Louise joined UCLan in early 2020 and works across the Midwifery programmes providing pastoral, educational and research support. Louise has a keen interest in organisational culture and leadership with a great passion to empower future midwives. Qualifying as a midwife in 2006 and completing her Midwifery MSc in 2012, Louise is currently working towards completing the Academic Professional Apprenticeship at UCLan. Before joining UCLan’s dynamic and innovative midwifery lecturing team, she undertook midwifery roles across the childbirth continuum, with a focus on clinical education, service improvement and preceptorship.