Dr Vickie Howard

Vickie is the Deputy Programme Director of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme in psychologically informed interventions. She also continues to input as a lecturer on the BSc Mental Health Nursing Programme.

Vickie has worked in a variety of mental health settings, including posts as a matron and service manager in acute inpatient care, community mental health, perinatal mental health and rehabilitation and recovery settings. Vickie is also a counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice and a graduate member of the British Psychological Society (GMBPsS).

Before joining the University of Hull as a lecturer in June 2016, Vickie worked as a serious incident investigator and learning lessons facilitator. Vickie became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in January 2025.