About

Dr James Chircop is a researcher, programme leader and senior lecturer at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health and Humanities. He has a passion for educational, health and nursing research. James has attended and organised various courses and conferences around Europe regarding training design, education and nursing amongst other. James has been previously nominated for the Inspirational Teaching Award.

Teaching responsibilities

James is the Programme Leader for the University of Derby’s Master of Science (MSc) in Nursing Studies. He is the module leader for various modules on the University’s Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Nursing Studies. He is also involved in other programmes such as the Certificate of Credit in Health and Social Care Studies.

Research interests

Owing to his passion for health and educational research, James works in both these research areas. Educational research highlights include James’ work on the conditions that influence policy implementation in universities and the important concept of followership in higher education leadership.

Highlights from health research includes James’ collaboration on a type 2 diabetes study regarding the self-monitoring of blood glucose.

Membership of professional bodies

James is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an associate member of the Centre for Higher Education Research and Evaluation. He is a registered Teacher (TCH) and Adult Nurse (RN1) with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

Qualifications

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Higher Education: Research, Evaluation and Enhancement (HEREE).
• Master of Science (MSc) in Health and Social Care (Distinction).
• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Nursing Studies (First Class Honours).
• Postgraduate Certificate (PG Cert) in Interprofessional Practice Education (Distinction).
• Diploma in Health Science (DipHSc).

Additional interests and activities

James has completed the Professional Development Course for External Examiners by Advance HE.

Recent publications

Chircop, J. (2025). Conditions affecting Policy Implementation in Research-Intensive Universities: Perceptions from Academics [PhD thesis, Lancaster University]. Lancaster University repository https://eprints.lancs.ac.uk/id/eprint/232683/

Chircop, J. (2024). Followership is not following: reframing followership in western higher education. International Journal of Leadership in Education, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/13603124.2024.2369994

Chircop, J. (2024). Academics’ experience of national teaching evaluation schemes: Insights from research-intensive universities. [Conference Paper]. Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) International Conference 2024, Nottingham, UK. https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/41722/submission/130

Kotera, Y., Edwards, A. M., Garip, G., Chircop, J., & Aledeh, M. (2022). Effects of Online Mental Health Classes on Mental Health and Stigma: a Controlled Before-After Study with 1-Month Follow-Up. SN comprehensive clinical medicine, 4(1), 172. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42399-022-01225-x

Kotera, Y., Rawson, R., Okere, U., Brooks-Ucheaga, M., Williams, A., Chircop, J., Lyte, G., Spink, R., & Green, P. (2022). Teaching Sustainability to Online Healthcare Students: A Viewpoint. International Journal of Higher Education and Sustainability, 4(1), 38–48. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJHES.2022.123446

Chircop, J., Sheffield, D., & Kotera, Y.  (2021) Systematic Review of Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes. Nursing research, 70(6), 487–497. https://doi.org/10.1097/nnr.0000000000000542

Kotera, Y., Chircop, J., Hutchinson, L., Rhodes, C., Green, P., Jones, R. M., Kaluzeviciute, G., & Garip, G. (2021). Loneliness in online students with disabilities: qualitative investigation for experience, understanding and solutions. International journal of educational technology in higher education, 18(1), 64. https://doi.org/10.1186/s41239-021-00301-x

Kotera, Y., Cockerill, V., Chircop, J., Kaluzeviciute, G., & Dyson, S. E. (2021). Predicting self-compassion in UK nursing students: Relationships with resilience, engagement, motivation, and mental wellbeing. Nurse education in practice, 51, 102989. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2021.102989

Kotera, Y., Spink, R., Brooks-Ucheaga, M., Green, P., Rawson, R., Rhodes, C., Chircop, J., Williams, A., Okere, U., & Lyte, G. (2021). Teaching Healthcare Professional Students in Online Learning during COVID-19: Reflection of University Lecturers. Journal of Concurrent Disorders, 3(3), 193–201. https://doi.org/10.54127/QLOU9458

Kotera, Y., Pope, M., Chircop, J., Kirkman, A., Bennett-Viliardos, L., & Sharaan, S.  (2021). Resilience Intervention for Families of Autistic Children: Reviewing the Literature. Journal of Concurrent Disorders, 3(3), 170–186. https://doi.org/10.54127/SWJS6679

Kotera, Y., Green, P., Rhodes, C., Williams, A., Chircop, J., Spink, R., Rawson, R., & Okere, U. (2020). Dealing With Isolation Using Online Morning Huddles for University Lecturers During Physical Distancing by COVID-19: Field Notes. International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 21(4) 238–244. https://doi.org/10.19173/irrodl.v21i4.4843

Kotera, Y., Cockerill, V., Chircop, J. G. E., & Forman, D. (2020). Mental health shame, self-compassion and sleep in UK nursing students: Complete mediation of self-compassion in sleep and mental health. Nursing open, 8(3), 1325–1335. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.749