About

I have been a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Derby (April 2018 to 15 September 2023. Associate lecturer from Sept 2023). I have Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Mental Health Nursing registration. I also have a teaching qualification registered with the NMC.

I teach BSc and MSc pre-registration Mental Health Nursing and interprofessional programmes. I also supervise doctoral students and have four PhD completions. I have external examiner experience at the master's and doctorate levels. I also have experience in facilitating continuing professional development (CPD) and consultancy activities in dementia, mental health awareness and mental health in older people. My research experience covers a wide range of subjects and tends to be focused on qualitative methods.

Teaching responsibilities

• MSc Pre Registration Mental Health Nursing with NMC registration
• MSc Pre Registration Nursing programme team (mental health, adult, learning disability, children)
• BSc Nursing and associated programmes
• The Developing Nurse (MSc) module
• Nursing in practice (mental health) (MSc)
• Application of evidence within the nursing practice (shared) (MSc)
• Complexities of Mental Health Nursing module (MSc)
• Independent Scholarship (dissertation) module
• Doctoral supervision
• Personal academic tutor
• Academic assessor

Professional interests

• Mental Health and ill-health in later life
• Life-course and 'mental illness'
• Ageism
• Dementia
• Recovery
• Evidence-based practice
• Critical psychiatry
• Research and dissemination
• Education
• Service user involvement

Research interests

• Mental distress
• Older people
• Life course and biography
• Ageism
• Education and teaching
• Menopause
• Safer bathing in epilepsy 

Membership of professional bodies

• Royal College of Nursing

Qualifications

• BSc Combined Science (Mathematics and Psychology)
• MSc Nursing
• Post Graduate Certificate in Education (PGCE)
• Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)
• PhD 'A biographical narrative study exploring mental ill-health through the life course'

Recent conferences

September 2023

• Collier, E., Brundrett, H., Mwase, F.  Evaluation of the Co-creating Papers for Publication pilot project (ECo-Pub) for improving dissemination of student mental health nurse dissertations. 29th Mental Health Nursing Research conference. Oxford 25-27th September

July 2023

• Derby university Teaching and learning conference. MSc writing for publication project. E Collier, H Brundrett, C Bertenshaw

November 2022

• College Research Showcase. Symposium. November 2022. Elizabeth Collier, Heather Brundrett and students Susan Cotton & Catherine Bertenshaw. MSc writing for publication project

September 2022

• The emotional challenges of living with epilepsy and its relevance for mental health nursing. 28^th International Mental Health Nursing Conference. Oxford 8-9^th September 2022. Collier, E., Grant, A. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.25852.82563

November 2021

• UCU LGBT+ Research Conference - 2 - 4 November 2021 LGBT+ Liberation: LGBT+ lives and issues in the context of normativities. ‘Coming out in the classroom. Student mental health nurse and lecturer experience. Milward, B., Collier, E

June 2021

• Menopause awareness for mental health professionals. 27 International Mental Health Nursing Research Conference. Online, RCN. Collier, E., Clare, A

November 2020

• Osteoporosis online 2020 Heaton, C., Williamson, T., Collier, E, Leigh, J. Experience of falls in domestic settings and use of ambulance services. An ethnographic study. (Poster)

September 2019

• 25 International mental health nursing research conference. RCN, London 12 - 13 Sept. 'Using simulated learning for values based nurse education; development of an evidence-based approach'  (E Collier, G Brietshadel, M Shand, C Foster)

September 2018

• 24th Mental Health Nursing Research Conference. Concurrent paper: Tackling the inescapable. What matters in mental health care for older people. 12 - 14 September

September 2016

• 22 International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research. Nottingham Trent University, 14 - 16 September. A qualitative longitudinal study of mental health nursing students learning following education on age and discrimination across the life course. E Collier, C Foster, K Sutton

April 2016

• Royal College of Nursing & British Geriatric Association joint conference
• Posters: 1 Age and Discrimination Education. 14 April 2016, Birmingham. Researchgate DOI:10.1016/j.nepr.2013.12.00 
  2 Posadem: a pan European development of master’s modules in dementia

October 2015

• 4 European Mental Health Nursing Conference. Riga, Latvia
• Posters: 1.  There is no such thing as old age  2. Posadem: a pan-European development of master’s modules in dementia
• Concurrent session: Service user (student nurses) and lecturer research collaboration: teaching age and discrimination (Collier, Foster, Holmes, Sutton & Jones) 

Sept 2015

• 21 InternationalNetwork for Psychiatric Nursing Research. Collier, E., Ashmore, R. Workshop: The mental health needs of transgender people and significant others, friends, family, allies (SOFFAs)

Sept. 2014 

• 20 International Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research
• Concurrent paper: Service user (student nurses) involvement in an educational research project and other  methodological issues
• Workshop: Dementia Friends information session
• Poster: POSADEM: The development of a Pan-European Master’s degree in Dementia

