Alison Steven is joint lead on co-design and qualitative data for Workforce Voices. Based in Northumbria university she is a research professor and registered nurse.
Alison Steven is Professor of Research in Nursing and Health Professions Education at Northumbria University, Visiting Professor at the University of Genoa Italy and Faculty member of the Italian Inter-university Research Centre on Nursing Ethics. Since completing her PhD (Discourse analysis of clinical skills education, Newcastle Medical School 2002) she has undertaken a wide range of predominantly qualitative research concerning workforce development and wellbeing for the enhancement of safety and quality in professional practice. Through a focus on health professions education & the embedding of skills, knowledge, and innovations in practice. She has published widely, attracted funding from national (BMA, Health Foundation, NIHR, NHSE) and international bodies and led the EU co-funded SLIPPs project (2016-2019) which resulted in the development of the SLIPPs Learning Event Recording Tool (SLERT) now translated into multiple languages and used across 8 countries.