Dr Joanne Lidster PFHEA
Head of School: Health and Social Care
Summary
As Head of the School of Health and Social Care I am privileged to lead a dynamic group of senior academic leaders, responsible for successful delivery of the school’s portfolio of educational and research activity and for the wellbeing of our staff and students. The school is one of the largest providers of health and social care education, with a vibrant community of students on undergraduate, postgraduate and degree apprenticeship courses leading to registration in 14 different professions. We also support practitioners to continue to enhance their roles through continuing professional development and research activity.
About
I am a registered nurse with extensive senior management, strategic leadership and quality assurance experience in the areas of health and social care, learning and teaching. I have previously held a number of senior leadership roles within a nursing and midwifery department, and was Head of Teaching and Learning Enhancement, for the College of Health Wellbeing and Lifesciences.
I work with the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) for Higher Education, and previously Mott MacDonald, to quality assure education programmes and provision on behalf of the Nursing Midwifery Council (NMC) through programme approval, modification and monitoring activity.
I have extensive experience in leading curriculum development activity as well as leading large scale initiatives for supporting learners in practice-based settings.
I am thrilled to be able to teach across a range of courses and supervise students with their dissertations and projects. I supervise and support doctoral students with their programmes of research.
I completed a doctorate in education, developing a typology of technology adoption titled 'Becoming tech-savvy: the nurse academics’ experience of using technologies within higher education'. My research interests include health and social care workforce education, development and re organisation, e-learning and e-technologies, supporting practice-based learning and new ways of working. My methodological interests are qualitative, particularly Grounded Theory and 'insider' research.
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My doctoral thesis title is 'Becoming tech-savvy: the nurse academics’ experience of using technologies within higher education'. My research interests include staff transitions, changing workforce, service delivery and re organisation, e-learning and e-technologies, integrated care, inter-professional and multi-disciplinary education and new ways of working. My methodological interests are qualitative and in particular Grounded Theory and 'insider' research.
Publications
Journal articles
Ngeh, E., Mclean, S., Kuaban, C., Young, R., Strafford, B., & Lidster, J. (2024). . International Journal of Environmental Ï㽶ÊÓƵ and Public Health, 21 (10).
Ngeh, E.N., McLean, S., Kuaban, C., Young, R., & Lidster, J. (2024). . Clinics and Practice, 14 (5), 1753-1766.
Cooper, J., & Lidster, J. (2021). Perceptions of competency in advanced clinical practice. British Journal of Nursing, 30 (14), 852-856.
Lidster, J., & Bwanga, O. (2019). Radiography students' perceptions and experiences of their clinical placements: a qualitative systematic review. East African Scholars Journal of Medical Science, 2, 367-380.
Conference papers
Lidster, J., & Dougan, M. (2025). . In RCN 2019 Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Conference, Sheffield, 3 September 2019 - 5 September 2019.
Lidster, J. (2019). The evaluation of Compass: An enhanced peer support programme for newly qualified nurses. In Royal College of Nursing Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Conference, Sheffield, 3 September 2019 - 5 September 2025.
Lidster, J. (2019). The value of research informed teaching to nursing and midwifery undergraduate students. In Royal College of Nursing Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Conference, Sheffield, 3 September 2019 - 5 September 2019.
Books
Lidster, J., & Wakefield, S. (2021). Student practice supervision and assessment: a guide for NMC Nurses and Midwives Second edition. (Second). Learning Matters, Sage.
Lidster, J., & Wakefield, S. (2018). Student Practice Supervision and Assessment A Guide for NMC Nurses and Midwives. Learning Matters.
Presentations
Lidster, J. (2019). Using coaching models in practice settings. Presented at: Visiting Scholar exchange, Melbourne
Lidster, J. (2019). Supporting students in difficulty: Using established helping models in a new context. Presented at: 53rd World Congress on Nursing and Health Care, Brisbane
Other activities
I am a Partner Governor for Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust