Mrs Paula Libberton 

Principal Teaching Fellow

Paula is Director of Programmes for Nursing, Midwifery and Health. Paula is accountable for the quality assurance, standards, monitoring, continuous enhancement and development of undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes in nursing, midwifery and health subjects. Paula has responsibility for the development and continuous improvement of these programmes as well as ensuring that the student experience of the programmes meets the standards to which the University aspires. Paula chairs Boards of Examiners for these programmes.

Paula is a registered mental health nurse who moved into higher education in 2002 after gaining experience in a range of clinical mental health nursing settings in the UK. Paula has undertaken a variety of roles in higher education, including Head of Practice Learning for Health Sciences. Paula’s main focus is leading the education of health professionals about mental health. Paula uses her mental health nursing knowledge in conjunction with her leadership skills to promote the delivery of relationship-centred healthcare. Paula is passionate about the need for physical and mental health to be managed together using effective interpersonal skills by health professionals.