Staff profiles
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Claire Perkins
Senior Lecturer
Experienced nurse educator with a key interest in the the recognition and management of acute physiological deterioration. Also in the development of under graduate and post graduate nursing curricula.
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Francesca Renzicchi
Senior Lecturer
Francesca graduated in Nursing in 2012, from the Faculty of “Medicina, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata” and moved to the UK one year after, where she has been practising in different hospital settings, from medical wards to admission, to Critical Care and research. Francesca's areas of interest and expertise cover general...
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Stephanie Reynolds
Senior Teaching Fellow
Stephanie Reynolds is a Registered General Nurse in Adult Nursing. Nursing and Midwifery Council registration also includes that of District Nurse, Nurse Prescriber and Nurse Teacher. She has experience in post qualifying professional development and pre-registration placement support, and is a fellow of the Higher Education...
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Heather Scripps
Senior Lecturer, and Course Lead for Return to Practice (Nursing)
Having qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1996 Heather spent two years in Newport and then Bristol working in Orthopaedics and then Cardiac Surgery (her favourite clinical job). In 1998, Heather joined the Army and became part of the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps as a Nursing Officer and had a fantastic 19 year...
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Nina Shamaris
Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Nina is currently a Senior Lecturer in Adult nursing and her main module she leads on Leadership and Decision-Making/Research Based Leadership and Decision-Making Adult Nursing within the third/fourth year. She is passionate about teaching students to transfer skills from theory into practice and making that difference within...
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Jeena Shiju
Lecturer
Jeena Shiju Graduated in 1999 and has worked in surgical, Trauma and Orthopaedic areas. She has also worked in clinical education supporting and teaching students and staff (ranging from band 2 to senior staff and junior doctors) in both class and clinical practice. Jeena enjoys encouraging and supporting students in...
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Dion Smyth
Senior Lecturer (Cancer and Palliative Care)
Dion Smyth is a senior lecturer in cancer and palliative care, and teaches on both the undergraduate pre and post-registration curriculum and postgraduate courses. In the pre-registration BSc Nursing programme, Dion coordinates the module Nursing Practice 2, which addresses cancer, immunology, auto-immune conditions such as...
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Bernie St Aubyn
Senior Lecturer (Adult Nursing)
Bernie St Aubyn has been a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Birmingham City University over the last 14 years and has taught at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. She currently works on the BSc Nursing programme. Prior to working at the University she worked as a registered Midwife and registered Health Visitor in...
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Irini Stylianou-Smith
Lecturer in placement support (adult nursing)
Irini graduated as an Adult Nurse from the University of the West of England. She then went on to work as a nurse within the prison services, stroke units, discharge unit and disability assessments and training. Irini is passionate about supporting students to ensure they can be the best they can be.
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Katy Sutherland-Hastings
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Katy is a new member of staff as a Lecturer within the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Having begun her career as a Healthcare Assistant, Katy undertook her nursing studies at King’s College London and qualified as a Registered Nurse. With a background in Oncology and Haematology, Katy has worked primarily within...