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Bradford vying for two national student nursing awards

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The University of Bradford has been shortlisted in two categories at the Student Nursing Times Awards 2025.

Three nurses in uniform receive training from another nurse in uniform on how to use a drug which is on a table in front of them all

Bradford is nominated in the Partnership of the Year category, for its work with New Vision Bradford/Waythrough on overdose awareness and response training and for the Student Placement of The Year: Community award. 

Natalie Finch, Assistant Professor Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing and Healthcare Leadership at the University of Bradford, said: “Training the next generation of nurses on how to use naloxone and overdose awareness will help save lives and break taboos around drug use and overdoses.”

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Vikki Carter, Director of Practice Education and Engagement, said: “Both shortlisted projects are examples of how the University of Bradford is leading and innovating in nurse education in Yorkshire and Humber.”

Innovative projects  

In the partnership category, all University of Bradford student nurses receive training on how to use naloxone, a lifesaving medication which can reverse overdoses caused by opiates. The training, which started in September 2023, is delivered in partnership with New Vision Bradford, commissioned to deliver drug and alcohol treatment in the area.

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Naloxone is a medicine that rapidly reverses an opioid overdose. It attaches to opioid receptors in the brain and reverses and blocks the effects of other opioids.

The Student Placement Community nomination recognises a three-week pilot project where eight second and third year Health students participated in comedy workshops, social prescribing practices and personal health planning. 

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They also created wellbeing walks around campus and attended workshops with people living with dementia and a video showing how to apply creative strategies when working with dementia patients.

What happens next? 

After progressing through an initial online judging stage, both University of Bradford award nominees will carry out live presentations in front of the judging panel, made up of education and healthcare figures and previous winners, in London between March 17 and 26. 

The winners of each category will be announced at the Student Nursing Times Awards ceremony on Friday 2 May at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London. 

Different is what we do

UNRESOLVED - Our work is helping to find resolutions to the previously unresolved

Teaching our nursing students how to use Naloxone is one of the ways the University of Bradford works to help solve unresolved problems.

Through our research, our approach to supporting students, and with alumni and honorary graduates all over the world, we recognise and celebrate those who find solutions and resolutions.

Other ways we resolve the unresolved include our expertise in peace and conflict resolution - we set up the UK’s first-ever Department for Peace Studies where we continue to educate leaders of tomorrow. We reward campaigners for peace and social justice, such as Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, who was made an Honorary Doctorate in December 2024. Find out more on our website