Staff directory
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Scott Colton
Lecturer - Adult Nursing
Scott has a clinical background in emergency department nursing. He enjoys working across the different areas of emergency medicine but takes a keen interest in assessment, recognition and management of patients, especially initial assessment, care of the patient involved in trauma and patient flow streaming. He has been a...
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Dr Simon Cook
Senior Lecturer in Academic Support
Simon is a passionate teacher and researcher with specialisms in human geography, research and academic skills support. At BCU, he is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, providing academic and research skills support to Master’s students. Simon's research draws on his background in human geography but...
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Helen Cope
Course Leader for MSc Transforming and Leading in Healthcare
Helen has spent 25 years as a consultant running her own business, helping organisations nationally and internationally improve their practice and innovate. She has an HR and Organisational Development background and is a keen advocate of change. Focused on effective, engaging and innovative teaching, Helen is the acting...
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Professor Fiona Cowdell
Professor of Nursing and Health Research
Fiona Cowdell joined Birmingham City University in October 2016 as a Professor of Nursing and Health Research. Fiona is a National Institute of Health Research Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellow (June 2016 – May 2020) . She is a graduate of Oxford Brookes University with a doctorate from Bournemouth University. As a...
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Dr Emma Craddock
Senior Lecturer in Health Research
Emma completed her PhD in Sociology at the University of Nottingham in 2017 (thesis titled: ‘Emotion and Gender in Local Anti-Austerity Activist Cultures’). Her research utilised a feminist methodology and a combination of qualitative research methods to produce an in-depth exploration of anti-austerity activist culture. It...
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Kevin Crimmons
Associate Professor and Head of Department of Adult Nursing
Kevin is an Associate Professor and Head of the Dame Edith Cavell Department of Adult Nursing at Birmingham City University, leading one of the largest departments of nursing in the country and developing 600 new adult nurses annually. Kevin qualified as a Nurse in 1984. He spent 29 years in the Army and led the Burns...
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Karen Cross
Senior Lecturer - Practice Development & Support
Karen is an RMN and most of her roles post qualification were in community settings at both day hospitals, primary care teams and community mental health teams. Karen joined the university in 2004 as the Senior Lecturer for placement support and development for mental health and learning disability nursing. This role...
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Tracey Cutler
Director of Continuous Professional Development (CPD)
Tracey oversees both accredited and some non accredited CPD. Working in collaboration with the Schools and partner organisations.
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Pat Davies
Senior Lecturer
Pat has been a part of tissue viability services since 1997, with an interest in tissue viability for much longer. Her interest really took off whilst undertaking her dissertation for a BSc which looked at pressure ulcers, particularly pressure ulcer risk assessment tools. Following this Pat joined the various societies and...
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Julie Davis
Foundation Year Lecturer
Julie joined the PDD in 2018 as a Lecturer on the HELS Foundation Year programme. Prior to joining Birmingham City University, she worked at a number of local FE and HE institutions where she developed and delivered a range of Early Years and Education programmes. Her professional background is as a Family Support Worker,...