Sarah Roberts
Teaching Fellow, Lead for Student Admissions (Health Sciences)
RGN, SCPHN, PGCertEd, MA Education for Health Professionals
Biography
Following a long career in the NHS as an Adult Nurse and a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse, I joined the university in 2014 as a Teaching Fellow with the public health team. I undertook the role of Lead for Admissions in the School of Health Sciences in 2015.
University roles and responsibilities
- Teaching Fellow
- Lead for Admissions
- Lead for DBS
- Coordination of support for SCPHN/ SP Practice Assessors and Practice Supervisors
My qualifications
Registered General Nurse (Adult)
St Georges Hospital, Tooting
2003
Diploma of Higher Education in Nursing Studies
University of London
2005
BSc (Hons) Public Health Nursing (Health Visiting)
University of Surrey
2013
Practice Teacher
University of Surrey
2016
Postgraduate certificate in education for professional practice
University of Surrey
2021
Master of Arts Education for Health Professionals
University of Surrey
Previous roles
2005 - 2014
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse and Practice Teacher
CSH Surrey
Affiliations and memberships
Council of Deans admissions working group
Member
United Kingdom Standing Council on Specialist Community Public Health Nurse education
Member
Research projects
Building knowledge, confidence and learning communities with Lego: two case studies with undergraduate nursing students at the University of Surrey
This project explores the potential of LEGO® and adapted LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® activities for improving student engagement, dialogue and critical reflection, and encouraging rich participation in classroom-based learning activities.
My teaching
I am module lead for the postgraduate module 'Safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults'.
I am the public health thread lead for the undergraduate programmes.
I am a personal tutor to undergraduate child nursing students and SCPHN (HV) students, and I act as a supervisor for undergraduate dissertation students.