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Stephanie Bridges

Associate Professor, Faculty of Science

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Biography

I am a registered pharmacist, having graduated with a BPharm (Hons) from the University of Nottingham in 1986 and registered with the Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain in 1987.

I was employed as a pharmacist by Boots the Chemists in 1987 and, after two years, took up the position of the first Boots Teacher-Practitioner within Nottingham School of Pharmacy. Since then I have continued to work in the School, having held a variety of roles,,including Course Director and Clinical Course Director. I am now Associate Professor within Clinical Pharmacy Practice.

During this time I have continued to be involved in other areas of pharmacy, notably as a community pharmacy locum, and trainer, writer and assessor of education and training materials for pharmacists, pre-registration students and pharmacy technicians.

In 2006 I received a Lord Dearing Award for Teaching and Learning.

I was awarded a PhD from the School of Education, University of Nottingham, under the supervision of Prof Monica McLean,looking at the potential for intercultural capability development through internationalised Higher Education.

Memberships of Committees & Professional Bodies

  • Member of the General Pharmaceutical Council of Great Britain
  • Member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Teaching Summary

Teaching

Within the School of Pharmacy I teach aspects of the Professional and Pharmacy Practice components of the MPharm. I am academic lead for inter-professional learning and module convenor for a first year module, Being a Pharmacist. My teaching includes developing, writing and delivery of lectures, seminars and workshops in the areas of:

  • The Pharmacy Profession
  • Communicating with patients
  • Responding to Symptoms
  • Law and Ethics

Research Summary

My research interests focus on teaching and learning in higher education. I am currently researching into aspects of intercultural education, and particularly the potential for higher education to… read more

Recent Publications

Current Research

My research interests focus on teaching and learning in higher education. I am currently researching into aspects of intercultural education, and particularly the potential for higher education to act as a space for students to explore and develop more cosmopolitan-aware selves. I am particularly interested in the Capability Approach as a means of conceptualizing and evaluating a higher educational environment which promotes intercultural capability development.

Recent publications

Conference Papers

  • Eccles, S, Bridges, SJ, Mullen, E, Dippold, D, (2017) From Belonging to Becoming: first year undergraduate students' reflections. SRHE Annual Research Conference, Newport, South Wales, December 2017
  • Bridges, SJ (2017) Collaboration, Connection and Cosmopolitanism: promoting intercultural understanding through group work. SRHE Annual Research Conference, Newport, South Wales, December 2017
  • Bridges, SJ, Dippold, D, Eccles, S, Mullen, E (2016) Identifying and Supporting Intercultural Capabilities for Transition Into, Through and Out of Higher Education. SRHE Annual Research Conference, Newport, South Wales, December 2016
  • Bridges, SJ (2016) Integrating Academic, Professional and Personal Learning through Multicultural Group Work. SRHE Annual Research Conference, Newport, South Wales, December 2016
  • MULLEN, E, BRIDGES, S, ECCLES, S and DIPPOLD, D, 2019. Precursors to Employability - How First Year Undergraduate Students Plan and Strategize to Become Employable Graduates. In: Employability via Higher Education: Sustainability as Scholarship Springer. 564
  • DIPPOLD, D, BRIDGES, S, ECCLES, S and MULLEN, E, 2018. Developing the global graduate: how first year university students narrate their experiences of culture Language and Intercultural Communication.
  • IKHILE, I, ANDERSON, C, MCGRATH, S and BRIDGES, S, 2018. Is the Global Pharmacy Workforce Issue All About Numbers? American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education. 82(6), 6818
  • BRIDGES, SJ, 2017. Professional Identity Development: Learning and Journeying Together Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy.
  • MULLEN, E, ECCLES, S, DIPPOLD, D and BRIDGES, SJ, 2016. Identifying and Supporting Intercultural Capabilities for Transition Into, Through and Out of Higher Education In: SRHE Annual Research Conference.
  • BRIDGES, SJ, 2016. Integrating Academic, Professional and Personal Learning through Multicultural Group Work In: SRHE Annual Research Conference.
  • BRIDGES, SJ, 2015. Conceptualising cosmopolitan values in internationalised higher education: A capabilities approach In: SRHE Annual Research Conference.
  • BRIDGES, SJ, 2015. The role of pedagogy in intercultural capability development in pharmacy undergraduates In: Pharmacy Education Symposium.
  • GRAY, N. J., SYMONDS, B. S., BOARDMAN, H. F. and BRIDGES, S. J., 2006. The scope and nature of interactions in the pharmacy with parents and carers buying medicines for pre-school children INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY PRACTICE. VOL 14(SUPP/2), B48
  • BOARDMAN, H. F., GRAY, N. J., SYMONDS, B. S. and BRIDGES, S. J., 2006. Over-the-counter medicine purchases for pre-school children from pharmacies: advice and concerns INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY PRACTICE. VOL 14(SUPP/2), B53

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