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The association aims to promote best practice in both clinical and academic education by:

  • Encouraging the sharing of best practice in and between the clinical and academic settings
  • Raising the profile of practice-based education
  • Using evidence and research to inform practice
  • Supporting and facilitating education-based CPD
  • Holding a biennial Leadership Academy for Educators
  • Providing a voice for educators
For information on joining and the benefits of ARE membership, please click here.
The ARE Commitee
Name Melanie Button
ARE Role Committee member
Current Position Advanced Practitioner/practice educator employed by Breast Test Wales. Allied to Cardiff University as Module tutor.
Clinical Area of Interest Mammography
Educational Area of Interest Postgraduate Clinical Competence in Mammography Module and Certificate of Higher Education for Assistant Practitioners in Screening Mammography
Contact Details Melanie.button@velindre-tr.wales.nhs.uk
Name Jane Giddy
ARE Role Treasurer
Current Position Deputy Head of Radiotherapy(on secondment for I year)Clinical Learning Facilitator
Qualifications DCR(R)HDCR(T)Diploma in Management
Duration of Radiography Career Qualified 1976 in Therapy
Clinical Area of Interest In-house trainingRadiotherapy imaging
Educational Area of Interest Supporting role development.Implementation of 4 tier structure
Research Area of Interest PreceptorshipClinical supervision
Background Info Dual qualified but predominately radiotherapy. Trained at Nottingham and worked at Clatterbridge, RMH (Sutton) and currently at Poole.
Contact Details Tel: 01202 448732  Jane.giddy@poole.nhs.uk
Name Christine Heales
ARE Role Deputy Chair
Current Position Programme Lead: BSc (Hons) Medical Imaging (Diagnostic Radiography)University of Exeter
Duration of Radiography Career 16 years
Clinical Area of Interest MRI
Educational Area of Interest My area of educational interest surrounds the integration of theory and practice within the undergraduate curriculum for Diagnostic Radiography. Current educational research relates to the provision of interprofessional learning within the undergraduate programme.
Background Info I have 12 years of quite varied clinical experience and have worked in both the NHS and the private sector. The hospitals I have worked in include the University College Hospital and the Middlesex, the Oxford Radcliffe NHS Trust, the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Trust, Portsmouth Hospitals, Leeds General Infirmary, and Thornbury Scanning Centre, Sheffield. I have also worked for Alliance Medical Limited.Since moving to the University setting I have been involved in the setting up of a new undergraduate diagnostic radiography degree.
Contact Details c.j.heales@exeter.ac.uk
Name Sean Kelly
ARE Role College of Radiographers advisor
Current Position Professional officer of the College of Radiographers since 2000, my main areas of responsibility are the provision of continuing learning and CPD accreditation, the development and maintenance of the College's on line CPD portfolio (CPD Now), the College's e-learning programme (CORe-learning), Nuclear Medicine, Union Learning Representatives and some international matters.
Qualifications BA (Hons), DCR, DRI
Duration of Radiography Career 28 years
Clinical Area of Interest Radionuclide imaging and oncology
Educational Area of Interest CPD and continuing learning
Research Area of Interest Continuing learning and professional development within the international context
Background Info  
Contact Details Tel: 0161 434 5014  seank@sor.org
Name Sylvia Kittle
ARE Role Committee member (Alternate to Yvette Winnard)
Current Position Programme Leader [Radiography And Health Care Scientists] Anglia Ruskin University
Duration of Radiography Career 30 years
Clinical Area of Interest Mammography
Educational Area of Interest Assistant Practitioners, Widening Participation and the education of generic Practice Educators in the healthcare environment.
Background Info I am the professional lead for the range of distance learning radiographic courses at Anglia Ruskin. These are accessible to provide work based education for all levels of staff within the UK and Internationally. My teaching is focused on undergraduate students and the education of mentors to support student learning.
