Department of Social Work & Health Development
Head of
Department
& Enterprise Lead
Allan McNaught
Professional Lead
Public Health
Yvonne Cornish
Support
Caroline Carter
Janice Hirschfield
Overview of staff
The 18 staff in the Social Work & Health Development Department have a wide area of expertise and are supported by honorary and visiting lecturers to provide programmes from Foundation to Masters level.
We are committed to the education of our undergraduate students in providing them with the knowledge and skills to become valued members of the community and to the Continuing Professional Development of qualified Health and Social Care Professionals.
Our subject areas include:
- Study skills
- Management
- Leadership
- Complementary therapies,
- Teaching & learning,
- Public health
- Research
The department offers courses from levels 1 to M, utilising e-learning either as the mode of delivery or as a support for more traditional forms of course delivery.
The work of the department
The department offers a variety of courses to meet the needs of pre-registration Nursing and Midwifery, HEFCE and NHS funded programmes. The programmes in the department with their programme leaders are:
- MA Professional Practice in Health & Social Care - Lynne Jump
- MSc Research in Health & Social Care - Carlos Moreno
- BSc Hons Complementary Therapies - Ben Bruneau
- BSc Hons Health & Combined Studies - Anneyce Knight
- BSc Hons Professional Practice in Health & Social Care - Liz Fuller
- BSc Hons Public Health - Suri Thomas