EH Collier

I am employed as a Lecturer in mental health at the University of Salford. I trained as a mental health nurse at Prestwich Hospital in Salford and qualified in 1989. Prior to this I had completed a BSc degree in Mathematics and Psychology at Lancashire Polytechnic. Once qualified I worked as a staff nurse with people experiencing severe dementia. My practice experience also includes working as a staff nurse on an assessment ward for older people, as a research nurse, a ward manager on an acute unit for younger and older people and as a Lecturer Practitioner. During this time I achieved an MSc in Nursing at Manchester University and a post graduate certificate in education at Salford University. I have also completed a PhD at Salford university with a study entitled 'A biographical narrative study exploring mental ill health through the life course'. I am interested in contemporary recovery concepts, evidence based practice, mental health and ill health in later life, ageing, life course and age discrimination, long term mental ill health and dementia. I am an active member of the Salford Institute for dementia taking a lead on working towards becoming a dementia friendly university. In addition, I deliver continuing professional development workshops on dementia to a variety of groups for example, emergency services, housing as well as health and social care staff. I am also currently involved in a KTP for teaching 'empathic communication' alongside the social enterprise Six Degrees. As well as academic pursuits, I also enjoy various roles in my work such as personal tutor & academic supervisor for both pre-registration and post graduate students. In addition, I lead various modules at Masters level (level 7) and am involved in development of our pre-registration MA programme in nursing. I teach across a variety of programmes, subjects and academic levels including several doctoral students. My work also includes involvement in our service user/carer group. I also hold an honorary contract with blueSCI, a cultural and wellbeing centre practicing recovery values in Trafford.