Dr Jane Wray

Dr Jane Wray

Senior Research Fellow/ Director of Research

Faculty of Health Sciences

School of Health and Social Work

j.wray@hull.ac.uk

01482 464618

Jane Wray qualified as a registered nurse (RN) at St James' University Hospital in Leeds and after a period in clinical practice began her academic research career in the field of learning disabilities, working with children, their families and carers.

Jane has continued to undertake research promoting inclusion within the health and social care sectors with a more recent focus on nursing, nurses and the workplace.

She has published and presented her work nationally and internationally and is a founding member of the International Advisory Board for the peer-reviewed Journal of Intellectual Disabilities (Sage Publications, London).

Research

Research Interests

  • Inclusion

  • Equality and human rights

  • Research methods

  • Professional practice

  • Supporting transition and retention of newly qualified nurses (STaR Project) 

Visit Jane's ResearchGate profile here: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jane_Wray RG score – 19.60

Research groups

Jane has collaborated with the Council of Deans and UK University Faculties for Nursing and Health Professions' Working Group on Healthcare (Education for Disabled Students) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA).

She was a member of the HEA's Special Interest Group on Inclusion and the Royal College of Nursing's National Equality and Diversity Committee.

Publications

Wray, J., Aspland, J., Barrett, D., & Gardiner, E. (2017). 'Factors Affecting the Programme Completion of Pre-Registration Nursing StudentsThrough a Three Year Course: A Retrospective Cohort Study', Nurse Education in Practice, 24, 14-20.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1471595317301580

Williams P, Wray J, Farrall H & Aspland J (2014), 'Fit for Purpose: Is Traditional Assessment Failing Undergraduates with Learning Differences. Might eAssessment Help?', International Journal of Inclusive Education, 18 (6) 614-625.

Wray J, Aspland J, Barrett D (2014), 'Choosing to Stay: Looking at Retention from a Different Perspective', Studies in Higher Education, 39 (9) 1700-1714.

Wray, J. (2013), 'The Impact of the Financial Crisis on Nurses and Nursing', Journal of Advanced Nursing, 69 (3) 497-499.

Wray, J., Barrett, D., Aspland, J. and Gardiner, E. (2012), 'Staying the Course: Factors Influencing Pre-Registration Nursing Student Progression into Year 2 — A Retrospective Cohort Study', International Journal of Nursing Studies, 49, 1432–1442.

Teaching

Teaching awards and accolades

HETC (Higher Education Teaching Certificate)

Professional highlights

Academic qualifications

  • MSc Diversity Management, University of Bradford

  • MPhil Nursing, University of Hulll

  • Higher Education Teaching Certificate, University of Hull

  • BA (Hons) Philosophy and Psychology 2:1

  • Registered Nurse Training, St James University Hospital, Leeds

External roles

Jane has collaborated with the Council of Deans and UK University Faculties for Nursing and Health Professions' Working Group on Healthcare (Education for Disabled Students) and the Higher Education Academy (HEA) and was a member of the HEA Special Interest Group (SIG) on Inclusion. She was a member of the Royal College of Nursing's National Equality and Diversity Committee.

Awards and accolades
Registered Nurse

Professional highlights

Awarded the Barbara Burford Memorial Prize for dissertation (Msc in Diversity Management at Bradford University).