University College Plymouth St Mark & St John


Hazel Bending
Job Title:
Admissions Tutor, Speech & Language Therapy programme, Programme Leader BA Human Communications
Faculty/Department:
Faculty of Education, Health and Welfare
Contact Number:
01752 636700 Ext: 5661
Email:
hbending@marjon.ac.uk
Qualifications:

MSc Psychology, Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Development, BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy
I am currently working towards an EdD at Exeter University
Research Background:

I have a wide and varied research focus, from looking at the effectiveness of Prison and Probation Services accredited programmes, through the value of clinical supervision in the NHS to the role of personal tutoring in Higher Education.  More recently, due to beginning the EdD I have been researching into reflective practice and lifelong learning in the NHS.
Research Interests:

How knowledge, skills and values taught in HE alongside the support given to students prepares them for reflective practice and lifelong learning.  My second interest is around developing the role of an SLT in the forensic and mental health fields
Teaching Areas:

Social Psychology
Mental illness and wellbeing
Working with individuals with learning disabilities
Communication and counselling skills
Research Methods
Publications:

Bending, H (2009) Report on the Evaluation of the Action Learning Sets completed in the South West Peninsular Health Trusts, addressing the topics of learner introduction and induction
Newton, S., Walker, S. and Bending, H. (2008) Clinical Supervision: Audits of learning and practice in Plymouth Teaching Primary Care Trust, Poster presentation
Other Interests:

I am currently working with the South West Health Authority, NHS education leads and others from health undergraduate prequalification programmes to develop a South West wide policy document on recruitment and selection of individuals to health programmes.

Previously I have worked with Plymouth Teaching PCT to deliver clinical supervision training to staff.

I am currently a registered occupational therapist on the HPC register.
Member of the British Psychological Society
A Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

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