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Dr David Evans RNT, BA Hons, PGCert, PGDip, PGCE, MPhil, EdD

Professor in Sexualities and Genders: Health & Well-Being

Key details

Dr David Evans

Dr David T Evans

Professor in Sexualities and Genders: Health & Well-Being

Prof David Evans, OBE, is a National Teaching Fellow, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Professor in the teaching and learning pathway, in the School of Health Sciences at the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. He achieved the title in 2022, and was honoured with a Fellowship ad eundem of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FFNMRCSI) in 2023.

David has been facilitating sexual health and HIV learning at various universities, colleges of nursing and departments of health and social care, since 1990. He is a registered nurse, with clinical experience in HIV client care; he is also a former Roman Catholic priest.

David has achieved a number of significant projects, one as Professional Nursing Advisor (Sexual Health) at the Royal College of Nursing. He developed and project-led a successful nationwide e-learning course 'Sexual Health Skills', for nurses, midwives and allied health professions. He formally joined the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ in 2006, still leading on the sexual health skills e-learning course that was originally developed at the Royal College of Nursing. He has since developed other e-learning and blended learning courses and programmes, including at bachelor and masters' levels, and leads 3 modules on the "top up" MA in Health Care Practice, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice and MSc Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation. In 2024, David leads on the development of a PGCert Advanced Forensic Practice for Health Care Professionals (in accordance with ASET guidelines from ).

David is one of three authors of the 'Sexual and Reproductive Health for Mental Health Professionals' free e-learning course at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (), which achieved finalist status in UK Sexual Health Awards 2012 and commended in the Chief Nursing Officer's Bulletin to NHS England. In 2014, he was awarded a prestigious of the Higher Education Academy for excellence in teaching, followed by appointment as OBE, by Her Late Majesty  Queen Elizabeth II  (2017) "", Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy () in 2018 and Recognised Research Supervisor (, 2021).

David teaches across a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including supervising and examining doctoral candidates. David's post also includes numerous enterprise initiatives, liaising with nursing, medical and third-sector organisations to increase collaboration and credit rating opportunities, for the enhancement of student-learning potential.

David teaches across a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including . David's post also includes numerous enterprise initiatives, liaising with nursing, medical and third-sector organisations to increase collaboration and credit rating opportunities, for the enhancement of student-learning potential.

Following successful ‘tariffing’ of the Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (DFSRH) in 2019, he has achieved similar recognition for 5 courses of the British  Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) in 2024, at levels 6 and 7.

His main areas of teaching and research include: sexualities and gender epistemologies; sexual health learning and education; diversity and anti-discrimination; holistic and specific dimensions of sexual health relevant to pre-registration and post-registration programmes.

Posts held previously:

  • 1998–2011, Educational consultant in sexual health and HIV Trainer, London Boroughs (various); Trainer for Project for Advocacy, Counselling and Education (PACE) and other (various) organisations, London
  • 2000–08, Professional Nursing Advisor (sexual health and HIV); Developer/Project lead/Principal author of e-Learning course, Royal College of Nursing
  • 1993-98, Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health (counselling), Thames Valley University/North West Thames Regional AIDS Education Unit

A fuller CV – with publications and conference presentations - is available at

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Nursing

Responsibilities within the university
  • Professor in Sexualities and Genders: Health & Well-Being
  • Greenwich Opportunities for Learning and Development (GOLD) Panel Member
  • SFHEA and AFHEA mentor and Departmental champion
  • Module and Programme Leader (sexual health and MA in HCP programmes)
  • Teacher (sexual health and research methods): undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
  • Bachelor, Maters and Doctoral (PhD / EdD) research supervisor
  • Departmental lead on technologies for learning advancement
  • PFHEA and SFHEA  mentor and  School champion
  • A School and University champion of

Awards
  • Fellow ad eundem of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • 2022, Queen’s Nurse of the Queen’s Nursing institute
  • 2021, UK Council for Graduate Education ‘Recognised Research Supervisor’
  • 2018, Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • 2017, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, "for services to nursing and sexual health education"
  • 2014, National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy: Achievement for excellence in teaching
  • 2012 UK Sexual Health Awards, co-finalist for Sexual, Reproductive and Mental Health free e-learning course.

