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Ursula Chaney

Mrs

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1912-6047

  • Northlands Road, Magee Campus

    BT48 7JL Londonderry

    United Kingdom

20022026

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Biography

Ursula is an accomplished Senior Lecturer, Senior Fellow of Advance HE, and Registered Nurse with extensive leadership experience across the School of Nursing and Paramedic Science. She is currently Programme Director for the innovative interprofessional Postgraduate Certificate in Education for Healthcare Professionals and has previously led a PSRB (NMC) Adult Nursing programme.

Alongside this, Ursula serves as Faculty Partnership Manager for collaborative provision within the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences. Her remit includes supporting and overseeing quality assurance across validated, franchised, and out‑centre provision at Certificate in Higher Education, Foundation Degree, BSc, and MSc levels. This portfolio spans regional, UK‑wide, and international partners across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Her work encompasses new programme development, curriculum design, governance, quality assurance, and enhancement of the student experience through close monitoring of key metrics.

From 2015–2022, Ursula held the role of Academic Lead for Education, providing strategic leadership in learning and teaching, driving educational innovation, and supporting colleagues across a dynamic School. She chaired the School Learning and Teaching Committee, advised on policy, and oversaw the implementation of recommendations. She played a central role in curriculum development across undergraduate and postgraduate provision, guiding teams through revalidations and course amendments.

Ursula has experience of chairing preliminary boards of examiners across the School and collaborative provision and contributes to sector‑wide quality assurance as an NMC registrant visitor.

Research Interests

Patient safety. Student feedback. Student experience. Nursing education.  Evaluating staff and student’s perceptions of e-submission and feedback, twitter, and post graduate student engagement. Cardiac Nursing, Chronic illness.

Teaching Interests

Post Graduate Certificate Education for Healthcare Professionals. Education and Curriculum Development. Ethics, Pharmacology, Disordered Physiology, Human body, Nursing the Physically Ill Adult, Cardiac nursing, Professional Nursing/Leadership, and Management. Nursing skills modules. Return to Practice. Life Support (Basic/Intermediate).

PhD Researcher Profile

Ursula has commenced her PhD in September 2023 and will be researching

‘Development of an intervention to support and enhance delegation skills among new graduate nurses (NGNs) in the acute clinical setting.'

External positions

External Examiner, University of Hull

1 Sept 2023 → 1 Sept 2027

External Advisor, BSc (Hons) Healthcare Management Partner Review , University of Brighton

9 Dec 2022

External Examiner BSc Health Care Studies (Nursing) Flying faculty (Hong Kong), Oxford Brookes University

1 Sept 2022 → 1 Sept 2023

External Examiner Pre-registration Nursing, University of Dundee

1 Sept 2022 → 1 Sept 2026

Expert Panel Member Return to Practice Nursing, Coventry University

1 Dec 2020

External Panel Member revalidation BSc Enhancing Practice , University of Northampton

1 Oct 2019

Panel Member Periodic Review, University of Chester

1 Mar 2019

External Examiner Pre-registration (Adult), London South Bank University

1 Sept 2018 → 1 Sept 2022

Quality Assurance Registrant Visitor, NMC

1 Sept 2018 → …

Steering group member for a NIPEC review to evaluate the Impact in Practice of Commissioned Educational Programmes, NIPEC

1 Jan 2017 → 1 Jun 2017

External Examiner BSc (Hons) Pre-Registration Nursing (Adult), Birmingham City University

1 Feb 2015 → 1 Feb 2020

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  3. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  4. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  5. SDG 10 - Reduced Inequalities
    SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
  6. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
  7. SDG 17 - Partnerships for the Goals
    SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

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