National Teaching Fellowship for King's Nursing Professor
Professor Stephen Tee, from the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery at King’s College London, has today been awarded a National Teaching Fellowship from the Higher Education Academy (HEA).
The successful National Teaching Fellows (NTFs) were chosen from over 180 nominations submitted by higher education institutions across England, Northern Ireland and Wales. Professor Tee was one of 55 higher education staff to receive the honour and the award recognises his commitment to excellent teaching and his contribution to education.
Stephen has been a Registered Mental Health Nurse for almost 30 years and worked clinically for 12 years predominantly with people experiencing acute and long-term mental health problems. He became a Nurse Mentor and Registered Nurse Teacher with the Nursing and Midwifery Council on completion of a Postgraduate Certificate in Education of Adults, and completed his Doctorate in 2005.
Stephen has undertaken several leadership programmes including a master’s in management, the High Performance Leadership Programme at Said Business School, University of Oxford and the prestigious Commonwealth Leaders Programme (CSC Leaders). His research interests span practice, education and leadership and include participatory approaches to health care education, service user involvement in clinical decision-making and person-centred practice. In his previous appointment at the University of Southampton, he was Associate Director for Learning and Teaching Quality, Head of the Centre for Innovation and Leadership in Health Sciences and Assistant Dean for the Graduate School.
More recently Stephen has been leading strategic developments in education at King’s with a particular focus on research translation and international collaboration. He has published widely over 20 years, in the areas of leadership, disability, partnership and pedagogy. He was made a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Principal Fellow of King’s College London in 2014.
Last year, Stephen was elected Chair of the prestigious Healthcare Education Group, led by London Higher. Stephen is also Assistant editor of Nurse Education Today.
On hearing that he was the recipient of a 2015 Fellowship, Stephen said: “I am absolutely delighted with this award. I am also very appreciative of all the support and encouragement I have received over the years, from colleagues and students, and hope this will help engage and inspire more nurses and midwives to consider careers in education.”
Professor Karen O’Brien, Vice-Principal (Education) at King’s said: "Stephen is quite simply one of the leading Nursing educators of his generation, and he always puts the patient perspective at the heart of his teaching. We are delighted that he has received the high recognition of a National Teaching Fellowship."
Professor Stephanie Marshall, Chief Executive of the HEA, said: “The National Teaching Fellowship Scheme celebrates outstanding achievement in learning and teaching in higher education. Each year when I read about our new National Teaching Fellows what stands out for me are the comments made by their students, who describe them as innovative, engaging, entertaining, genuine, and passionate about teaching. This year is no exception. The new 2015 National Teaching Fellows we honour today are truly deserving of the award.”
The scheme is funded by the Higher Education Funding Council for England, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales, and the Department for Employment and Learning in Northern Ireland, and is open to staff whose teaching or support roles enhance the student learning experience at institutions in England, Northern Ireland and Wales.