Team Profiles
Katyon Warrick – Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing & Project Lead
Katyon Warrick is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Buckinghamshire New University, UK, with over 15 years of experience in both secondary and primary care nursing. Recognised as a Queen’s Nurse by the Queen’s Nursing Institute (QNI) for her contributions to the profession, Katyon has successfully transitioned from clinical practice to academia, where she focuses on bridging the gap between professional nursing expertise and academic research.
As the Project Lead for the Practice Clinician Becoming Academic project, Katyon explores the complexities of clinicians transitioning into university teaching and research. She examines the challenges practitioners face, identifies the key competencies required for success, and provides insights into support mechanisms that facilitate a smooth and effective transition. Through this project, Katyon aim to bridge the gap between professional practice and education, ensuring that clinicians are equipped with the guidance and support needed to thrive in academic roles. She is committed to fostering mentorship opportunities and developing strategies to make the transition into academia more accessible and rewarding for professionals with clinical backgrounds.
Through her commitment to nursing education and leadership, Katyon continues to shape the conversation around professional development, mentorship, and the evolving role of clinicians in higher education.
Anna Agyare – Lecturer in Nursing and Health Education
Lecturer in Nursing and Health Education – Lecturer and Module Lead in Nursing and Health Education with a focus on Nursing Associate programmes at University of Bedfordshire.
A registered nurse with over 15 years of NHS experience, specialising in cardiothoracic care, outpatient services, and nursing education. Previously served as a Learning Environment Facilitator, supporting preregistration students and Registered Nurse Degree Apprentices. Delivered sessions on student supervision and assessment, led student inductions, and developed the Resilience Workshop to enhance learner wellbeing and academic success.
Holds a FHEA and Postgraduate Certificate in Practice Education and brings a creative, student-centered approach to teaching at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Passionate about fostering empathetic, skilled healthcare professionals through engaging and supportive learning environments. Has interest research methodologies, leading first-year student inductions and part of the project on Practice Clinician Becoming Academic.
Elisavet Kalpaxi - Senior Lecturer in Critical and Contextual Studies
Dr Elisavet Kalpaxi is an active artist, researcher, and Senior Lecturer in Critical and Contextual studies at Bucks New University, UK. Her discursive interests lie with practice-based research in art. Her work, theoretical and practical, has been presented in numerous exhibitions and conferences. She has also been involved in pedagogic research, focusing on online pedagogies. Within the Practice Clinician Becoming Academic project, Elisavet’s contribution focuses on the creative presentation of the blog and methods of presenting participants’ accounts.
Magdalena Moșteanu - Lecturer in Acting
Magdalena Moșteanu is a BA Acting Lecturer at Buckinghamshire New University (BNU) and a cross-cultural theatre practitioner. She is pursuing her Ph.D. at the University of Reading (UoR) and has a background in actor training and collaborative theatre-making. Magdalena's research explores new approaches to cross-cultural performance and interrogates phenomenology, feminist thought, and cultural nomadism concerning migrant performer training. In her doctoral thesis, Magdalena engages with ethical frameworks and develops a new methodology for becoming a cross-cultural performer. Magdalena is particularly interested in interdisciplinary research, exploring how performance techniques can be used to dramatise data, transforming both quantitative and qualitative findings into more engaging and accessible forms of dissemination. Her work investigates how embodied and theatrical methods can deepen public understanding and emotional engagement with research.
Her recent work includes performing for NISSEN, an installation exploring resettlement post-World War II at MERL, UoR; directing Performing Endometriosis by V. Rodriguez, a performance lecture about stage 4 endometriosis; facilitating theatre research workshops with the Cross-Cultural Workshop Group at BNU and UoR; involvement in theatre in prison through the Jubilo Foundation; and performing with Wretched Theatre.