Alison Warren

Alison Warren joined Birmingham City University as a Senior Lecturer July 2019 following a career in clinical practice spanning 38 years. She is a dual award nurse with both Child and Adult qualifications.

She has a wealth of experience in Children and Young People’s (CYP) Nursing, and has worked in several roles including, Education Fellow for Health Education England (HEE) (supporting in the care of Children in an Emergency Department), Clinical Matron for Children’s Services, PICU, Neurosciences, Hepatology and Liver Transplantation, Orthopaedic’ s, CYP Clinical Education, Skills and Simulation, Preceptorship and Resuscitation services.

As the BCU College Academic Lead for Practice Learning she is responsible for the strategic oversight of the practice component of Nursing and Midwifery programs and student practice learning experiences.

She has published several articles including the"Mind the Gap- Exploring the needs of early career nurses and midwives in the workplace" report. Her interest in generational typologies continues,and this has led to her work around recruitment and retention. Alison is actively involved in Clinical Holding research and the development of teaching resources to support clinical holding practice; she participated in seminal research into coma score evaluation in children. She is also the Chair of the West Midlands Regional Preceptorship group and the Partners in Paediatrics (PiP) Senior Nurse Forum she is also the PiP academic nurse advisor.