Nicola Ives

Nicola has co-developed the BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Therapy at the University of Huddersfield. Nicola is a Senior Lecturer, and the programme leader.

After obtaining a BSc Clinical Language Sciences: Speech and Language Therapy degree from Leeds Metropolitan University, Nicola worked in the Yorkshire, Staffordshire and East Midlands as a Specialist Speech and Language Therapist. Nicola has held Health Care Professionals Council (HCPC) and Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists memberships since 2010. Nicola worked both in the NHS and privately as a Speech and Language Therapist. Nicola’s clinical areas of specialism are Autism and Paediatric Learning Disabilities.

In 2020, Nicola undertook her MA in Education Practice at De Montfort University and graduated in January 2021. This MA included undertaking two qualitative empirical studies. The first study explored the student challenges and enablers of digital tools used in higher education. The second, studied lecturer experiences of teaching reflective practice to allied health and nursing professionals. Nicola additionally opted for a negotiated study module and went on to publish an article in Gateway papers.

Nicola is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Nicola is undertaking a PhD, exploring the assessment of camouflaging in autism in young people.  This is a mixed methods study; Phase 1 of the PhD project involved a Delphi method to design the Children and Young Peoples Camouflaging assesment Tool (CYPCT). This emcompasses behavioural and self-reported measures of camouflaging. Phase 2 will involve the design of the assessment images, scoring and administration process, and a large scale pilot of the CYPCT.