Staff profile: Dr Sue Fergy

Position: Principal Lecturer
School: Nursing
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8725 2247
Email: s.fergy@sgul.kingston.ac.uk

Biography

Sue is a Principal Lecturer in the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences where she has a remit for staff development and change management. An experienced lecturer, she teaches at pre-registration, CPPD and masters level on a range of nursing subjects and also mentorship. She also supervises MSc and BSc students.

Sue is currently working as a project manager for the NHS London Modernising Nursing Careers (MNC) Programme Team. She has a specific remit for scoping workplace and higher education preparation for the Nursing and Midwifery Council Standards (2010) which has entailed undertaking a survey with senior nurses in London and a separate survey with nine London universities. A report (March 2011) will identify challenges and good practice. In addition, Sue is identifying good practice in preceptorship initiatives in NHS London trusts, foundation trusts and primary care trusts.

Interests

Professional interests include clinical supervision and professional development. Sue is leading on a number of research studies including good practice in student support, effective teaching strategies in CPPD and the challenges of implementing sustainable clinical supervision in practice settings.

Publications

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Number of items: 7.

Article

Fergy, Sue, Marks-Maran, Di, Ooms, Ann, Shapcott, Jean and Burke, Linda (2011) Promoting social and academic integration into higher education by first year student nurses: the APPL project. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 35(1), pp. 107-130. ISSN (print) 0309-877X

Fergy, Sue, Heatley, Sue, Morgan, Graham and Hodgson, David (2008) The impact of pre-entry study skills training programmes on students' first year experience in health and social care programmes. Nurse Education in Practice, 8(1), pp. 20-30. ISSN (print) 1471-5953

Hill, Mike, Fergy, Sue and Marks-Maran, Di (2006) Widening participation in nursing through progression agreements between a university and two further education colleges: a case study. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 30(3), pp. 255-268. ISSN (print) 0309-877x

Conference or Workshop Item

Ooms, Ann, Fergy, Susan, Gale, Julia and Burke, Linda (2010) The development, delivery and sustainability of a blended learning initiative for part-time undergraduate students on health care practice programmes. In: BERA (British Educational Research Association) Annual Conference; 01-04 Sep 2010, Warwick, U.K.. (Unpublished)

Fergy, Susan, Ooms, Ann, Gale, Julia and Burke, Linda M. (2010) The development, delivery, and sustainability of a blended learning initiative for part-time undergraduate students on health care practice programs. In: Understanding complex ecologies in a changing world: 2010 AERA meeting; 30 Apr - 04 May 2010, Denver, U.S.. (Unpublished)

Marks-Maran, D and Fergy, S (2007) Using appreciative inquiry action research to evaluate a change in the provision of student support in a pre-registered nursing programme. In: 2nd Annual Middlesex University Conference: Educational Evaluation: Challenging the orthodoxies; 07 Dec 2006, London, U.K..

Monograph

Fergy, S., Marks-Maran, D. and Ooms, A. (2008) The evaluation of the academic, personal and professional learning model of student support. (Project Report) Kingston upon Thames, UK : Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, Kingston University and St George's, University of London. 38 p. (Unpublished)

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Recent grants

  • 2010: A study to evaluate the effectiveness of preparing clinical supervisors and the implementation of clinical supervision in Richmond and Twickenham Primary Care Trust (£2,500). Funded by Kingston University Employer Engagement Fund.
  • 2009: The development of progression agreements, modules of learning and programme pathways for non-traditional students, assistant practitioners and healthcare practitioners from non-traditional backgrounds to enable progression to degree level awards in health and social care (£20,000). Funded by the West London Lifelong Learning Network.
  • 2008: The evaluation of student support mechanisms designed to enhance the progression of non-traditional student nurses in higher education with Thames Valley University (£20,000). Funded by the West London Lifelong Learning Network.
  • 2007: The development and evaluation of innovative models of support to enhance the progression of non-traditional student nurses in higher education. In partnership with Thames Valley University (£15,000). Funded by the West London Lifelong Learning Network.
  • 2004-7: Developing a supportive learning environment within the Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences (£40,000). Funded by Kingston University.

Consultancy

  • Library of Standards Review for the Nursing and Midwifery Council, 2008 . In partnership with Dr Alison Twycross. £7,500, funded by the Nursing and Midwifery Council.