Jaden Allan

Assistant Professor

School: Healthcare and Nursing Sciences

Jaden is an Assistant Professor at Northumbria University. Jaden has almost two decades of lecturing experience, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, holds a Master of Science from Northumbria University in Education. Additionally, he holds a post graduate certificate of education and is registered with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council as a lecturer. He is a registered Adult Nurse in the UK, has a Bachelor of Science in nursing, and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE). He is currently one of the Board members for International Family Nursing Association: UK & Ireland Chapter.

Jaden joined Northumbria University having spent many years as a registered adult nurse working in NHS hospitals. His experience and responsibilities included a variety of clinical specialties within acute surgical and critical/intensive care, with a strong focus on family nursing and relationship centered care. His later role focused on strategic organisation of a range of health professional student placements, while providing support to students and supervisors/assessors during their clinical rotations in collaboration with Further and Higher Education institutions.

Jaden’s roles at Northumbria University have included Director of International Development and Recruitment for the faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Director of Programmes, Director of Learning and Teaching, Director of Transnational Education for the department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health. These roles have included responsibility for international nursing curricula writing, delivery, quality assurance and assessment monitoring in the UK and global market.

Campus Address

Coach Lane West
Coach Lane Campus
Newcastle
NE7 7XA

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Jaden's research expertise and interests include the dynamic support and development of students in education to enhance retention, progression and employability. This includes developing and leading peer support schemes for home and international students, recognising diversity and widening participation.

Jaden also has over a decade of simulation based education experience, enhancing and leading on the development, implementation and dissemination of simulation in nursing education in a number of countries.

Key Publications

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Bridging care in brain injury rehabilitation: A reflexive thematic analysis of staff perspectives on the role of peer support, Dunne, S., Simpson, A., Allan, J. 1 Feb 2026, In: British Journal of Health Psychology
Bridging Care in Brain Injury Rehabilitation: Staff Perspectives on the Role of Peer Support, Dunne, S., Simpson, A., Allan, J. 22 Aug 2025
Leadership competences in undergraduate nurse education: Scale development and model testing, Conner, T., Allan, J., Annesley, S., Leader, C., Unsworth, J., Tomietto, M. 1 Aug 2025, In: Nurse Education in Practice
An Exploration of the Use of Deliberate Practice in Team-Centered Healthcare Simulation-Based Education: An Integrative Review, Platt, A., Allan, J., Leader, C. 1 Sep 2024, In: Clinical Simulation in Nursing
Data gathering and patient monitoring, Park, L., Allan, J., Hill, B. 12 Nov 2024, Learning to Care, Amsterdam, Elsevier
Editorial 6(SI1): Simulation in higher education, Murray, J., Platt, A., Allan, J. 4 Mar 2024, In: Journal Of Applied Learning and Teaching
Leading a faculty-wide peer-support programme for widening participation students: Learning from the personal and professional development of an undergraduate intern, Hayman, R., Mendes, R., Allan, J., Veuger, S. 15 Oct 2024, In: International Journal for Students as Partners
Preparing for Practice, the Effects of Repeated Immersive Simulation on The Knowledge and Self-Efficacy of Undergraduate Nursing Students: A Mixed Methods Study, Platt, A., Allan, J., Leader, C., Prescott-Clements, L., McMeekin, P. 1 Jan 2024, In: Nurse Education in Practice
‘Take care everyone!’ Care ethics at work whilst homeschooling and caring for children during the COVID-19 pandemic, Grimshaw, L., Heslop, K., Mulholland, K., Park, V., Duncan, J., Allan, J., Meredith, C., Warnock, C. 2 Dec 2024, Care and Coronavirus, Leeds, Emerald Publishing
Educators’ perceptions of their experiences of transnational education in nursing: A grounded theory study, Straughair, C., Allan, J., Conner, A., Morgan, D., Machin, A. 1 Jul 2023, In: Nurse Education in Practice

Professional Activity

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Organising a conference, workshop, ...: IFNA UK-Ireland Webinar Series "Early Career Researcher Forum". 2023
Membership of board: International Family Nursing Association: UK & Ireland Chapter, Executive Member. (External organisation) 2022
Organising a conference, workshop, ...: Learning Leadership (LTHTR) programme (Peer support: External). Plan, develop and deliver peer support training for staff and nursing students. 2020
Invited talk: Yanching Institute of Technology, Key note speaker/presenter: First Aid: ABCDE assessment, management of a choking patient and application of slings. 2019
Invited talk: Shanghai Lida University, Key note speaker/presenter: First Aid: ABCDE assessment, management of a choking patient and application of slings. 2019
Visiting an external academic institution: Nanjing Institute of Technology 2019
Visiting an external academic institution: Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine 2019
Other: Tianjin University Science and Technology articulation cooperation plan: Cross faculties. 2019
Invited talk: Northumbria University China Regional Conference 2019. Northumbria University: Faculty of Health and Life Science. 2019
Visiting an external academic institution: Beijing University of Agriculture 2019

Qualifications

Health Education MSc November 23 2009
Nursing DipHE September 01 2008
Health Studies Graduate Certificate July 29 2005
Education PGCE September 01 2002
Nursing Science BSc (Hons) September 01 1996
Registered Nurse- Conditional Registration. Singapore Nursing Board Registered Nurse - Conditional Registration (Education). 2023
Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (HEA), now AdvanceHE. SFHEA 2018
Fellow (FHEA) Higher Education Academy (HEA) 2015
NMC Lecturer / Practice Educator Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2005
Adult Nurse Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 1998