Uni features in Queen’s Birthday Honours
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:01:00 BST
Sue awarded OBE and Paul receives a BEM
Sue Bernhauser
SUE Bernhauser, whose successful career in nursing and education led to a senior role at the University of Huddersfield, has been awarded the OBE.
She retired in 2012 after six years as Dean of the School of Human and Health Sciences at the University, and was awarded the title of Emerita Dean.
Her career in nursing began in the early 1970s and she practised in both learning disability and adult nursing – holding ward manager posts in Southampton, Portsmouth, Glasgow and Dorset – before moving into nurse education. This career took her to Birmingham and Sunderland and she was Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Health and Head of Nursing and Midwifery at the University of Brighton before moving to Huddersfield.
Sue Bernhauser played a significant role in many of the major reviews of nurse education within the last two decades. She led the pilot scheme for Project 2000, a ground-breaking new curriculum heralded nursing’s move from apprenticeship and into a university degree subject.
In her capacity as Chair of Council of Deans until June 2011, she worked closely with the Department of Health on professional and workforce issues. Sue has been a member of the Next Stage Review Nursing and Midwifery Advisory Committee, the Higher Education National Strategic Engagement Committee and the Universities UK Health and Social Policy Committee. She is also a member of the Royal College of Nursing and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
She was also a member of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Commission that looked into the future of nursing and midwifery.
Sue Bernhauser’s research interests include leadership, student assessment and simulation in health programmes from a strategic perspective.
When awarded her title Emerita Dean at a ceremony in 2012, Sue Bernhauser was praised for her “feisty, fearless approach to change”.
The Rev'd Paul Wilcock
THE Rev'd Paul Wilcock, the University’s Director of Student Services, has been awarded a British Empire Medal for services to policing.
He is a long-standing member of staff and originally joined the institution as Anglican Chaplain. Today, he is responsible for the Wellbeing and Disability Service and the Careers and Employability Service. Alongside this support role, Rev’d Wilcock is an active academic and researcher and leads the work of the University’s Arms and Armour Research Group. He specialises in the research of edged weapons and identification marks on arms and is also an historical consultant to both the Royal Armouries and to the Frazier History Museum in the United States.
Fully deserved
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Huddersfield, Professor Bob Cryan, said: “It has been a pleasure and a privilege to work with both Sue Bernhauser and Paul Wilcock, so I am delighted by the honours they have been awarded. They are fully deserved.
“Sue Bernhauser made a tremendous impact during her seven years as Dean of Human and Health Sciences and also more widely on her profession of nursing. She also has a very lively personality and has always been determined to make sure that the working environment for her colleagues is full of fun and enjoyment, which is so often the best way to get results.”
Paul is a stimulating colleague and a man of great integrity with a very wide range of accomplishments, interests and involvements, one of which has now received excellent recognition.”
Congratulations to Joanne and David
The University would also like to congratulate author Joanne Harris and businessman David Armitage, who are honorary doctors of the University and who were both recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Joanne Harris, who was made an MBE, said she hopes the honour gives people the message that “writing is important”. The Huddersfield-based author, whose books have been published in more than 40 countries, topped the best-seller lists after the 1999 publication of Chocolat, which became a film in 2001 starring Juliette Binoche and Johnny Depp. She is currently working on two books – one a fantasy tale and a novel – and she has been involved with a number of projects to promote writing among young people.
Huddersfield businessman David Armitage has been awarded the OBE and admits that he “was absolutely staggered, but also delighted and very honoured”. The Chairman of Sellers Engineers has been given the award for his tireless work for charity over many years. He has raised huge sums of money for many charities, notably Guide Dogs for the Blind, and has become a constant backer of music and sport in Huddersfield. Mr Armitage and his company sponsor junior football, cricket and tennis and music in the town through the Sellers Brass Band.