Experience in industry

• Staff Nurse (Continuing care for people with severe dementia) 
• Staff Nurse (Older people acute admissions ward) (NHS)
• Research Nurse (NHS)
• Ward Manager (acute mental health unit including older people) (NHS)
• Lecturer Practitioner (NHS & HE)
• Alzheimers Society (charity)
• blueSCI associate (cultural and social inclusion) (third sector)

International experience

• POSaDEM Positive about dementia European life long learning programme development. Partners: Dublin City University Ireland, Saimaa University of Applied Sciences Finland, Carinthian University of Applied Sciences Austria, Maastricht University Netherlands, Bournemouth University UK
• The University of Otago. South Island New Zealand. 12 July 2010.  Invited lecture. Recovery and mental illness
• Presenter at 4^th European Mental Health Nursing Conference. Riga, Latvia. October 2015
• Nordic Mental Health Nurses Conference. Ageing with mental health problems; what it can tell us about recovery. Helsinki, 8-10 September 2010

Additional interests and activities

Current doctoral supervision

• Director of studies (from Feb 2022); Kamla Bhoyraz. Effectiveness of positive behaviour support for people with dementia in acute hospitals
• Michael Reen (from June 2023). DPrac. Uncertaintly in child and adolescent mental health nursing practice

Completed doctorates

• Sue Bellass Salford University. Intergenerational Experiences of Young Onset Dementia: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study (PhD) 2016
• Siphiwe Carol Nxumalo-Ngubane  Salford University. The Experiences, Perceptions and Meaning of Recovery for Swazi women living with Sifo Sengcondvo - 'schizophrenia' (PhD) 2016
• Melvin Bradley Salford University. Complex quests towards calm - A co-produced journey (Prof. Doc). October 2019
• Christina Heaton Salford University. Experiences of falls in domestic settings and use of ambulance services: An Ethnographic Study. November 2019

External Examiner 

• Sheffield University 2014 - 2018 MSc Dementia Studies
• PhD (by published works) at the University of Central Lancashire (Dec. 2015)
• Professional Doctorate. Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh (24 Nov. 2017)

Consultancy

• The University of Salford and North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust: Health Education England funded Mental Health Liaison Team training pilot (April - September 2018)
• The Law Society, Communication with older people seminars (Feb/March 2018)

Research bids and activity

• Scientific Committee member for 7^th International Nurse Educational Conference (NET/NEP) 2018
• 2017 - £70,000 With North West Boroughs & Health Education England. Mental Health Liaison Team Training pilot
• Mental Health Liaison Training Pilot Lead Gary Lamph
• 2014 - £165,000 Knowledge Transfer Partnership. Education of care workers and carers in an intervention to improve relationships with people with dementia. With Six Degrees mental health social enterprise. Lead Dr Tracey Williamson and Dr Phil McAvoy
• 2013 - €400,000 POSaDEM Pan-European Masters programme in dementia. A collaborative project with Austria, Ireland, Finland, Holland, and UK Lead Dr Natalie Yates-Bolton & Prof. Martin Johnson

Other

• Curriculum development lead (mental health) (2018-2019)
• Higher Education for Dementia Network member (HEDN)
• Alzheimer's Society Dementia Champion and Dementia Friend
• Journal Article Reviewer
• NIHR RpB research bid reviewer (April 2018 and 2019)
• University of Derby Ethics Committee member (Feb 2019-Sept 2022)

In the media

@MHlatelife

Recent publications

Reports, journal articles, editorials and book chapters (from 2008 only)

Reports

• Collier, E., Grant, M. (2022) Enabling safer bathing for people living with epilepsy. Public Involvement Consultation report. Derby University
• Collier, E.,Foster, C. (2021) Research monograph. Changing student mental health nurse’s attitudes towards younger and older people through teaching: A qualitative longitudinal study
• Collier, E., Towuru, S. (2019) Reminiscence therapy for people living with dementia: Cochrance review is inconclusive. Mental Elf blog
• Collier, E., Ahmed, J., Lamph, G., Ahmed, A. (2018) Tackling the inescapable. Mental health in later life. A report on a series of conversations. University of Salford, UK http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/46242/ 
• Ahmed, A., Yates-Bolton, N., Collier, E (2014). Diversity and inclusiveness in Dementia. Listening event report  https://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/35270/1/Diversity-and-Inclusiveness-in-Dementia-report.pdf
• Williamson, T., Ball, E., Choucri, L., Collier, E., Devitt, P., Franks, H., Howarth, M., Lythgoe, J., McAndrew, S., Roberts D., Rowswell, K., Seppala, L., Wray, J., Yates-Bolton, N., (2011) A report on the health and social care listening event. University of Salford, Salford, UK. Journal Articles

