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About the Faculty of Health and Social Sciences

The Faculty of Health & Social Sciences offers a range of innovative courses attracting students from a wide variety of backgrounds. The Faculty takes a flexible, often work-based, approach to teaching and learning which encourages reflective practice. All teaching and learning is informed by research and grounded in a robust evidence-base.

Faculty Executive Group

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Dr Alison Tresidder, Executive Dean of Health and Social Sciences

As the Head of the School of Applied Social Sciences (SASS) I oversee the provision of courses across our 5 campuses. My role is to manage the course teams and to develop and maintain the Schools strategy in line with current trends in the human services sector [...] View Alison's full profile

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Dr Barbara Burden, Associate Dean External Relations

I am a qualified nurse and midwife and currently practice in both areas to ensure that what is taught in the classroom reflects current practice.

Working closely with practitioners guarantees that healthcare offered to patients and clients is challenged and refined to promote high clinical standards and sound clinical environments in which our students are placed [...] View Barbara's full profile

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Dr Caroline Reid, Associate Dean Student Experience

Caroline Reid is Associate Dean, and a member of the Health, Education, Sports and Social Sciences Faculty Executive.

With a strategic lead responsibility for the enhancement of the students' academic experience, Caroline works closely with the Faculty Schools, and also with cross-faculty and professional services colleagues on University projects [...] View Caroline's full profile

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Dr Anthony Farrant, Head of Quality & Practice

Prior to coming to the University of Bedfordshire, I was a research associate at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, working on the ethical issues involved with telepresence technologies for a European Commission funded project.

I taught bioethics at the University of York, where I also wrote reports for a European Commission funded project exploring the potential of stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood [...] View Anthony's full profile

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Professor Gurch Randhawa, Institute of Health Research (IHR)

I am a Professor of Diversity in Public Health and Director of the Institute for Health Research at the University of Bedfordshire. The Institute for Health Research hosts a thriving health research programme, examining issues throughout the whole of the life-course from pre-conception to end-of-life care. I am the Research Lead for the Unit of Assessment 3 (Health) for the REF2021, and authored the world-leading UoA3 submission for REF2014 [...] View Gurch's full profile

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Professor Emily Munro, Institute of Applied Social Research (IASR)

Professor Emily Munro was appointed Director of the Tilda Goldberg Centre for Social Work and Social Care (TGC) in May 2016. The following year she also took up the role of Director of the Institute of Applied Social Research (IASR). Prior to this she held academic posts at Thomas Coram Research Unit, UCL Institute of Education and the Centre for Child and Family Research, Loughborough University [...] View Emily's full profile

Schools and Research Institutes

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The School of Applied Social Sciences

Head of School: Dr Fiona Factor

The School of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Bedfordshire has come to be recognised as a place where teaching and research combine to provide students with a rich and supportive learning environment. Our School ethos is one of delivering an accessible curriculum where students see themselves reflected in it and to equip our students to positively contribute and have the skills to work in a global and diverse environment.

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The School of Nursing, Midwifery & Health Education

Head of School: Dr Sally Boyle

The School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Education primary focus is on the education and training of pre-registration students, post-registration healthcare practitioners and those studying healthcare related courses. All courses are underpinned by healthcare research provided by the teaching teams and the Institute for Health Research.

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The School of Society, Community & Health

Head of School: Dr Lana Burroughs

The School of Society, Community and Health is a newly established school that houses a range of Professional Courses. Students who successfully complete their studies with us gain an academic qualification that qualifies them for registration with the regulatory body for their chosen profession. Our primary focus is on the education and training of Social Work and Allied Healthcare Practitioners and those studying courses directly affecting the society around us.

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Institute of Applied Social Research

The Institute generates research which informs policy and practice in the areas of social work, social care, youth work, special education, young people and their families, vulnerable social groups, youth justice, community safety, and law and professional practice.

• The International Centre: Researching Child Sexual Exploitation, Violence and Trafficking
• Tilda Goldberg Centre for Research in Social Work and Social Care
• Vauxhall Centre for the Study of Crime

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Institute for Health Research

The Institute for Health Research (IHR) brings together a team of researchers, who are committed to real-world health research, providing information which can influence policy and practice. The findings from such research can be used by health service practitioners, service users and by local, national and international research communities.

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