Saadye Ali | University of Bedfordshire

Lecturer in Adult Nursing

I joined the University in February 2020 as a Lecturer in Adult Nursing, where I lead and teach on the Life Health and Social Sciences Unit for the Nursing with Registration MSc course. I also contribute to other undergraduate and postgraduate modules across the University. My clinical background is in sexual and reproductive health and emergency nursing.

I am research active, researching a range of public health topics. My interests are in different forms of violence against women and girls, in particular honour-based violence and forced marriage, domestic and sexual violence. Drawing from an intersectional lens, my work looks at ways in which gender, ethnicity and health impact on how Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups experience forms of violence.

I am experienced in qualitative research methodology, specifically, creating and using participatory methods with young people from disadvantaged communities. My doctorate examined how approaches aimed at preventing female genital mutilation can be improved and developed using participatory methods with second-generation young people in the UK.

Other references

LinkedIn: Saadye Ali
Twitter: Saadye Ali

Qualifications

PhD - University of the West of England
MSc Public Health - University of the West of England
BSc Hons in Adult Nursing - Oxford Brookes University

Teaching Expertise

Adult Nursing
Promoting sexual health in practice
FGM prevention and safeguarding

Research and Consultancy roles

I have worked as a research consultant on several research projects since 2017, including:

Addressing Sexual Violence Against Refugee Women (2017-18): a five-country EU collaboration developing and delivering training for front-line practitioners on how to identify and help refugee women experiencing sexual violence.
Evaluating the Female Genital Mutilation risk assessment tool with communities in Bristol (2020). Keeping Bristol Safe- commissioned evaluation.

Publications

Ali,S., De Viggiani, N., Abzhaparova, A.,Salmon, D., Gray, S (2020), Exploring young people’s interpretations of female genital mutilation in the UK using a community-based participatory research approach. BMC Public Health. Read article here
Ali, S., Gray, S., D, Salmon (in press) Young people’s perceptions of school-based sexual health and female genital mutilation education in the UK. Health Promotion International.
Ali, S (in press) The Blossom Gang: Co-producing research on FGM with second-generation young people in the UK. Res Involvement & Engagement

Conference Presentations (selected)

Ali. S (2020) Young people's interpretations of FGM in the UK. Department of Education.
Ali. S (2020) The impact of Covid19 on community organisations supporting FGM affected women, girls and their families. FGM Specialist Group.
Ali. S (2020) Exploring young people's interpretations of FGM in the UK. National FGM Centre.
Ali. S (2020) Demonstrating evidence-based activism to end FGM: Zero Tolerance day. Bristol community conference. Refugee Women of Bristol.
Ali. S (2018) Collaborating with communities towards the prevention of FGM. Bologna. University of Bristol.
Ali. S (2017) Power of women together. UNISON regional conference
Ali. S (2017) Preventing female genital mutilation (FGM) in affected communities in the United Kingdom: A community-based participatory research study. Justice, Inequality and Gender based Violence Conference. University of Bristol.