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A guest blog from Tim Walsh, Children’s Nursing student at London South Bank University and one of the #150Leaders. The blog aims to present Tim’s personal project to develop and improve clinical education and practice on children’s end of life care for undergraduate nurses. For this initiative, Tim has been nominated for a Student Nursing […]

A guest blog from Fatimah Khathun, dietetics student at Leeds Beckett University and one of the #150Leaders. The blog follows her recent attendance at the BDA Yorkshire Celebrating Diversity in Dietetics event. I recently attended the BDA Yorkshire Celebrating Diversity in Dietetics event. It was an eye-opening event which gave me the opportunity to hear from inspirational […]

By Sianne Chinwuba, #150Leaders alumna They said that universities are open and inclusive for everyone who wishes to further their education and start a new career or progress in their current one. But as we know, there are still difficult issues surrounding the topic of race at universities across the country. Of course, there have […]

The 10th anniversary of the Student Nursing Times Awards, which honour student nurses and midwives, education providers and mentors was held just last week, and we are so very proud of the 150Leaders alumni that were present. Seeing as last year’s awards were held virtually, it was refreshing to see everyone accepting their well-deserved awards […]

Chelsea Beckford-Procyk, third year student midwife at the University of Bedfordshire explains what Black History Month means to her. When I look in the mirror, I see several things. I am a woman; I have a gapped tooth smile and I’m black. All these things go towards making me who I am, and I am […]

Episode 9 – Transition Simon James, student nurse at Swansea University, speaks to two #150Leaders alumni Pippa Chillman and Zoe Carciente. As Simon prepares for his soon-to-be new role as a registered nurse, he asks Pippa and Zoe about their transition from student to qualified nurse, how the Student Leadership Programme has benefited them in […]

We’ve been shortlisted for an award!! We are delighted to announce that the Council of Deans of Health has been shortlisted for the memcom Membership Excellence Award for the Student Leadership Programme. The Programme has been shortlisted alongside two other organisations in the category of Best Student Engagement Initiative. The Student Leadership Programme team has […]

Episode 8 – A pickle in a burger Nichole Yam, occupational therapist and #150Leaders alumni, interviews Ragen Stevart, Specialist Neurological Occupational Therapist and Community Neurology Team OT Clinical Lead at Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust. Nichole and Ragen discuss leadership, including preferred leadership styles and imposter syndrome. They also reflect on their experiences […]

Episode 7 – Midwives & Motivations In this episode, newly-qualified midwives and #150Leaders alumni Abbie Rich, Mhairi McLellan and Jayne Cardwell explore their time on the Student Leadership Programme and how they have applied the learning to their new roles as midwives in very different geographical areas of the UK. They share their future goals, […]

Episode 6 – Learning Disability Nursing #150Leaders Anna Mulvihill and Helen Thompson are both studying learning disability nursing at the University of the West of England, Bristol, and the University of South Wales respectively. In this podcast episode, they compare their journeys into LD nursing, consider some of the misconceptions of what LD nursing is […]