at Brighton University in 2014. Clinical experience over 5 years was gained within the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Bristol …

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Dr Duncan Randall - Principal Academic in Children and Young Peoples Nursing

Since entering academia in 2000 I have fused teaching, practice involvement and research. I have worked part time clinically in acute and children's palliative care.

I have undertaken a number of academic administration roles most notably lead for children’s nursing, Health Research MRes …

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Claire Parry - Lecturer in Children and Young People's Nursing
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Mental Health Nursing academic staff

Emily Brooks - Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing

Emily Brooks BA(Hons), PGDip, RMN, PGcert, is a Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at Bournemouth University. She is a registered mental health nurse and has worked in a variety of mental health settings including, CAMHS, Perinatal Services, Inpatient, and Community settings. Emily also has a …

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Sasha Bryan - Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing
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Sonya Chelvanayagam - Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing

Sonya Chelvanayagam MSc, RN, PgDip (Learning & Teaching) is a lecturer in mental health nursing at Bournemouth University. She is a registered mental health nurse and adult nurse who has worked in a variety of care services such as HIV and gastroenterology. This has involved Sonya in working …

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Stephen Richer - Lecturer in Health Sciences
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Dr Nick Jones - Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing

Nick Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at Bournemouth University. He is a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) and has worked in a variety of clinical settings including inpatient, community and liaison psychiatry. Nick has a particular interest in Early Intervention in …

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Dr Andy Mercer - Professional Lead For Mental Health

My primary role is as Senior Academic/Professional Lead in Mental Health & Learning Disabilities. I contribute to the HSC mental health team, and have been working closely with Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust to achieve their 'University' status and to establish the new …

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Dr Steven Trenoweth - Principal Academic In Mental Health Nursing

Dr Steve Trenoweth has been a mental health nurse for 23 years. He has worked in a wide variety of mental health settings before entering higher education in 2003. He is currently a Senior Lecturer at Bournemouth University. He has authored several books, chapters and articles in nursing and …

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University Practice Learning Advisor Team

Amanda Watson - Principal Academic Head of Practice Education

Outward facing role that requires engagement with personnel in 15 NHS Trusts and providers of NHS commissioned care within the independent sector. The focus of this engagement is to ensure that the quality and range of practice placements for students undertaking under graduate healthcare …

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Donna Griffin - University Practice Learning Adviser 0.5 FTE

I have been at Bournemouth University since October 2012 as part of the team of University Practice Learning Advisors. I studied my original nursing diploma at Bournemouth University and post qualification my nursing experience started in acute surgery, specialising in colo-rectal and lower GI. …

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Catherine Hewitson - University Practice Learning Adviser

I joined Bournemouth University as a University Practice Learning Advisor in October 2022. I qualified from Bournemouth University with a BSC in Adult Nursing in 2011. My first registered role was within the acute medical field specialising in gastroenterology developing my knowledge and skills …

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Joanne Hirdle -
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Belinda Humphries - Senior University Practice Learning Adviser

I am a University Practice Learning Adviser at Bournemouth University. Upon qualification in 1987 I worked within the acute medical field specialising in respiratory medicine. After 15 years I then experienced the role of registration and inspection officer for the independent sector before …

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Ellie Jack - Senior University Practice Learning Adviser

Senior Lecturer/Academic (University Practice Learning Adviser) at BU - Faculty of Health and Social Sciences.
I am a University Practice Learning Adviser (UPLA) at Bournemouth University (BU), a multifaceted, practice education focussed academic role. This roles serves as a communication …

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Megan Jadzinski - Senior University Practice Learning Adviser
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Kerry Nel - University Practice Learning Adviser
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Paula Shepherd - Senior University Practice Learning Adviser

As University Practice Learning Adviser (UPLA), I am able to combine my nursing and lecturer experience to support learning and assessment in practice. The UPLA team are a university based practice education team that supporting the practice element of healthcare programmes. As the lead for …

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Claire Uren - Senior University Practice Learning Adviser

Claire Uren qualified as a registered general nurse in 1990 and worked on an acute surgical unit in a district hospital for five years before moving to community nursing.
Claire became involved in education in 2001, taking on the role of Practice Educator for Bournemouth University, whilst …

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Ruth Thompson - Lecturer In Adult Nursing

I have started at Bournemouth University in 2021, prior to this I worked as a lecturer for Canterbury Christ Church University for three years. My background within nursing is in prisons and infection control, as well as the emergency department and primary care. I am teaching on several units …

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Heidi Banks - University Learning Practice Advisor

Nursing Simulated Practice Team

Charlotte Mutton - Lecturer in Practice Simulation
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Amy Natt - Clinical Skills Demonstrator

I joined the Practice Simulation team here at Bournemouth University in October 2022. I have a nursing background in surgery since qualifying as a registered nurse from the University of Southampton in 2011. I have also worked as an agency nurse across various private and NHS Trusts throughout …

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Kristi Smith - Nursing Simulation Practitioner
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Telina Damon - Clinical Skills Demonstrator

I am a Children's and Young Peoples Nurse and I joined the Practice Simulation Team early in 2024. Alongside this role, I work at Dorset County Hospital in their paediatric areas. I studied my BSc in Children's Nursing in London and qualified in 2018. My first job was at Bristol Royal Hospital …

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Natasha Randall-Geddes - Clinical Skills Demonstrator

A member of Bournemouth University's Nursing Simulated Practice Team since June 2021. Qualified with a BSc with honours in Adult Nursing in 2018 and has a nursing background in post-operative recovery.

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Tracey Revuelta-Ruffolo - Demonstrator
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