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Congratulations from All @uwshealth to our Recent Doctoral and Masters Research Graduates
In amongst all the Undergraduate and Postgraduate Graduations that took place across all the Campuses last week a small group of Doctoral students and Masters in Research students from within our school completed their theses and have now been awarded their titles.
We would like to offer our congratulations to all on completing their sterling work and wish them all the best in their careers going into the future.
The following students were awarded Doctorates:
- Nina Reitis, who worked at distance from the University on her thesis entitled Independent Midwifery in Germany.
- Fatene Ismail, who was based at our Hamilton Campus on her thesis entitled Point of Care Lactate Measurement in Patients with Sepsis.
- Bryan Mitchell, who was based at our Hamilton Campus on his thesis Exploring the Contribution of Complementary Therapies with Care Home Residents with Advanced Dementia.
- Aisling McBride, who was based at our Hamilton Campus on her thesis Dignity in Delirium: An Appreciative inquiry About the Relational Experiences of Care.
- Edel Roddy, who was based at our Hamilton Campus on her thesis “Humans of Inspection”: Enhancing the Experience of Inspection in Care Homes, From the Perspective of all Involved, Using Appreciative Inquiry.
- Eleanor Townsend, who was based at our Paisley Campus on her thesis Wound models of Mixed Species Biofilms.
- Elaine Stevens, a postgraduate lecturer on our Paisley Campus on her thesis, Exploring the outcomes of a Traditional Model of Specialist Palliative Day Services on Attendee Quality of Life, Well-being and Mood: A Mixed Methods Study.
The following Masters in Research (MRes) students also received their awards last week
- Margaret Harkins, based at the Paisley Campus, whose thesis was entitled: A Study To Explore If Making Data More Meaningful For Nurses Can Improve Quality Of Care.
- Susan Frew also based at the Paisley Campus whose thesis was entitled Assessing The Impact Of First Steps Programme Participation On Mothers, Babies And Children.
Next step of course for all of you who successfully completed is to get your work published and out into the public domain. Good luck with this!
PS. If any of our graduands not featured in the pictures above would like photos from your graduation added to this post, just e-mail the photofile to raymond.duffy@uws.ac.uk
Maria & Maureen @uwshealth Attend #NHSScot70 Event
Maria Pollard, Deputy Dean, of the School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery and Maureen Bell, part of the Community Cluster lecturing staff at Ayr Campus represented the school on the 5th of July, at the 70th. Anniversary of the NHS #NHSScot70 event held at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, marking the NHS’s Birthday
Maureen was also there as a representative of NHS Ayrshire and Arran.
Maria, the Deputy Dean said:
“I was privileged to celebrate 70 years of NHS with colleagues from across Scotland. I have been lucky to have such a wonderful career as a nurse and midwife in clinical practice and education.
Congratulations to All Our New Graduates
A huge congratulations to all our graduates in Paisley, Hamilton, and Ayr, across this week! We hope you all had a wonderfully memorable day; all basked in the sunshine (for once). Everyone at the School would like to wish you all the very best in your future.
At the 3rd Healthcare Improvement Science Summer School, Alicante
Some of our student nurses and midwives last week attended the Third Healthcare Improvement Science Summer School held at UA – Universitat d’Alacant / Universidad de Alicante in Spain. They joined students from across Europe to learn about improving healthcare.
During the International Summer Programme, the students had an opportunity to visit a local hospital and a Primary Care Attention Health Centre to discuss the Spanish Health System’s characteristics & their professional competencies! Many thanks, Centro de Salud Plaza Santa Faz in downtown and Juan Molina Ribera for being so welcoming to all the delegates.
The Summer School was a great mix of learning and enjoying the beautiful city. Thanks to Senior Lecturer Barbara O’Donnell from UWS and Manuel Lillo Crespo from the University of Alicante for sharing these pics.
Barbara said afterwards,
“I couldn’t be anymore proud of this amazing bunch of students… they have been true professionals this week and a credit to UWS. Makes my job so worthwhile”
Students Help out at #NHSScot70 MaterniTea
Great work by our midwifery students this week, helping out at the ‘MaterniTea’ fundraiser at the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital in Glasgow.
