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Associate Dean, Learning, Teaching & Student Experience, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Public Health, University of Suffolk
In 2008, the move from diploma-level pre-registration midwifery education (which was introduced in 1996) to an all-graduate profession was supported (NMC, 2009). Many universities had been offering...
Prior to 2019, practice staff were largely involved in midwifery education through a ‘mentorship’ arrangement, which saw each student midwife assigned to a specific ‘sign-off’ mentor who they were...
The average starting salary for a lecturer in the UK is £34 308 (University and College Union (UCU), 2023). This is less than the £35 392 received at entry step point for Band 6 midwives (NHS...
The RCM has been sending freedom of information requests to UK universities since 2010. However, their request in 2023 (which formed the basis of the subsequent report on which this series is based)...
Senior management and leadership in the NHS in the UK have long been described as the ‘snowy white peaks of the NHS’ (Kline, 2014), acknowledging the race inequalities therein. Crucially, this is an...
In March 2023, the professional body for midwives, the RCM (2023), sent freedom of information requests to the 55 UK universities providing midwifery education at the time, to gather data for the...
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