Robert Dudley
Head of School
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Head of School
email: r.dudley@worc.ac.uk
Academic Qualifications:
Registered Nurse (RN)
Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education
BSc (Hons) in Health
MA in Education (Dist)
Robert is Head of the Three Counties School of Nursing and Midwifery. His professional background is in nursing and his area of practice was within the field of Critical Care, Immunology and Allergy.
He provides leadership to the three departments within the school namely, nursing, midwifery and CPD and apprenticeships.
Robert has over 20 years’ academic experience and is passionate about the university values of widening participation, diversity, equality, and inclusion and the school’s ability to ensure that students have the best possible chance of succeeding in their chosen career.
Robert works with a number of key external stakeholders in the NHS, private and voluntary sectors reflecting the considerable work-based opportunities for learners and students.
Robert is a member of the University’s Leadership Group and Academic Board and has held a number of External Examiner roles at various UK universities, including Queens University Belfast, Brighton and Teesside University and the Universities of Ulster, Leeds and Plymouth.
Teaching Interests
Problem Based Learning
Critical Care Nursing
Research Interests
Robert is interested in all aspects of nurse education, and his research interests lie in the areas of student’s fitness to practise and practice governance.
He also holds honoured affiliations through fellowships with the Higher Education Academy, the Leadership Foundation for Higher Education and the Honor Society of Nursing Phi Mu Chapter, Sigma Theta Tau International.
Membership of Professional Bodies
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Member of the Sigma Theta Tau International (Phi Mu Chapter) Honor Society of Nursing
Professional Registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
Member of the Royal College of Nursing
Member of Academic Board
Member of the University’s Leadership Group
Recent Publications
Fordham Barnes, A; Jackson, P; Dudley, R; Baker, T; Astley-Cooper, J (2018). Curriculum development initiatives to assure students are placed in well-led, safe, responsive, effective and caring practice learning environments. 7th International Nurse Education Conference: Research, Scholarship and Evaluation, Ensuring Nursing Leadership in Education, Practice and Healthcare, Banff, Canada
Fordham-Barnes, A; Dudley, R; Pinfield, J; Baker, T; Jackson, P; Armstrong, C; Astley-Cooper, J; Breakwell, R (2017). How Influential are the Care Quality Commission Health and Social Care Services Inspections on Curriculum Development? NET 2017 Conference, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Farquharson, N, Dudley, R; Hardwick, S (2017) What Barriers to Paramedic Education Exist for BME Groups? Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol 9, No1, P19-25
Fordham-Barnes, A; Dudley, R, Jackson, P (2017) The Strategies to Assure Students are Placed in Safe, Effective, Caring and Well Led Practice Learning Environments to Support and Retain the Future Nursing Workforce. Generation TEF: Teaching in the spotlight, HEAs Annual Conference, Manchester
External Roles
Member of the UK Council of Deans of Health
Trustee of the Charles Hastings Education Centre
Member of the Integrated Care System (ICS) Strategic Academy Steering Group
Member of the Integrated Care System (ICS) Nursing and Midwifery Faculty