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Biography
Alison is Subject Lead for Pharmacy at the University of Huddersfield, appointed in July 2018. She registered as a pharmacist in 1988 following her degree at the University of Bradford and worked as a community pharmacist, hospital pharmacist, journalist, primary care pharmacist and NHS manager before entering academia.
She completed a Diploma in Prescribing Science at Liverpool University in 1997, an MPhil at Manchester University in 2010 and her PhD at the University of Central Lancashire in 2017. During this time, she worked at the University of Central Lancashire as a senior lecturer in pharmacy practice and at Wolverhampton University as principal lecturer. She worked as a local tutor for the Centre for Pharmacy Postgraduate Education, University of Manchester, for 17 years.
Her research interests include pharmacy professionalism, locum community pharmacy, communities of practice and pedagogy.
She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and member of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.
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Research Output
Locumvoice: a thematic analysis and interaction study of building professional identity on an online forum
Astles, A., Apr 2016, In : International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 24, 1, p. 42 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract
Open Access
Essential pharmacology, therapeutics and medicines management for non-medical prescribers
Alder, J., Astles, A., Bentley, A., Davies, J., Kelly, D. & Vohra, S., 2015, The Textbook of Non-Medical Prescribing. Nuttall, D. & Rutt-Howard, J. (eds.). 2 ed. p. 148-183 36 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
Locum community pharmacists and feedback on their performance
Astles, A., Apr 2014, In : International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 22, S1, p. 31 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract
Open Access
The interaction of strangers: locum community pharmacists, pharmacy staff and risk
Astles, A., Oct 2014, In : International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 22, S2, p. 39 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract
Open Access
'If you go to a really rotten one, you just don't go again do you?' Locum community pharmacists and whistleblowing
Astles, A., Sep 2013, In : International Journal of Pharmacy Practice. 21, S2, p. 47-48 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract