Kay Bennett

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Course Lead - Foundation Degree Assistant Practitioner

School of Allied Health and Community

Department of Health and Wellbeing

Contact Details

email: kay.bennett2@worc.ac.uk

Kay is a senior lecturer and the course lead for the FdSC Assistant Practitioner course. She is currently module lead and support teaching on this and other courses in the Health & Wellbeing department at Worcester.

Prior to working in education, Kay practiced as a Learning Disabilities nurse. Kay still holds this registration and am passionate about reducing the inequalities experienced by this, and other marginalised groups.

Her research interests centre around Black students’ experience of Higher Education, Widening Participation and Health Inequalities.

Qualifications

  • MA Education Studies
  • MA Early Childhood Education
  • PGCE Post Compulsory Education
  • BSc Community Health Nursing (HV)
  • RN Dip HE Learning Disabilities 

Teaching Interests

Module Lead:

  • Promoting Health & Wellbeing FDAP1004
  • Skills for interprofessional working FDAP1005
  • Health & Wellbeing in Today’s Society HEAL1003

Module Support:

  • Anatomy & Physiology FDAP1002
  • Becoming a Health & Care Professional FDAP1003
  • Person-centred Care FDAP1001

Further Teaching Interests:

  • Safeguarding
  • Child Health
  • Learning Disabilities
  • Evidence-based Healthcare

Research Interests

  • Black students’ experience of Higher Education
  • Widening Participation
  • Health Inequalities.

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • Nursing & Midwifery Council – RNLD, Nurse Prescriber
  • Higher Education Academy – Senior Fellow

External Roles

  • National Institute of Health Research – Ethics Review Panel Member