Susanne Morrison

Midwifery Lecturer, University of the West of Scotland

Susanne is currently a Midwifery Lecturer at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS). She joined the midwifery lecturer team at UWS in 2014, as a Clinical Midwifery Lecturer, this was her first role within an approved education institution (AEI). Susanne’s key responsibilities lie within teaching and assessment on all Parts of the MSc / BSc pre-registration midwifery programmes. She was Programme Lead for the MSc programme and is currently the midwifery Admissions Lead at UWS. Other key roles include chairing the Midwifery Practice Assessment Document (MPAD) Scotland group since March 2018 and co-chairing the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) Strategic Midwifery Leadership Group (SMiLe) Scottish Educator Network since August 2024. Susanne is also a British Journal of Midwifery Reviewer.

 

Prior to moving into a AEI setting, Susanne spent 22 years as a qualified midwife in Lanarkshire, gaining experience throughout many areas of clinical midwifery practice, including community and working within both the LDRP and traditional models of midwifery care. She was a member of the Clinical Effectiveness Group ensuring that clinical guidelines were based on best current research evidence. Also, Susanne is a qualified Registered General Nurse (RGN) and prior to moving into midwifery gained ward management experience within general nursing, celebrating 40 years since starting nursing in August this year