Nicky is an Associate Professor (Practice) at Middlesex University, where she is Director of Teaching and Learning for Mental Health and Social Work. She is registered as a Specialist Practitioner (NMC) and is a Senior Teaching Fellow (SFHEA). She is also a co-director of the Centre for Coproduction in Mental Health and Social Care
Nicky has worked across a range of mental health services both in the UK and internationally supporting staff and practice development in acute and mental health trusts, councils, businesses and charities. She is active in supporting mental health and wellbeing with the RCN and Unite. She is an editorial board member for Mental Health Nursing, a member of MHNAUK and on the education and communication committees. Nicky enagages with local trusts and with the RCPsych to support sexual safety in mental health services. She is also a Trustee for West Hampstead Women's centre (holder of the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service).
Nicky has a professional Twitter feed: @niadla and is keen that all people with and interest in mental health engage together as a community to support good practice and challenge discrimination. She has teaching and research interests in women's health, physical and mental health, co-production, social media and health education.
Nicky has a professional Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/niadla (@niadla) and is keen that all people with and interest in mental health engage together as a community to support good practice and challenge discrimination. She has teaching and research interests in women's health, physical and mental health, co-production, social media and health education.
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Book Chapters, blogs etc:
Lambert, N., (2020). Home (Dis)Comforts Podcast Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture https://moda.mdx.ac.uk/conversations/home-discomforts/
Lambert, N., (2020). MDX Minds blog https://mdxminds.com/2020/05/21/mentalhealthawarenessweek
Lambert, N., (2020). British Educational Research Association blog: Ensuring students achieve, thrive and survive their educational journeys: Using creative ways to support learning and resilience
Lambert, N. (2019) Editorial: 'It is time to consider women's health issues' Mental Health Nursing
Lambert, Nicky and Pezzella, Alfonso and Vargas, Antonio and Willimott, Jade and Gleeson, Helen (2021) Expansive learning: online nurse education that is co-produced, creative and critical. In: RCN Education Forum National Conference & Exhibition 2021. Stepping up: educating the nursing workforce in challenging times, 20-21 Apr 2021, London (Online).
Cunningham, Sheila and Lambert, Nicky (2020) Inclusive learning, diversity and nurse education. In: Dimensions on Nursing Teaching and Learning: Supporting Nursing Students in Learning Nursing. Cunningham, Sheila , ed. Springer, Switzerland, pp. 65-81. ISBN 9783030397661
Baeza Ruiz, Ana and Lambert, Nicky and Chambers, Paula (2020) MoDA Podcast Season 1, Episode 3, Home(Dis)comforts. [Audio]
Foley, Laura and Dadzie, Lawrence K. and Pezzella, Alfonso and Lambert, Nicky (2019) Exploring the educational experience of culturally and linguistically diverse students in Higher Education. Preliminary findings from a small scale project. In: 6th International European Transcultural Nursing Association Conference, 19-21 Jun 2019, University of South Bohemia, České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
Lambert, Nicky and Pezzella, Alfonso and Gleeson, Helen (2018) Student freedom and responsibility; academic citizenship and societal engagement: politics, professionalism and practice. In: Philosophy and Theory of Higher Education Conference: ‘Student Being and Becoming in the Future University’, 11-12 Sept 2018, Middlesex University London, United Kingdom.
2020: A founder member of #mhTV- a coproduced series of vodcasts addressing issues current in mental health and for nurses more generally.
2020: Coproduced Psychological support for student nurses on extended placements The Pan London Practice Learning Group and HEE
2020: Worked with My Care Academy to develop free online resources to support staff who needed to learn new skills to offer care after death for patients suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
2020: Worked with NCL in Mind / Tavistock/Portman NHS Trust to connect and support the North Central London health and social care workforce during the Coronavirus outbreak.
2020: Contributed to Mental Health Nursing Competency and Career Framework from Skills for Health and HEE.
2020 - current: Authored the RCN Public Mental Health Pages
2019 - current: Part of the CQC sexual safety collaborative
2019 - current: Worked on London HEG : project CUREate
2019 - Official Supporter of the Ask and Take Action Project - Agenda
2019 -Collaborations with MoDA – through a podcast and by co-hosting and open conference on Living Well: health, wellbeing and the built environment.
2018 - current: Member of the RCN Mental health forum Member of the RCN Mental Health Forum
2019 - current: External Examiner for The University of Leeds BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health)
2018: Host for MHNA session On Period Dignity in Mental Health Services
2018: Organiser and Lead for #ProudToBeDifferent: 2018 conference jointly held between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust, Camden and Islington NHS Trust and Middlesex University.
2018: Consultancy for Fulfilling Lives - South East
2017: Chair of Policy-UK's Revolution in Mental Health conference.
2017: Organiser and Lead for #ProudToBeDifferent: 2017 conference jointly held between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust, Camden and Islington NHS Trust and Middlesex University.
2017: A Chair at 17th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference.
2016: Organiser and Lead for #ProudToBeDifferent: 2016 conference jointly held between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey NHS Trust, Camden and Islington NHS Trust and Middlesex University.
2016: Commissioned to develop and deliver a Leadership project for an Emergency Department.
2015-current: Commissioned to develop and deliver a Preceptorship project for a Mental Health trust.
