Ifrah Salih

Ifrah Salih BSc, MSc, SHFEA

Associate Head of School


Summary

Ifrah has a considerable amount of experience working as a nurse within the NHS and is an alumni of Hallam. Ifrah has a keen interest in race equity and student belonging and is the founder of the Nursing and Midwifery Minoritised (NMM) group.

About

Ifrah currently works as an Associate Head in the School of Health and Social Care and is the Profession Lead for Mental Health Nursing.

The passion, enthusiasm, and drive Ifrah has demonstrated through her own self development in race equity has led her in winning the institution's Students' Union Academic Staff of the Year Award, College Outstanding Student Support Award and more recently a finalist in the Student Nursing Times Award for Educator of the Year.

In addition to Ifrah’s work at Sheffield Hallam, she has a national profile in relation to race equity in healthcare and healthcare education. This has led her to work with regional and national groups and more recently she has been approved as a member of the Council of Deans (Health) Anti- racism Advisory group where she advises the Council of Deans of Health’s board and its staff team on anti-racism aspects of its policy work and organisational processes.

Ifrah completed an Advanced Diploma in Nursing Studies at Sheffield Hallam, she has a degree and Masters in Professional practice and is currently studying a Doctorate in Education exploring the transition experience of ethnically minoritised student nurses into university. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

 

Teaching

School of Health and Social Care

College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences

Nursing

BSc Adult Nursing

MSc Adult Nursing

Research

Ifrah is studying a Doctorate in Education exploring the transition experience of minoritised student nurses into university.

Publications

Salih, I. (2024). Create an anti-racist workplace culture RCNi. Equality, Diversity, and inclusion in Nursing.

Makey LM, Walsh CL, Salih I (2022) Co-production: what it is and how it can ensure inclusive practice for service users and staff. Nursing Management. doi: 10.7748/nm.2022.e2046.

Nightingale J, Parkin J, Nelson P, Masterson-Ng S, Labinjo T, Amoakoh D, Lomas D, Brewster J, Salih I, Harrop D. (2022). Multiple stakeholder perspectives of factors influencing differential outcomes for ethnic minority students on health and social care placements: A qualitative exploration. BMC Medical Education, 22:17.
 
Kirkham, L., & Salih, I. (2021). Sheffield Hallam University Nursing and Midwifery Minoritised group: the experiences of Black student nurses, past and present. International Family Nursing Association. Black History Month 2021 – International Family Nursing Association (IFNA) – UK and Ireland Chapter (ifnaukandireland.org).

Walsh, C, Salih, I & Kay, H (2024) Enhancing academic development work to eliminate the ethnicity degree awarding gap: integrating the CSCS into institutional plans in Culturally Sensitive Curricula Scales: Researching, Evaluating and Enhancing Higher Education Curricula. Palgrave Macmillan.

Other activities

Reviewer for Pastoral Care in Education and the RCNi

Member of the Council of Deans (Health) Anti-racism Advisory group

Conferences

Salih, I & Stone, R (2024). Developing anti-racist practices, a student-led approach. Advance HE EDI Conference.

Salih, I (2023). Be a changemaker and become anti-racist. Changemakers. EXPO conference. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

Salih, I (2023). Anti-racism in healthcare education. LED Conference. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

Alison Purvis, Ifrah Salih, Prachi Stafford, Shirley Masterson-Ng and Mandy Cecchinato. (2023). The power of narrative for engagement in dialogue about contentious issues of racism and white privilege. Advance HE EDI Conference.

Alison Purvis, Ifrah Salih, Prachi Stafford, Shirley Masterson-Ng, and Mandy Cecchinato. (2022). Talking about Race: Human Nurture. HWLS Minoritised. Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference. Sheffield Hallam University.

Salih, I. (2022) How academics foster belonging in supporting student-led Minoritised Groups, an inclusive teaching and learning intervention. Reflections from three years of work. Learning, Teaching and Assessment Conference. Sheffield Hallam University.

Salih, I (2022). Advancing Anti-Racism in Undergraduate AHP Training Education Symposium. Health Education England.

Salih, I (2022).  The importance of Minoritised Student Groups. Research, Advancing and Inspiring Student Engagement (RAISE) Conference. University of Lincoln. RAISE Conference at Lincoln 2022 – Just another University of Lincoln WordPress Service site.

Salih, I and Brewster, J. (2022). Understanding the Importance of Each Other’s Names. Say My Name Symposium. University of Warwick.

Salih, I and Masterson-Ng, (2021). Providing a safe space and support for minoritised healthcare students. Advanced HE NET Conference. NET2021 Conference | Advance HE (advance-he.ac.uk).

Salih, I & Holland, P. (2018). The Future of BAME Student Nurses. Royal College of Nursing, Black History Month.

Presentations, Webinars and Panels

Panel member (2023). Be a changemaker. Changemakers. EXPO conference. Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

Salih, I (2022). How to get the most out of your practice placements. Royal College of Nursing.

Salih, I (2022). Challenges and highlights of my personal leadership journey. 150 Student Leaders project. Council of Deans for Health.

Salih, I (2022). Becoming anti-racist. Leadership Connect.

Panel member (2021). Speaking Up Against Bullying and Discrimination. Council of Deans of Health.

Podcasts and Radio

Salih, I (2022). ‘Racism Blackout.’ Interview. BBC Radio Sheffield.

Salih, I (2021). Racial Battle Fatigue Interview. BBC Radio Sheffield.

Salih, I and Kirkham, L (2021) CoDHcast: Developing an Anti-Racism Mission Statement CoDHcast: #RaceEquityMonth | Developing an Anti-Racism Mission Statement | Council of Deans of Health.

Postgraduate supervision

I am an MSc Supervisor for healthcare students.

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