Dr Josephine NwaAmaka Bardi

I am a registered nurse and qualitative researcher with proven expertise in student engagement. I am a catalyst of the pedagogical social movement to include students’ voices in the development, implementation, and timely reviews of learning and teaching strategies. Inclusive university spaces promote positive student experiences and NSS response rates and reduce attrition. I have a BSc in Mental Health Nursing, an MSc in Public Health, and a Doctorate in Mental Health and Wellbeing funded by the Economic and Social Research Council from the University of Nottingham. The impact and the reach of my work are here https://rb.gy/rcldel

I joined London South Bank University (LSBU) in January 2021 as a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health. I am currently the Associate Dean for Education and Student Experience for Nursing and Midwifery at the Institute of Health and Social Care at LSBU, Chair of the BAME staff network at LSBU, and the London Regional RePAIR Academic Advisor for Higher Education England (HEE). Before joining LSBU, I taught Health Promotion and Public Health for 5 years at undergraduate and postgraduate levels at the University of East London.
Most recently, I developed the National Student Survey (NSS) Coding Framework, and the student mental health signposting initiative, which the HEE London has adopted. I continue to embed impactful and positive student experience activities within Nursing and Midwifery at LSBU, working with the Deans, Vice Chancellors’ office, Student Union, Alumni Team, Health and Wellbeing, other support services, and staffing teams.
During the start of my Doctorate studies in 2015, I founded RAMHHE© the responsive, dynamic, and novel student engagement strategy for wider participation in diverse activities, and I successfully applied for funding from the ESRC (£5000) and the Office for Students (£57,870). I led a team of 178 student volunteers to host monthly student-led mental health promotion campaigns at the University of East London from 2018-2020, which earned me several awards, including a place on the UK Life Savers List https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/jo-bardi-nations-lifesaver
The RAMHHE© inter-country research activities involve postgraduate and undergraduate students who collaborate with leads in the UK, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, Pakistan, and Nigeria, including a systematic review on loneliness among students, a series of focus group discussions on the experiences of students, COVID-19, and online learning, Mental health interventions for university students; a critical literature review (on-going), and the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health of people, with a focus on anxiety and depression: a systematic review (accepted for publication).
I am also working on research outputs from my doctorate thesis, including an interview study, ethnographic study, auto-ethnographic study, scoping review, and a narrative literature review. In addition, I am working on my strategy for student engagement and wider participation in collaboration with undergraduate students, and Professor Calvin Moorely.

Associate Dean, Education and Student Experience, Nursing and Midwifery

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