Kathleen's Profile
Job title
Programme Lead: MSc. Dietetics (Pre-registration)
Academic qualifications
BSc. (Hons) Nutrition and Dietetics, MSc. Applied Human Nutrition, PGCE Higher Education Professional Practice, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, HCPC Registered Dietitian
Job Role & Responsibilities
My current role and responsibilities include; leading the MSc. Dietetics (Pre-Registration) programme, teaching and assessment across the programme curriculum, providing module leadership and supervising students' final-year projects. I provide students with support academically, pastorally and when students are on their practice-based learning (placements).
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Profile
After qualifying as a Registered Dietitian in 1988, I initially practiced in the clinical areas of adult general medicine, surgery, and elderly care. Early on in my career I was fortunate to have clinical opportunities with which to develop my paediatric knowledge and practice skills. This enabled me to; secure a senior paediatric post, develop my expertise, become a specialist paediatric Dietitian, develop and lead a team of paediatric dietitians, and enjoy a career-long interest in paediatric nutrition and dietetics.
After 16 years of clinical dietetic practice I relocated to Canada where I was registered with the College of Dietitians of Alberta, completed a MSc. in Applied Human Nutrition, developed research skills and worked as a teaching assistant on an undergraduate Nutrition programme.
I returned to the UK 4 years later, to take up a senior lecturer position at Coventry University where I taught on the BSc. Dietetics, MSc. Dietetics & Leadership, and MSc. Public Health Nutrition programmes. Throughout my 15 years at Coventry University I was also the dietetic placement coordinator.
I joined University College Birmingham in November 2023 as the Programme Lead for our new MSc. Dietetics programme, within the School of Health, Sport and Food.
Teaching
I teach across the MSc. Dietetics (Pre-Registration) programme curriculum, and lead on the modules Science of Human Nutrition, Anatomy and Physiology, and Clinical Dietetics: The Paediatric Dietitian.
Research interests and scholarly activity
My research interests focus on paediatric nutrition and dietetics, and practice-based learning
External engagements
Full member of the British Dietetic Association.
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.