I trained as a mental health nursing in the early 1980's, working in a range of services in adult and older adults mental health. I joined UWS as a lecturer in 2006 at the point that Bell College and the University of Paisley formed this new instituion.

I am a Senior Lecturer in the Division of  Mental Health, Midwifery and Health with a focus on Mental Health Nursing. I am chair of the Division School Assessment Board and School Board of Examiners and lead for Teaching, Learning and Student Experience for the Division. I provide teaching input to BSc Hons Mental Health Nursing and associated programmes. I sit on a number of external groups that influence pre-registration nurse education, inlcuding the  Scottish Learning Disability Nursing Educators Network, Scottish Mental Health Nurse Academics.

I have recently completed a Doctor of Education at Strathclyde university and am interested in how we select suitable applicants to nursing education. My study used a case study approach within a CHAT framework to explore decision making in selection practice.

I aim to develop research practice with a focus on co-produced pegagogical research in undergraduate nurse eduction. 

In future I am interested in the researching the student experience of learning across the theory and practice setting, the influence of supervision on learning and the role of peer support in development

NHS and NHS Education for Scotland

Mental Health Nursing

Dementia

Practice base learning

Simulation based learning

Leadership in nursing 

Decision Making theory