Senior Lecturer / Programme Manager (Undergraduate Nursing)
Teaching and supervision
- I teach on the following courses and modules:
Courses
Modules
- NUR304 Law and ethics
- NUR 307 Dissertation
- NUR319 Evidence-based health care
- HSSM66 Health Research Methods and Critical Appraisal
- HSSM67 Epidemiology and Health Management
- HSSM70 Masters Dissertation
- HSSM71 Teaching and Learning
Research
My primary area of research is in the field of dementia studies, internationalisation and decolonisation of the curriculum and innovative methods of data collection, including LEGO® Serious Play® and gamification.
Publications
Ajibade, B., & Hayes, C. (2020). An insight into utilising lego® serious play®to explore international student transitions into a UK higher education institution. SAGE Research Methods Cases. doi:10.4135/9781529710625 Accessible from: https://methods.sagepub.com/case/lego-serious-play-international-student-transition-uk-higher-ed-institution
- Ajibade, B.O. (2019) The Nature of Truth in Research Through Lenses of Three Modes –Theory, Practice, and Mixture of both with Innovations. International Journal of Entrepreneurship Management Innovation and Development. 3(1): 45-60. Accessible from: http://emidjournals.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/The-Nature-of-Truth-in-Research-Through-Lenses-of-Three-Modes-%E2%80%93-Theory-Practice-and-Mixture-of-both-with-Innovations-1-2.pdf
- Ajibade, B.O. (2016) Development and Introduction of Innovative care pathway for Older People diagnosed with Dementia in an in-patient ward. – Submitted
- Ajibade, B.O. (2019) The nature of truth in research. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship Management Innovation and Development (IJEMID). (Submitted)
- Roman, E., Ngcozana, T. and Ajibade, B.O. (2019) The psychological impact of undergoing bilateral prophylactic mastectomy in women at high risk of hereditary breast cancer in Europe. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship Management Innovation and Development (IJEMID). (Submitted)
- Roman, E. and Ajibade, B.O. (2019) Ethical dilemma and professional decision making: A case study on Chemotherapy in pregnancy for a patient with Cervical Ca. The International Journal of Entrepreneurship Management Innovation and Development (IJEMID). (Submitted)
- Ajibade, B.O. and Hayes, C. (2019) An Insight into Utilising LEGO® Serious Play® (LSP) to explore International Student Transitions into the United Kingdom Higher Education Institution. SAGE Research Method Cases journal. (In Press)
- Ajibade, B.O. (2019) The lived experience of assessments feedback among first-year undergraduate top-up Nursing students using gamification. Journal to be confirmed.
Conferences and workshop presentations
- Ajibade, B.O. (2019) The lived experience of Nursing students regarding assessments feedback and its impact on progression using LEGO Serious Play (LSP) methodology. In: International Journal Entrepreneur, Management, Innovation and Developments (IJEMID), 21st Sept, 2019. London. United Kingdom.
- Ajibade, B.O. (2018) An investigation of the sociocultural factors impacting on the transition to higher education of Nigerian nursing students in the UK via the use of Lego Serious Play Methodology. In: Postgraduate research students conference, 28th June 2018. Sunderland. The United Kingdom.
- Hayes, C. and Ajibade, B.O. (2018) Building an Internationalised Curriculum with LEGO Serious Play: Using Gamification to Capture and Co-Construct Authentic Learning Transitions in Higher Education. In: Three rivers annual Learning and Teaching Conference on Sharing excellence in learning and teaching: supporting students and staff through good practice, innovation, and collaboration, 6th July 2018. Newcastle upon Tyne. The United Kingdom.
- Hayes, C. and Ajibade, B.O. (2017) Globalisation in Postgraduate International Education: Illuminating a Kaleidoscope of Knowledge Acquisition, Skills Transfer and Global Societal Learning Gain. In: Higher Education Academy Annual conference on Teaching in the spotlight: Learning from Global communities, 3-5th July 2018. Aston. Birmingham.Manuscript reviews
- SAGE Open Nursing
- International Journal Entrepreneur, Management, Innovation and Developments (IJEMID)
In 2015 I received the Amazing Teacher Award for the best overall teacher at the University of Sunderland in London. Also, in 2020, I was nominated in the category of ‘Most Technology Enabled Teacher’ in the Student Nominated Teaching Awards SNTA.
Along with my role as a Senior Lecturer, I am a registered nurse, a sign off mentor, a Nursing and Midwifery Council registered teacher and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
I am a Steward of the Royal College of Nursing and a Representative of the University College Union.