Thanks to Ellen – @glasgowmidwife on Twitter – for sharing the pictures, saying:
“Thanks so much to our amazing @UniWestScotland midwifery students for helping at/attending our #PRMmaternitea and to the lecturers for attending also! The students were chief raffle ticket sellers on the day & should be very proud of themselves
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The event was held to mark the 70th. Birthday of the NHS. To find out more about the national celebrations go to http://www.ournhsscotland.com/
An Update from Athens
Followers of the Newsletter will know that we have two midwifery students on placement in Athens working with a charity called Amurtel The students Sarah and Lauren have created a short video this week about the donations they took with them to Athens which included 1758,65 €
You can watch their video at:
https://www.facebook.com/AmurtelHellasforRefugeeMothersandBabies/videos/642563326098880/
They have been asked to do a talk on contraception on Monday 2nd of July. For the talk, they are working with another more well known non-governmental organisation (NGO) Medecins Sans Frontier (MSF) who are able to supply condoms, the pill and IUD’s to the refugees at the centre. Sarah and Lauren plan to discuss these options with women and explain the importance of tracking their periods.
You can read more about their trip by visiting their Blog at
@uwshealth Mental Health Lecturers Contribute to New Edition of a Well-known Text
Published at the end of last month look what has just arrived @uwshealth !
The Fourth Edition of The Art And Science Of Mental Health Nursing: Principles and Practice by Norman and Ryrie. This Fourth Edition includes contributions from the following Mental Health Nursing Lecturers based within our School
Marie McCaig from Dumfries Campus who has written about “Recovery Rights and Social Inclusion”. Helen Walker, from the Hamilton Campus and Mark Gillespie from the Paisley Campus who have written about “The Person with Depression” and Alison Toner, who has written about “Promoting Mental Health and Well-being.
They were ably assisted in co-writing their chapters by colleagues from Napier University, Austyn Snowden, Mick Fleming and Gwenne Macintosh.
To find out more about the book and you can even go and purchase it go HERE.
@UniWestScotland @uwshealth Career Fair Deemed a Resounding Success
Over 350 of our School’s students, from across the four Scottish campuses, attended the University-organised Nursing Careers Fair at Paisley Campus on Tuesday 12th June 2018.
The event was attended by 36 exhibitors all keen to speak with our nursing students about their future employment opportunities, with several students receiving employment offers on the day. Exhibitors included local and national NHS Health Boards and government agencies, as well as nursing agencies and private healthcare providers.
Feedback from the event was extremely positive with students highlighting the networking opportunities with a range of employers as well as the ability to undertake interviews on the day as particularly important. The exhibitors at the event also commented on the high calibre of the students they met throughout the day as was evidenced by the numerous job offers received from our students.
Maria Pollard, Deputy Dean of the School of Health, Nursing and Midwifery said
“We are delighted with the positive response we have received from our students and exhibitors to this extremely successful event. It was very encouraging to hear of the numerous job offers made on the day and I’m sure that many more will follow in the weeks ahead as a result of connections made at the event.”
Scotland’s Breastfeeding Celebration and Awareness Week 18-22 June
Scotland’s Breastfeeding Awareness Week will take place 18-22 June, and the focus has been directed by the findings from the Scottish Maternal and Infant Feeding Survey – mainly breastfeeding in public and empowering women around milk supply issues. Scotland will also be celebrating the wonderful achievement of 100% Baby Friendly accreditation in maternity and community services. Find out more about Scotland’s recent infant feeding survey results.
Breastfeeding weeks aim to raise awareness of the health and well-being outcomes of breastfeeding and the importance of supporting mothers to breastfeed for as long as they wish. Please find below an informative video.
We are proud to have fully UNICEF BFI accredited midwifery and health visiting programmes at UWS and we will be engaging with this event- more information to follow!!!!
New Transport Links to Lanarkshire Campus Announced
The University has announced that there will be two new transport links to and from the new campus in Lanarkshire. Transport operator, First Bus, will launch regular bus services between Hamilton International Technology Park – where the campus is located – to Hamilton and East Kilbride Bus Stations.
The service will be available to all students, staff and the public from 03 September 2018, providing a fast, reliable, frequent and environmentally friendly travel option for commuters.
Service UW1 will operate every 10 minutes between Hamilton Bus Station, Hamilton West and the Lanarkshire campus, providing a link with most other bus and rail services in the area.
Service UW2 will provide a direct service between East Kilbride Bus Station and the new campus.
Both services will be on UWS branded double-decker buses with additional features including leather seats with built-in USB ports and free wi-fi. A fantastic range of money-saving fares will be available.
The new services represent a significant milestone for the University as we prepare to welcome the first cohort of students to our new £110 million campus in September.
The campus – with its technology-rich, innovative learning and social spaces – will be at the forefront of modern learning environments and significantly enriches the educational journey of the 4,000 students and 300 staff who will attend there. Look out for further notices across the University when full bus timetables are confirmed.
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