Heather Finlay RM, BA, MA, MSc

Associate Lecturer in Learning Theory and Practice.

Contact details

Email: h.finlay@bbk.ac.uk
Tel: 020 7631 6663

As part of the Higher Education Introductory Studies (HEIS) team, my role includes the maintenance and development of the Health and Social Care pathway of the HEIS Certificate.
I teach a number of the modules on the Higher Education Introductory Studies (HEIS) Certificate including Approaches to Study for Nursing Midwifery and Health and Social and Behavioural Studies for Health Professions.
I also teach the Introduction to Lifelong Learning and Personal Development Planning module on Birkbeck’s Foundation Degree in Pharmacy. My role includes the provision of academic support for students taking the HEIS programme; advice and guidance on student progression and the identification of opportunities for collaboration with other organisations to provide pathways onto and beyond the HEIS programme.

I joined Birkbeck in January 2010 as a 0.5 Associate Lecturer in the Higher Education Introductory Studies programme. In the nine years prior to joining Birkbeck I taught Midwifery at Kings College, London, where I was responsible for the delivery of the Social Science components of the Midwifery programme alongside other teaching and administrative roles.
I have also practised within the NHS as both a midwife and nurse.

Higher Education Authority Annual Conference. Paper presentation: The experience of a group of female mature students entering higher education: An ethnographic study. Harrogate 2008
Excellence in Teaching Annual Conference. Paper presentation: ‘The experience of students undertaking higher education who have gained entry via an ACCESS course: A review of the literature and its application to learning and teaching in practice’. Kings College London 2007
Normal Birth Symposium. Paper Presentations: ‘Teaching normal birth to student midwives’ and ‘Informed choice’: Hospital Quirón Madrid & Universidad de la Mancha 2007
Midwifery research & Development Symposium. Paper presentation: ‘Midwifery Skills and Expertise’: Kings College London 2002

Finlay, H. (2006) Public Health, Midwifery and Government Policy (Ch. 1) and Factors Affecting Health Promotion (Ch. 3) in Bowden J & Manning V (Eds) Health Promotion and Midwifery: Principles & Practice (2nd Ed). London: Hodders Arnold.