Recognition

Memberships:

  • Lead: PGCert Advanced Forensic Practice programme development team (2023 - current)
  • UoG Stonewall Accreditation Steering Group member (2021 – current)
  • NTF and CATE Assessor (UoG for AdvanceHE / HEAcademy awards) (2020)
  • Member:
  • Teaching Excellence Framework Assessor (UoG PFHEA / NTFs’ panel) (2019)
  • Fellow of the National Conference of University Professors (2019 - 2024)
  • GOLD Scheme (‘Greenwich Opportunities for Learning Development’: AdvanceHE / HEAcademy) PFHEA panel member; SFHEA mentor (c.20 complete / 10 current)  / PFHEA advocate (x 9)
  • Faculty Learning and Quality Sub-Committee
  • PGDip Enhanced Clinical Practice – Curriculum Development Committee (Lead) (2019-20)
  • Association of National Teaching Fellows (2014)
  • International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (2014)
  • APPG-SRH (All Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health) (2012)
  • Royal College of Nursing (member).

Editorial reviews:

  • Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2003
  • Journal of the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare / BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2011 / 2018
  • Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2011
  • Journal of Mental Health, 2011
  • Journal of Ethnicity and Health, 2017

Examiner/other:

  • Examined masters theses for the Universities of Auckland (MNurs by research, NZ) and Brighton (MRes, UK)
  • Doctoral examiner at the Universities of Wolverhampton, Hull, Kings College London, Surrey, Edinburgh, De Montford, UCL, Canterbury Christ Church, Greenwich, Portsmouth
  • External moderator for the credit rated courses of BASHH: the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV

Research / Scholarly interests

David's research interests include sexual health education for nursing and healthcare practice; resilience in LGB&T+ youth and social representations of HIV and AIDS.

David is also actively involved in the supervisor of research with doctoral candidates, covering areas such as spirituality in mental health nursing education; sex and relationship education for parents in Malta; the role of the Internet in negotiating gay identities in young people; analysis of national child sexual exploitation policy in relations to young males in commercial sex transactions; education for health visitors' professional roles in relation to domestic violence and abuse; midwifery transitions, from students to registered professionals; perinatal mental health and newly qualified midwives; healthcare academics and Technology Enhanced Learning; global majority midwives; education and return to practice; student nurses and practice mentorship.

Media activity
  • “” short film (LGBTQ+ people and end of life / hospice care). Greenwich and Bexley Hospice
  • “” (episode 2: the 1980s) for ITV, July 2021
  • “Breaking barriers” Çï¿ûÊÓƵ
  • Celebrating 2020 The Year of the Nurse and Midwife “”, interview by Hon Doc Ruth Oshikanlu, MBE, FRCN, QN
  • (The Windsors, 2019) on Princess Diana and her role in destigmatising HIV and AIDS.

Recent publications

Article

Fanner, Michael and , Evans, David Thomas (2021), . Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. In: , , , . Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, Greenwich Social Work Review, 2: Fanner (2) . pp. 192-207 ISSN: 2633-4313 (Print), 2633-4313 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.21100/gswr.v2i2.1278).

Evans, David Thomas and , (2021), . Institute of Psychosexual Medicine. In: , , , . Institute of Psychosexual Medicine, Institute of Psychosexual Medicine Journal (78) . pp. 16-17 (doi: ) NB Item availability restricted.

King, Gregory Patrick and , Evans, David Thomas (2019), . SAGE. In: , , , . SAGE, International Journal of STD & AIDS, 31 (1) . pp. 62-65 ISSN: 0956-4624 (Print), 1758-1052 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462419871857).

Ainsworth-Masiello, Richard and , Evans, David Thomas (2019), . Schools and Students Health Education Unit. In: , , , . Schools and Students Health Education Unit, Education and Health, 37 (4) . pp. 109-116 ISSN: 0265-1602 (Print), 2049-3665 (Online) (doi: http://sheu.org.uk/sheux/EH/eh374ram.pdf).

Evans, David Thomas and , (2019), . RCN Publishing. In: , , , . RCN Publishing, Nursing Standard . pp. 1-7 ISSN: 0029-6570 (Print), 1758-1052 (Online) (doi: https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/opinion/comment/hiv-if-we-can-achieve-normalised-testing-well-be-helping-to-banish-stigma-good-155351).

Evans, David Thomas and , (2019), . BMJ. In: , , , . BMJ, BMJ Sexual and Reproductive health, 45: 13 (3) ISSN: 2515-1991 (Print), 2515-2009 (Online) (doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2019-200453).

