Staff directory
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Dr Andrew Walsh
Senior Lecturer
Andrew qualified as a mental health nurse in 1982. Before coming to BCU he worked in a range of mental health care settings such as acute mental health care and the mental health of older people. He was a ward manager, a Community Psychiatric Nurse and he also worked in primary care within South Birmingham. Andrew studied...
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Alison Warren
Senior Lecturer in Child Nursing
Alison joined the Department of Children and Young People’s health in July 2019 following a career in nursing spanning 37 years. She has both Child and Adult nursing qualifications. Prior to joining BCU she was the Clinical Matron for Children and Young People’s Services at The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust...
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April Watts
Assistant Lecturer
April is an assistant lecturer in the posture moving and handling. Prior to this she spent many years within the health care sector in different areas and specialties. April is a registered nursing associate graduate from BCU and obtained her NMC pin within a hyper acute stroke unit. Following on from this she obtained a post...
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Sarah Wheeler
Senior Lecturer
Prior to joining, she completed her Diploma in Nursing in 2006 in Liverpool, working at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital. Sarah went on to work in Manchester for a school nursing team, providing lots of health promotion and education to children and families. She then completed her Specialist Community Public Health Degree...
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Claire Wilcox-Tolley
Acting Joint Course Lead BSc (Hons) Nursing, Senior Teaching Fellow
Claire enables her students to understand that the professional world which they are entering is a privilege and as future qualified nurses, they too can make a difference. Fundamentally, her aim is that those who learn from her will use that experience to positively influence their academic and clinical practice and...
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Robin Wilkinson
Assistant Lecturer in Learning Disability Nursing
Robin is currently an assistant lecturer at Birmingham City University. Assisting in the teaching of nursing skills sessions and participating with practice placements updates and audits. Robin is dually qualified as a Learning disability and Mental Health nurse. He has worked with individuals with both behaviours of concern...
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Chris Williams
Senior Technician
Chris graduated from Sheffield University in 2000 with a BEng in Chemical Engineering and went on to complete an MSc in Computer science in 2001 at the University of Birmingham. Chris joined the university permanently in 2004 after completing a temporary contract. After working in timetabling and academic planning he...
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Colleen Wolohan
Senior Lecturer in Specialist Community Health Nursing
Colleen has worked in the NHS for 17 years before joining the university as a lecturer in adult nursing in 2016. Initially, Colleen worked as a registered general nurse in various ward settings such as medicine, orthopaedics and gynaecology before securing a post in the community and completing her BSc (Hons) in Primary Health...
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Nahid Younis
Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Nahid is currently a Senior Lecturer at BCU on the BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing degree, and is the Module Lead for NUR5081 Leadership and Coordinating Care. Nahid has been a Registered General Nurse (RGN) since 1999, a Practice Nurse for eight years and a Specialist Community Public Health Practitioner in School Nursing (SCPHN)...
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Waheeda Zaman
Senior Lecturer - Children's Nursing
Waheeda is a Senior Lecturer within the Department of Children and Young People’s Health Birmingham City University. She joined the University in September 2020 and has since been a part of the teaching team covering various modules across the undergraduate and postgraduate nursing course. Waheeda’s clinical nursing...