Contact Details Sylvia.Kittle@anglia.ac.uk
Name Non Lawrence
ARE Role Membership Secretary
Current Position Clinical Educator
Qualifications DCR( R), PgD
Duration of Radiography Career Qualified 1985 from East Glamorgan School of Radiography
Clinical Area of Interest Mammography
Educational Area of Interest  
Research Area of Interest Skill mix, inter professional working
Background Info I'm based at Breast Test Wales, Cardiff, the welsh breast screening service.
Contact Details Tel: 02920787813 Mob: 07968504266
Name Professor Stuart Mackay
ARE Role Chair
Current Position Professor of Medical Imaging Education, University of Salford
Duration of Radiography Career 27 years
Educational Area of Interest I am interested in developing and evaluating new methods of learning and teaching and in ensuring our graduates are fit for purpose. My specialist areas are interprofessional education, problem-based learning, evaluation of image interpretation and graduate preparedness.
Background Info I am a leader of a BSc (Hons) Diagnostic radiography which is delivered through problem-based learning. I teach at all levels from undergraduate to PhD.
Contact Details s.mackay@salford.ac.uk
Name Helen Riddell
ARE Role Committee Member
Current Position Practice Educator (Undergraduate)Employed by Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust and allied to University of HertfordshireResponsibility for trustwide undergraduate training within Radiology directorate. In post since Dec 2003.
Qualifications DCR(R)MSc (RNI)PGCE PG Cert (Personal Professional and Work Related Learning)COR Cert Comp IV Injections,
Duration of Radiography Career Qualified in 1993
Clinical Area of Interest General and Orthopaedic RadiographyNuclear Medicine
Educational Area of Interest Clinical training
Research Area of Interest Quality of clinical placement learning
Background Info Trained at Oxford Regional School of Radiography, Also worked at Stoke Mandeville, West Hertfordshire, Oxford Radcliffe Hosps, Southampton University Hosps, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre.
Contact Details helen.riddell@buckshosp.nhs.uk
Name Ruth Strudwick
ARE Role Committee member
Current Position Lecturer, University Campus Suffolk
Qualifications MSc BSc(Hons) CTCert PGCE
Duration of Radiography Career I qualified in 1995 and have worked as a diagnostic radiographer, clinical lecturer and most recently as a lecturer
Clinical Area of Interest Emergency and trauma radiography. Radiographer reporting. Dental radiography.
Educational Area of Interest Diagnostic radiography. Emergency and trauma radiography. User involvement. Interprofessional learning. Dental radiography.
Research Area of Interest Ethnography. Workplace culture. Professional socialisation.
Background Info  
Contact Details r.strudwick@ucs.ac.uk
Name Andrew Tootell
ARE Role
Current Position Lecturer in Radiography The University of Salford Undergraduate module leadershipPostgraduate module leadershipClinical Coordinator for MSc Nuclear Medicine.
Qualifications BSc(Hons)MSc Nuclear MedicinePGCert Higher Education and Research
Duration of Radiography Career Qualified in 1998
Clinical Area of Interest General RadiographyNuclear Medicine Digital/ Computed RadiographyDosimetryCT
Educational Area of Interest e-learningClinical learning
Research Area of Interest Dosimetry and dose optimisation.
Background Info Trained at The University of Salford.Worked as a radiographer at Hope Hospital Salford and a Senior Radiographer at Whiston Hospital. Completed the MSc in nuclear medicine in 2005. Startng work at The University of Salford in 2006
Contact Details a.k.tootell@salford.ac.uk
Name Yvette Winnard
ARE Role Secretary
Current Position Senior Lecturer (Radiotherapy), Anglia Ruskin University
Duration of Radiography Career 25 years
Clinical Area of Interest Pre-treatment radiotherapy
Educational Area of Interest Teaching, learning and student support via distance learning, Assistant Practitioners and interprofessional education
Research Area of Interest Interprofessional education
Background Info I am the leader for the radiotherapy Assistant Practitioner and BSc (Hons) pathways, both of which are delivered via distance learning.
Contact Details Yvette.Winnard@anglia.ac.uk
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