Journal Articles 

• Hindmarch, N., Yates, N. Collier, E. (2023) Developing Culturally Competence in caring for people with mental health conditions. Nursing Standard online May 2023  https://journals.rcni.com/nursing-standard/evidence-and-practice/developing-cultural-competence-in-caring-for-people-with-mental-health-conditions-ns.2023.e12067/abs
• Whiffin, C., Collier, E. (2022) Post-graduate nursing students and nurse academics turning dissertations into papers for publication: A process of co-construction. Nursing Times. In Press
• Collier, E., and Clare, A. (2021). 'Improving recognition and support for women experiencing the menopause'. Mental Health Practice, pp. 1-10
• Milward, B., Collier, E. (2021) Sexuality and student mental health nurse experience in education and practice  British Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 10(4) published online 7/10/21 https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/abs/10.12968/bjmh.2021.0023 
• Nxumalo-Ngubane, S., McAndrew, S., Collier, E. (2019) The Experiences, Perceptions and Meaning of Recovery for Swazi women living with Sifo Sengcondvo ‘Schizophrenia’. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 26 (5-6):153-162 
• Luxmoore, B., Marrett, C., Calvert, L., Calvert, S., Foy, P., Smith, E., Collier, E. (2018) Evaluation of the Good Life Festival: a model for co-produced dementia events. Mental Health Practice 21(6): 26-31
• Collier, E., Grant, M. (2018) A literature review on the experience of long-term mental illness. Issues in Mental Health Nursing p1-8
• Byrom, B., Collier, E., Rogers, M. (2017) Nurses recognition of domestic violence British Journal of Mental Health Nursing 6(6):286-293
• Watts, P., Watts, C., Collier E. Ashmore, R.   (2017) Transgender mental health needs: A Wife’s tale  Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 24(5): 261-262
• Bennett, M., Collier, E. (2016) A qualitative study of the perspectives of people diagnosed with schizophrenia of their physical health risks and needs. Nursing Times 7: 1-4
• Curran, B., Collier, E. (2016) Growing older with post-traumatic stress disorder. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 23: 236-242
• Morrissey, M., Collier, E., (2016) Literature review of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in the Critical Care Population Journal of Clinical Nursing 25: 1501-1514
• Collier, E., Knifton, C., Surr, C. (2015) Dementia Education in Higher Education Institutions Nurse Education Today 35(6):731-732
• Adshead, S., Collier, E., Kennedy, S. (2015) A literature review exploring the preparation of mental health nurses for working with people with a learning disability and mental illness. Nurse Education in Practice 15(2): 103-107
• Horton, R., Collier, E., McAndrew, S. (2014) Evaluation of a service based on the principles of recovery. Mental Health Practice 18(6):19-24
• Black, M., Collier, E. (2014) Supporting veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder. Mental Health Practice 18(3): 14-20
• Collier, E., Foster, C. (2014) Teaching age and discrimination: A life course perspective, Nurse Education in Practice  14:  333-337 10.1016/j.nepr.2013.12.001
• Collier, E. (2014) Supporting people with dementia. Nursing in Practice June Vol 78
• Burke, M., Collier, E., Yates-Bolton, N., Haworth, R. (2014) Promoting Good Design.The Journal of Dementia Care. Jan/Feb 22(1):18
• Collier, E. Edwards, S. (2013) The Abandoned illness: where is the voice of older adults? British Journal of Mental Health Nursing 2(1): 15
• Collier, E., Sorrell, J.  (2011) Schizophrenia and Older People. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services 49(11): 17-43
• Collier E. (2010). The confusion of recovery: one solution. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. 19:16-21
• Doherty, D. Collier, E.(2009) Caring for people with dementia in non-specialist settings
• Collier, E. (2008) Historical development of psychiatric classification.  British Journal of Nursing 17(13):818-822
• Evans, T., Clare, A., Collier, E. (2008) Excluded from the social inclusion agenda: one person’s story. Mental Health Practice. 11(7):26-29. Nursing Older People  21(6): 28-31

Editorials

• Walker, E., Collier, E. (2016) Editorial. Hidden in plain sight: the reality for military veterans. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 23: 133-144
• Ashmore, R., Collier E. (2017)Driving to the edge of the cliff: transgender mental health. Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing 24(5): 302-310

Book chapters

• Collier, E., Conhye, P. (2017) Care of older people from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups In Holland K. Chapter 9 Cultural awareness in Nursing. 3^rd Ed CRC press, Oxon 
• Collier E., McQuarrie, C., (2014) Older People. In I. Hulatt (ed.). Mental Health Policy for Nurses. pp79-95.  Sage Publications, London
• Collier, E., Yates-Bolton, N. (2011) Older people in mental health care. Chapter 20 pp.239-249. Mental Health Ethics. The Human Context. Routledge, Oxon
• Collier, E., Welsh, S, (2009) 'Safety in acute mental health and general hospital settings' Chapter 6. In: Iggulden, H., MacDonald, C., Staniland, K. (eds.) Clinical Skills the Essence of Caring. McGraw-Hill. Open university press, Milton Keynes, UK
• Adams, T., Collier, E. (2008) Services for older people with mental health conditions.  In, Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. The Craft of Caring. P. Barker (ed.). Hodder Arnold, London