Kate Newby

I am the Faculty Academic Support Lead for Nursing and Midwifery, Chair of the University of Sunderland Women's Network, a Senior Fellow of Advance HE, and a registered nurse teacher with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

As Faculty Academic Support Lead for Nursing, I am responsible for developing, leading, and evaluating cross-institutional and in-faculty initiatives that improve student success and retention. My passion is for inclusive and accessible educational strategies and authentic assessment.

I have an extensive background in inclusive pedagogies, skills for practice, and work-based learning. The University of Sunderland won the Student Nursing Times Award 2018 for Nurse Education Provider of the Year (Post-Registration) for my work-based learning programmes.

I am currently leading several pedagogic research projects including a Health Education England-funded project "Barriers to success in nursing" and a Vice Chancellor's Teaching Fellowship award-winning project "Bridging the divide: empowering marginalised student voices through reverse mentoring".

I have been a nursing academic since 2010, teaching postgraduate, CPD, and pre-registration programmes. My teaching has focused on the development of theoretical and clinical skills for nursing and healthcare practice. In addition to my strategic role I currently also lecture in research methods, inclusive pedagogies, and clinical skills for practice and teach on the MEd programme. I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate student dissertations.