Nursing and Midwifery staff

Beth Flint

Senior Lecturer Degree Nurse Apprenticeship team

Beth qualified as a registered nurse (adult) in 2005 and has worked in various areas of nursing including trauma and orthopaedics, surgical assessment and gynaecology. She has also worked as a faculty educator and Medical Devices Educator, teaching a wide range of healthcare workers ranging from band 2 staff to senior...

Joanne Forman

Senior Lecturer

Joanne Forman is an accomplished nursing professional with over two decades of experience in paediatric nursing, burns and plastics, clinical education, and higher education. As a Senior Lecturer and Course Lead for the FdSc Nursing Associate programme, Joanne plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of nursing by delivering...

Dr Jonathan Gadsby

Senior Lecturer

Jonathan Gadsby qualified as a mental health nurse in 2001. He has worked in a variety of in-patient and community settings. He has a Masters in Philosophy and Ethics of Mental Health, post-graduate certificates in Research and in Education, and a PhD in the politics of mental health and voice-hearing. He is a founder member of...

Professor Kerry Gaskin

Kerry joined BCU in January 2024 as the first Professor of Congenital Cardiac Nursing in the UK. Kerry studied at North Birmingham College of Nurse Education, becoming a Registered General Nurse in 1992. She is a graduate of Oxford Brookes University with a BA (Hons) in Paediatric Nursing (1996); an MSc in Advanced Practice...

Samuel Geary

Foundation Year Lecturer

I joined the ADD (Academic Development Department) and Birmingham City University in 2018 as a Foundation Year Lecturer. Since then he has been involved in the design and delivery of the Foundation Year programme for the faculty. The Foundation Year allows students to progress onto a number of HELS undergraduate courses....

Carole Gelder

Senior Lecturer

Carole Gelder has a dual role as a Senior Lecturer in CYP diabetes at BCU and a CYP diabetes nurse specialist/ clinical educator role in Leeds. Carole’s nursing career started in London training as a General nurse then specialising in CYP at Great Ormond Street Hospital before returning home to Yorkshire. Carole...

Rebecca Gibbons

Lecturer in Academic Skills

Rebecca joined the ADD (Academic Development Department) in January 2019 as a lecturer in Academic Skills. Prior to this, she worked in academic skills roles at the University of Birmingham and the University of Wolverhampton for seven years. She also has experience of teaching English for Academic Purposes (EAP), English for...

Dr Shona Green

Head of Department of Adult Nursing

Shona Green is a passionate and experienced academic leader whose career spans clinical nursing, higher education, and strategic management. Currently serving as Head of Department for Adult Nursing at BCU, she leads and supports a team of academic staff to deliver innovative, high-quality, and inclusive learning experiences....

Beth Griffiths

Senior Lecturer in Midwifery

Beth qualified as a midwife in 2004, initially rotating between the antenatal/ postnatal ward, maternity admissions unit and labour ward before gaining a core role on labour ward at The University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL). Extensive labour ward skills were obtained and developed though the core midwifery role as she...