About
Senior Teaching Fellow, Simon Hall brings his energy and clinical experience to all his activities here at Southampton University. Simon brings passion into the classroom with his inclusion of service users, families and not to mention the importance of ‘siblings’ wherever possible. Simon has a energic teaching style that values the experience and knowledge of all his students and creates nurturing teaching environments so everyone can contribute.
Simon is passionate about delivering contemporary nurse education based on fundamental ‘recovery’ principles. He uses various teaching strategies from evidence based simulation, enquiry based learning strategies and can often been seen carrying hats and plasticine! His teaching always has a ‘global’ feel about it and rallies that he wants Southampton taught nurses to be able to work and support the people of the world.
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Teaching
- Simon leads on one of the very first nursing modules called ‘Fundamental Aspects of Care’ in the nursing programme.
- Simon is contributor to all modules in the mental health nursing programme and this includes various skill sessions.
- Simon teaches on a number of different programmes across the university and also advocates taught content to support those living with learning disabilities
- Simon is also an academic assessor and a proud academic tutor.
- Simon also contributes to various outreach events and does some external teaching.
Awards:
Clinical
2005 - 2006 Winner of award for improving Diabetes care in mental health.
2013 – Winner of the Community Nursing Award for Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust
Teaching
2016 - Finalist Student Experience Awards
2017 - UWE Vice-Chancellor Lecturer of the Year.
2017 - Winner of Innovative Teaching Award - The Student Experience Awards
2018- Finalist Student Experience Awards
2020 - Finalist: The Teaching for Sustainable Development Award (Student Experience Awards)
What former students say?
“Simon taught our cohort throughout my 3 years at university and is still very much seen as a pillar of our learning. During teaching sessions, I always felt supported by Simon and found he would take his time to make sure everyone in the class understood the topic. Simon always made learning fun and built a lot of confidence throughout the cohort. I always felt Simon was approachable and supportive despite whether he was teaching on the module or not. Simon bought energy and honesty to our sessions which has meant that a lot of us are excelling in our careers. In my so far, short career, I have recently been offered a Charge Nurse position where I have been able to deliver education that I gained whilst being taught by Simon. His feedback has always been of the highest quality and I feel very lucky to have had Simon share his knowledge with us. Giving us the best kickstart to our careers and shaping future mental health nurses.”
Ashleigh Dennis – Charge Nurse
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Biography
Simon brings a great deal of clinical experience from working here in the UK and Australia from various clinical settings (inpatient and community). However, Simon’s real passion is the community especially in rural areas. He used to lead a rural early intervention service for psychosis (Adult & CAMHS) for a number of years before his move into training the future nursing workforce.
Prior to Joining Southampton University, Simon had a successful career at University West of England where he had roles as Head of Widening Participation for Nursing and Midwifery. This work included looking at attainment rates, neurodiversity frameworks, and contributing to a decolonisation tool kit for staff. He also led on International electives in Croatia and other national opportunities. He was also instrumental in looking at how to prepare students for their future careers through a ‘coaching’ mechanism, including embedding ‘self-discovery’ content in the curriculum in order to support nursing students deal with the many challenges they may face in clinical practice.
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