This is the archive of Newsletters for Mentors published by UCS. These are electronic publications but please feel free to print copies to display on notice boards as you see fit. The aim of the newsletter is to aid communication to all areas, including the voluntary sector, private sector, community and all NHS settings. If you would like to comment or question any information, or submit items of interest for inclusion in future editions of the newsletter, please contact Nickey Rooke (n.rookeucs.ac.uk|) .
January 2008|: NMC Annual Monitoring; Operating Department Practitioner Mentors; Skills Clusters and Student Passports; Virtual Learning Environment; Sign-Off Mentor Role; Mentor Updates.
June 2008|: Practice Education Facilitators; Mentor and Placement Website; MA in Education for Health and Social Care Professionals; Nursing and Midwifery Advanced Studies Programme; CODP conference 2008; Oncology and Radiotherapy Technology - VERT; BSc (Hons) Midwifery; Student Placement Evaluations.
January 2009|: Grading in Practice for the BSc(Hons) Midwifery; Thank you to RTP Mentors; Peer assisted learning support in Social Work; Practice Education Facilitators; Radiography Clinical Lecturers; Curriculum development for IPL; FAq's in Nursing and Midwifery; Mentor Updates and 'sign-off' preparation calendar.
September 2009|: The 2009 Pre-Registration Nursing Curriculum; Triennial Review Portfolio Workshops; Practice Assessment in the 2009 curriculum; NMC guidance on professional conduct for students; Operating Department Practice -2009 mentor standards, UCS mentor/ Practice Educator website; Society of Radiography - student and graduate survey 2009; Foundation Degrees at UCS; Mentor Updates and 'sign-off' preparation calendar.
January 2010|: NMC Pre-Registration Nursing Review, Introducing Service Improvement, Sign-off Mentors in nursing, UCS Practice learning conference, Welcome to new UCS staff, Mentor updates and sign-off preparation.
July 2010| Practice Learning conference - September 2010, New HPC guidance for students, Mentor / Practice Educator of the year, Triennial review FAQ's, Dialogue East - NHS EoE networking site, Mentor updates and sign-off preparation.
December 2011|: The School of Nursing and Midwifery's inaugural newsletter.