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Personal profile
Biography
Karen is Associate Head in Adult and Primary Care Nursing within the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions.
A former Edge Hill student, Karen joined the department in September 2011 after working in a local NHS trust for 13 years and gaining a wealth of experience in acute adult services in both clinical and educational roles.
Research interests
Karen’s research interests include: the location of knowledge in the curriculum, specifically the more informal and hidden aspects of curriculum, and the influence of context on both student engagement and learner identity with a particular focus around the second year of undergraduate study. Her Phd focused on how second year nursing students navigate the second year of their learning journey, negotiating different learning contexts, and in turn how they construct an identity and engage with different forms of knowledge in the undergraduate curriculum.
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):
Education/Academic qualification
Educational Research , PhD, Navigating the second year landscape: How student nurses construct an identity and engage with knowldge in the second year of an undergraduate degree, Lancaster University
Jan 2016 → May 2021
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, PGCert, Edge Hill University
Clinical Education , MA, Edge Hill University
Teaching and Learning in Clinical Practice , PGCert, Edge Hill University
Health and Social Care Practice , BSc, Edge Hill University
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Coffee: Croissant: Connect
CONNOR, K., LEIGH, J. & MCKENNA, J., 6 Dec 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Navigating the second year landscape: How student perceptions and previous experiences influence student transition into and across year 2 of the undergraduate degree in nursing
CONNOR, K., 14 Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Lecture › peer-review
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Using Experience-Based Co-Design to Promote Learner Support and Sense of Belongingness.
CONNOR, K., MONKS, R. & LEIGH, J., 6 Dec 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Access courses and their contribution to the widening participation agenda in the UK: A sustainable and long- term strategy to address mental health nursing shortages?
Haslam, M., FLYNN, A. & CONNOR, K., 26 May 2021, In: British Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 11, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Other (journal) › peer-review
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Second year student nurse engagement: Sophomore slump; reality or myth?
CONNOR, K., 3 Sept 2019.Research output: Contribution to conference › Lecture › peer-review
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Using experience based co-design to promote learner support and sense of belongingness
CONNOR, K. (Speaker) & LEIGH, J. (Speaker)
26 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Enhancing Assessment and Feedback case study Compendium
ELLIS, E. (Participant), CONNOR, K. (Participant) & SARON, H. (Participant)
16 Oct 2024Activity: Other activity types › Other
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