Marilyn Andrews

Biography

I am currently Professor Emeritus in the School of Health and Rehabilitation and in this role I support the ongoing development and delivery of the Practice Educators’ Programme.  I also continue to be active in roles at the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) and am currently a member of CSP Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee.  I also act as a CSP External Examiner and a CSP Visitor and am registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Before beginning my career in education I was a senior clinical physiotherapist for 13 years, specialising in critical care at both Coventry and Shrewsbury Hospitals.  I moved into teaching in 1986 after completing an education programme at Wolverhampton University and, as a Senior Teacher at the Oswestry and North Staffordshire School of Physiotherapy, I had responsibility for the Clinical Education element of the Physiotherapy programme. I also completed my Masters in Education at Manchester University.  I relocated to Keele when the School of Physiotherapy transferred to the University in 1994 and, as Head of Undergraduate Programmes, I led the development of the innovative, semesterised and modularised BSc(Hons) programme implemented in 1995. 

As a member of the School of Health and Rehabilitation for 20 years, I have undertaken a wide range of School roles and was Head of School of Health and Rehabilitation for 10 years.  As Head of School I led the revision and approval of the Physiotherapy BSc(Hons) programme and development of the Keele Practice Educator and Accredited Practice Educator (APE) programmes.  I also enabled and supported development of the postgraduate taught portfolio in the School and supported staff research/scholarship activity both in the School and in the Primary Care and Health Sciences Research Institute.   

Within the wider University I have undertaken the roles of Associate Dean and Dean of the Faculty of Health and Faculty Learning and Teaching Director (FL&TD) for Health.  In the post of FL&TD I led the development of a University wide, three year Interprofessional Education Programme (IPE) across nine health and social care disciplines.  

Prior to my retirement in 2013, I was Pro Vice-Chancellor (PVC) for Education and Student Experience.  The role encompassed the whole student experience including the students’ academic experience, their extra-curricular activities and the wider campus / off-campus student experience.  As PVC I was a member of the University Senior Executive and University Senate and contributed to the strategic direction and development of the wider University during a time of significant change in higher education.  

I was absolutely delighted to be awarded a Fellowship of the CSP in 2006 and a personal chair at Keele, Professor of Professional Education in Health, in 2007. 

Appointments held 

• 2013 - date Professor Emeritus
• 2009 - 2013  Pro Vice-Chancellor for Education and Student Experience
• 2006 - 2010  Non Executive Director of the North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
• 2005 - 2009  Faculty of Health, Director of Learning and Teaching, Keele University
• 2005 - 2009  Head of School, Health and Rehabilitation, Keele University
• 2005 - 2006  Acting Dean, Faculty of Health, Keele University
• 2003 - 2005  Chair, University’s Learning and Teaching Committee
• 2003 - 2005  Associate Dean, Faculty of Health with specific responsibility for learning and

Teaching

• 2002 - 2005  Project Officer for development of the University’s Strategy for its engagement with health
• 2001 - 2007  Senior Lecturer, Keele University, Head of Department, Physiotherapy Studies
• 1996 - 2001  Lecturer, Keele University, Head of Department, Physiotherapy Studies
• 1994 - 2000  Lecturer, Keele University, Head of Undergraduate Studies
• 1991 - 1994  Senior Teacher of Physiotherapy, Oswestry and North Staffordshire School of

Physiotherapy

• 1986 - 1990  Teacher of Physiotherapy, Oswestry and North Staffordshire School of

Physiotherapy

• 1982 - 1983  Part-time Private Practice - Acute/sporting injuries
• 1978 - 1985  Senior 1Physiotherapist. Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, NHS Trust
• 1977 - 1978  Senior I Physiotherapist, Copthorne Hospital, Shrewsbury
• 1976 - 1977  Physiotherapist, Copthorne Hospital, Shrewsbury
• 1975 - 1976  Senior I Physiotherapist, Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital
• 1973 - 1974  Physiotherapist, Coventry and Warwickshire Hospital

Research and scholarship

Income Generation

• Development of Physiotherapy Curricula against the NHS Career Framework Bands 1-9. The tender was awarded to Keele but the award was revised by the SHA in response to funding and political issues to £195,000.  The revised bid around Stage 1 of the original bid was entitled development of an Educational Framework for Physiotherapy Bands 1-9.

• 2008               £9,050   Innovations Project Funding for Level 3 Interprofessional Education 

• 2004               £100,661 from Shropshire and Staffordshire Workforce Development

Confederation for a pilot study regarding Interprofessional Education within the University

• 2004               £239,958 HEFCE - TQEF Funds, Learning and Teaching Strategy 2004 – 06 

• 2004               £1,926,264  - with Professor Mark Omerod and Dr John Mills submitted a successful

bid to the Working Party responsible for the construction of the Capital Round 4 Learning and Teaching and SRIF bid.  The bid was titled: Refurbishment and development of laboratory space within the Faculty of Science and creation of Human Physiology, Assessment and Performance Laboratories and multi-user Forensic Science Laboratories - Cross Faculty Submission from the Faculties of Natural Sciences and Health

Teaching

I support the ongoing development and delivery of the Practice Educators’ Programme.