2015: Evaluation of education provision on Compassion in local NHS trust.
2015: Commissioned to co-develop and co-deliver a risk assessment project for Community teams.
2014: Evaluation of Leadership project in local trust
2014 tocurrent: Trustee for West Hampstead Women’s centre
2013 to current: Editorial board member for Mental Health Nursing
2012 to current: Reviewer for a number of professional journals including Nurse Education Today.
2011- 2015: Swansea University
2011 -2015 External Examiner with Manchester University
2007- 2010: Consultant / lecturer working for University of Brighton, Brighton and Hove City Council and various Charities advising on managing violence and aggression, challenging behaviour, taking team days and supporting learning and development.
2008 to current - active involvement in the Higher Education Academy: Special Interest Group for Mental Health
2007 – 2010 Member of South East Women’s Network in Partnership with CSIP / NIMHE
2005 – 2010 Chair of Brighton and Hove Women’s Network
2019 Jun | British Educational Research Association | Using arts and culture to support students learning and resilience And The role of animals in supporting students to achieve, thrive and survive the educational journey! |
2019 Mar | London Association of Mentors - Practice Conference | Finding your Voice, using your Power and Radical Self-care |
2019 Mar | Cultures of Health and Wellbeing | Supporting student nurses to become thoughtful, compassionate professionals using art and culture |
2019 Mar | RCN Education Forum National Conference and Exhibition 2019 | Improving the educational experience of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic student nurses. |
2018 Aug | Philosophy of Higher Education Conference | Politics, professionalism and practice - Symposium |
2017 Sept | 23rd International MHNR Conference 2017, Cardiff | “Outside the original remit”: Working creatively to co-produce qualitative mental health research with service users: reflections from two studies. |
2017 May | 4th HORATIO European Festival of Psychiatric Nursing, Malta | - Politically Engaged Nursing Practice. |
2017 May | 4th HORATIO European Festival of Psychiatric Nursing, Malta | - Symposium: Exploring best practice in co-producing qualitative mental health research |
2016 Nov | RCN International Centenary conference, London | - Women’s experiences of mental and physical health issues in accessing and receiving care. |
2016 Sept | International Psychiatric Nurse Conference (NPNR) Nottingham | - Going Solo: providing support to women ageing without a partner and who do not have children |
2016 Sept | International Psychiatric Nurse Conference (NPNR) Nottingham | - The Time of Their Lives? : Lifestyles and the Experience of Health among UK Undergraduate University Students. |
2016 Sept | International Psychiatric Nurse Conference (NPNR) Nottingham | - How does the role of Trainee Mental Health Workers in clinical practice compare with expectations prior to starting the programme? |
2016 June | Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education & Social Development. Seoul, S. Korea. | - What is my life for? Exploring the experiences of SOLO women in later life (Hafford-Letchfield, Trish and Lambert, Nicky) |
2015 Sept | International Psychiatric Nurse Conference (NPNR) Manchester | - Survey Into Attitudes Regarding The Potential Changes To Nurse Education |
2015 July | Department of MH, SW & IM Annual Conference, London | - SOLO Women Future Directions and TMHW |
2015 Mar | London Assoc. of Mental Health Nursing Practice Conference | - Gender and Physical Health |
2015 Mar | Compassionate Health care conference, London | - Dignity and Compassion in Practice |
2015 Feb | Centre for Research on Families & Relationships: Emotions seminar series, Edinburgh | - Researching stigmatised experience Loneliness: the ‘L’ worse than leprosy. |
2015 Jan | Ageing without children conference, London | - Going SOLO: future research priorities |
2014 Dec | Middlesex Early Evening Seminar, London | - Exploring the intimate and broader relationships of SOLO women and the implications for their support needs in later life |
2014 Nov | European Festival of Psychiatric Nursing, Malta | - Symposium Taking Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE's) to the Next Level in MH Nursing |
2014 Nov | Conference of ESREA’s Network on the Education & Learning of Older Adults, Malta | - Learning in later life: SOLO women |
2014 Sept | Transformative Feminist Methodologies Conference, Durham | - Consider a birdcage … reflecting on potential vulnerability and recognising expertise. |
2014 July | WhitCAT Compassion Seminar, London | - Compassion & Dignity |
2014 July | Annual Learning & Teaching Conference Creative Curriculum, London | - Creativity in Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCE’s): Quality, Inclusion and Excellence and Using Filmmaking to Engage Students. |
2013 Sept | Intl. Reflective Practice Conference, Swansea | - Dignity, disgust and compassion – nursing with humanity |
2013 June | HEA/HSC Innovation in HSC Teaching & Learning, Leeds | - Dignity, Disgust & Despair supporting the unpopular patient |
2012 Sept | European Federation of Nurse Educators Conference, Cardiff | - Symposium on Enhancing nurse education using simulation and technology |
2012 May | 1st European Conference of Mental Health Nursing Helsinki | - Meet Mohammed ... Using technology in teaching and the use of a real time service user simulation project |
2012 Feb | RCN Nurse Educators Harrogate | - Don’t forget to write: An opportunity to enhance the student learning experience’ (Therapeutic Letter Writing) |
2011 Sept | International Psychiatric Nurse Conference (NPNR) Oxford | - Physical Health and - Evaluation |
