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Professor Tracey Moore

Tracey Moore: A Career Built on Care, Leadership and Lifelong Learning

When Tracey began her career as a clerical officer at Trent Regional Health Authority in the late 1970s, she couldn't have predicted that one day she would be leading the Faculty of Health at one of the UK’s top universities.
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Looking back: a 26 year career in orthoptics

For World Orthoptic Day we sat down with Advanced Specialist Practitioner and ΢ÃÜȦ alumna, Cath Williamson, to talk about her 26-year career journey in orthoptics.

Apprentices working on manakin

Double Award Nominations for ΢ÃÜȦ Nursing Apprentices

Two of the University of ΢ÃÜȦ’s health apprentices have been recognised this month, with double nominations in the 2025 South Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards Health and Public Services Apprentice category.
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Could your Trust benefit from an Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP) in paediatric ophthalmology?

Ophthalmology is the busiest NHS specialty - attendance continues to rise and it accounts for 10% of the entire NHS waiting list. Dr Charlotte Codina explains how our ACP paediatric ophthalmology programme is helping lessen the capacity-demand gap.
A man looks through orthoptics equipment

We're making some changes to the BMedSci Orthoptics course

Anne Bjerre, course lead for BMedSci Orthoptics, discusses the ways that the course is being updated to meet the ever-changing needs of the profession.
A nurse and patient. She is showing the patient a piece of paper.

SORT toolkit to help healthcare organisations assess their ‘research readiness’

A new toolkit, developed by researchers at the University of ΢ÃÜȦ and commissioned by NHS England, has been launched to help health and care organisations support nurses to carry out research related activities.