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Background

Dr Duxbury studied French at Liverpool University before qualifying as a secondary school teacher at Leicester University to teach French and English to Speakers of Other languages. 

After teaching in France and Holland for a number of years he returned to the United Kingdom to study nursing, qualifying as an adult nurse at Swansea University before commencing a National Institute for Social Care and Health Research (NISCHR)-funded PhD in Health Research. Since completing the PhD in 2015, 

Ben has worked as an adult nurse, as a research assistant at Swansea University and as a health/social care/nursing lecturer at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David (UWTSD).

Specialist Subjects

  • Integrated working in health and social care.
  • Care of people living with long term/chronic conditions.
  • Social policy.
  • Health economics.
  • Health and social care research methodology.

Professional and/or Research Experience

Dr Duxbury is a registered nurse, his main experience being in the post-operative sphere. He has a PhD in Health Science from Swansea University, which was a case study of the creation of an integrated health and social care team in south-west Wales, with data-collection combining interviews, focus groups, non-participant observation and documentary analysis.

He has worked as a research assistant on the Cognitive Functioning and Ageing project at Swansea University, conducting quantitative interviews, having taught a variety of health and social care/nursing modules at both Swansea University and UWTSD, and he is involved in the supervision of UWTSD master’s and doctoral students.

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) French (2.1), Liverpool University
  • MA French, Liverpool University
  • PGCE French and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Leicester University.
  • Bachelor of Nursing (1st Class Honours), Swansea University
  • PhD Health Science, Swansea University

Languages Spoken

English, French, Dutch (fluent), basic Welsh

Academic Teaching