Dr Mark Wareing
Reader

Summary

I completed my nurse training at the Birmingham College of Nurse Education and held a number of posts in medicine and surgery before establishing the specialist urological nursing service in North Oxfordshire as a clinical nurse specialist employed by the Department of Urology in Oxford. Prior to entering education I served for four years as a Captain in the Reserve Army Medical Services and was deployed to Iraq in 2004.

I was Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Health and Social Care at Birmingham City University until 2015. As Principal Lecturer & Director of Practice Learning at the University of Bedfordshire, I provided academic leadership relating to practice learning across HCPC and NMC approved and commissioned healthcare courses across the Faculty of Health & Social Sciences until my appointment at Brunel University of London in 2023 as Reader/Department Director of Practice Education. Following an extended tenure, my department director role was dissolved in January 2026 (following a university reorganisation inacted in February 2025).  

Qualifications

    Doctor of Education (EdD)

    Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Studies in Education (PGCPSE)

    Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PgCert)

    Master of Science (MSc with merit) Health Studies

    Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons 2:1) Applied Social Science

Responsibility

As Reader in Education, I line manage around x18 members of academic staff from across the Department of Health Sciences and hold a diverse portfolio including doctoral supervision, teaching, research and scholarly activity. I am a member of the Media, Arts and Culture in Education (MACE) research group.