Karen Iley

Year 3 Lead, Bachelor/Master of Nursing (Hons) programme

Disability Champion, Pre-registration nursing and midwifery  programmes, Division of Nursing Midwifery & Social Work

University Link Lecturer, Manchester Foundation Hospitals NHS Trust (Oxford Road campus)

Unit Lead for Public Health, Society & Nursing - BNurs/MNurs programme

Unit Lead for Advancing Care: the social & political aspects of care - BNurs/MNurs programme

Public health theme lead for Knowledge & Skills for Nursing 1, MSc Adult Nursing

Unit team member for Values Based Nursing - BNurs/MNurs programme

Academic Advisor for students on the BNurs/MNurs programme.

Peer Reviewer of teaching and learning  - Faculty of Biology, Medicinel & Health Sciences

External Examiner at Oxford Brookes University

I started my career as a State Enrolled Nurse and later qualified as a Registered General Nurse. I have worked mainly in acute medical specialiaties including cardiac and respiratory medicine.

I have worked as a Lecturer in a number of universities teaching health professionals across undergraduate and post-graduate programmes of study.

My research interests are firstly, nurse education, disability and employment,

I am currently carrying out a study exploring the the experiences of studying at university and in clinical practice and the challenges expereinced by undergraduate nursing studeing with a Specific Learning Difficulty.

My previous research experience includes undertaking studies on a range of topics such as college leaders and their support of students considering a career in nursing, evaluating blended learning courses to develop the clinical competence of cardiac nurses in northwest England, career progression and motivations of Enrolled Nurses working in the NHS as well as evaluating the contribution of sociology to the pre-registration nursing curriculum and exploring nursing students attitudes towards personal development planning. I have also recently completed a study that explored decision making processes that occurs betwen older people, their carers and healthcare professionals in secondary care.  

My main teaching responsibilites are as the Unit Lead for several units focussing on public health, health promotion, policy and politics of healthcare & Nursing on pre-registration nursing undergraduate and post graduate programmes.

I have written and contributed to a number of book chapters and paperson a number of topics including ethnic health inequalites, access to healthcare,  longterm conditions and palliative care as well as nurse education.

I am a supervisor for students undertaking their dissertations in ther final year of the Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) programme and post-registration BSc (Hons) Nursing/Professional practice and BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies programmes.

• Dr Shaun Speed
• Alison Busby

Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy

Member of the Royal College of Nursing.

Member of the British Sociological Association.

Qualitative methods - interviewing and focus groups

Quantitative methods - secondary analysis of survey data

I am the Disability Champion for the Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) and Bachelor of Midwifery (Hons) programmes. My role involves developing resources for academic staff to support their students who are in need of Disability and Student Support at unioversity and practitioners in clinical practice

I also work as a volunteer at Burnage Foodbank