News | Friday, 18th June 2021
Manchester Metropolitan appoints Professor Mark Hayter as Head of Nursing
Extensive track record of delivering high-quality teaching and research in senior leadership roles
Manchester Metropolitan University has appointed Professor Mark Hayter as its new Head of Nursing.
A leading international nurse academic, Mark has an extensive track record of delivering high-quality teaching and research in senior leadership roles. He joins Manchester Met from the University of Hull’s Faculty of Health Sciences, where he served as Head of Department, Nursing and Associate Dean of Research, before assuming his most recent position as Professor of Nursing and Health Research.
Internationally recognised for his work in the field of sexual and reproductive health, Mark has published more than 174 papers, which have been cited more than 4,000 times. He was a founding member of The Lancet Commission on Nursing and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Clinical Nursing, having previously edited the Journal of Advanced Nursing.
An NHS Honorary Professor in Clinical Research, he also holds international visiting Professorial roles at the University of Genoa, Italy, Yangzhou University, China, and Sri Ramachandra University, in Chennai, India. He is a Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Science, Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK), a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (Faculty of Nursing) and one of only 14 UK Fellows of the American Academy of Nursing. He was recently inducted into the Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame.
Mark has more than 25 years’ experience of delivering nurse education in UK universities and sees huge potential at Manchester Met. He said: "I am committed to providing all students with an exceptional experience, both in university and placement. I also want us to foster a collaborative approach with the NHS and other nurse education stakeholders as well as enhancing the role students play in the management, evaluation and development of programmes."
A keen advocate of inter-disciplinary working in teaching and research, Mark aims to strengthen cross faculty working - with particular focus on growing inter-disciplinary research and work to establish Manchester Met’s nursing department as a centre of nurse education excellence and innovation nationally and internationally.
Using his extensive editorial experience, he also aims to establish the University as an internationally leading department for nurse education and research.
A further priority is to develop its global presence through his international networks, increasing recruitment of overseas PhD students, establishing an international visiting scholar programme and building new links with nursing schools in China, India and Australia. Shaping student and faculty exchange opportunities and expanding the number of high-profile international nurse academics linked with the department also feature in his plans.
Mark has deep knowledge of creating postgraduate programmes for international students and shares the University’s ambition to use flexible, digital and other blended learning approaches to shape existing and new programmes that will appeal to the widest possible nursing audience.
