Mrs Rebecca Sandys

I am a Principal Lecturer and Director for Learning and Teaching in the School, with line management responsibilities for the Physiotherapy, Speech & Language and Occupational Therapy teams. As the School Lead for Student Engagement, work surrounding enhancing the Student Voice and experience is ongoing and I also teach on the BSc Diagnostic Radiography course. My role can be diverse and currently I am supporting the School through the implementation of our five health courses and two postgraduate courses post revalidation.

My position allows me strategic oversight of curriculum design, development, review, quality assurance and change implementation within the School. The ability to support colleagues to develop their individual learning and teaching needs, whilst ensuring that Faculty, University and PSRB requirements are all met, is foundational to my role. A key focus for this academic year is working to contribute to the educational needs of our partners and students while engaging with workforce planning to ensures our School is current and responsive to local and national needs at all times.

I have worked for the University in a range of roles from Placement Lead to Course Director for the Radiography Team.  I am a HCPC registered diagnostic radiographer with 25 years of post qualification experience in clinical service delivery and higher education. My post graduate areas of interest initially lay in both Breast and CT imaging, but Learning and Teaching with a specific interest in interpersonal education was instigated as a result of curriculum design work when supporting students during the 2020/21 period.

I work within a local Trust -KCHFT, within the immunisation team, and also support them with BLS and anaphylaxis staff training when time permits.