Evans, David Thomas and , Dukes, Mark (2018), . RCN Publishing. In: , , , . RCN Publishing, Nursing Standard, 33 (8) ISSN: 0029-6570 (Print), (doi: https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.2018.e11046).

Evans, David T. and , Enson, Stephanie (2016), . Cogora Limited. In: , , , . Cogora Limited, Nursing in Practice, 2016 (90) . pp. 72-78 ISSN: 1473-9445 (Print), (doi: http://www.nursinginpractice.com).

Fish, Julie and , Evans, David T. (2016), . Sage Journals. In: , , , . Sage Journals, Journal of Research in Nursing, 21 (3) . pp. 159-162 ISSN: 1744-9871 (Print), 1744-988X (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987116643232).

Evans, Andrew B. and , Evans, David T. (2016), . Schools and Students Health Education Unit. In: , , , . Schools and Students Health Education Unit, Education and Health, 34 (1) . pp. 3-8 ISSN: 0265-1602 (Print), 2049-3665 (Online) (doi: http://sheu.org.uk/x/eh341ae.pdf).

Audio

Evans, David Thomas and , (2018), . Çï¿ûÊÓƵ. In: , , , . Çï¿ûÊÓƵ, (doi: https://vimeo.com/251284515).

Book section

Evans, David and , (2022), . SAGE. In: , , In: Amanda Holland, Kate Phillips, Michelle Mosely, Lorraine Joomun (eds.), Fundamentals for Public Health Practice. SAGE, London; California; New Delhi; Singapore (1st) . pp. 223-238 . ISBN: 9781526496256; 9781526496263; 9781529765182 (doi: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/fundamentals-for-public-health-practice/book268666#preview).

Evans, David Thomas and , (2021), . Critical Publishing. In: , , In: Denise Turner, Michael Fanner (eds.), Creative Learning and Practice in the Social Work and Health Professions: Lessons from Covid 19. Critical Publishing, St Albans, Herts, UK (1st) (doi: ).

Evans, David and , (2017), . Wiley Blackwell. In: , , In: Bryan S. Turner, Chang Kyung-Sup, Cynthia Epstein, Peter Kivisto, William Outhwaite, J. Michael Ryan (eds.), The Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Wiley Blackwell, (1st) . pp. 1-7 . ISBN: 9781118430873 (doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118430873.est0335).

Evans, David Thomas and , (2017), . RCPsych Publications. In: , , In: Kathryn M. Abel, Rosalind Ramsay (eds.), The Female Mind: a user's guide. RCPsych Publications, London (1st) . pp. 19-22 . ISBN: 9781909726802 (doi: http://rcpsych.ac.uk/usefulresources/publications/books/rcpp/9781909726802.aspx) NB Item availability restricted.

Conference item

Evans, David Thomas and , (2019), . In: 15th Thomas More International days Nursing and Midwifery, 19 - 21 Mar 2019, Belgium , . , (doi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfT_Y00VcEE&feature=youtu.be).

Evans, David Thomas and , (2018), . In: Breaking Taboos, 27 March 2018, St Francis Hospice, Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire, England , . , (doi: https://drdavidtevanstel.wordpress.com/2018-god-sex-death-dying/).

Evans, David Thomas and , (2016), . In: 22nd Regional Sexual Health Conference Northern Ireland, 22-23 November 2016, Belfast, Northern Ireland , . , (doi: https://drdavidtevanstel.wordpress.com/2016-belfast-sexual-health/).

Conference proceedings

Evans, David Thomas and , (2017), . Elsevier. In: , , , The Journal of Sexual Medicine. Elsevier, , 14 (5) . pp. e291-e292 ISSN: 1743-6095 (Print), 1743-6109 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsxm.2017.04.403).

Other

Natzler, Michael and , Evans, David Thomas (2021), . Higher Education Policy Unit. In: , , , . Higher Education Policy Unit, London (1st) (doi: https://www.hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Student-Relationships-Sex-and-Sexual-Health-Survey_Report-139_FINAL.pdf).

Evans, David Thomas and , (2019), . AdvanceHE. In: , , , . AdvanceHE, York / On-line (doi: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-views/senior-fellows-see-one-do-one-teach-one).

Teaching resource

Evans, David Thomas and , (2019), . In: , , , . , (doi: https://drdavidtevanstel.wordpress.com/2019-hiv-sais-for-midwifery-students/).