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Last updated 18th April 2024

Precious joined the University of Huddersfield in January 2021 as a Lecturer in Adult Nursing (full-time). In March 2022, he was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing. In April 2023, he was also appointed as the International Lead for the Department of Nursing.

Furthermore, he is a PhD Researcher. He is a Fellow of the Advance HE (FHEA) [formerly called Higher Education Academy, UK] and holds a Diploma in Education from the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), Ghana. In addition, he is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health (FRSPH), UK and holds a Master of Public Health - MPH (Distinction) from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, UK which was fully funded through the prestigious Commonwealth Shared Scholarship. He obtained a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (First Class Honours) from the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Ghana. 

In his current multifaceted role, he acts in different capacities as an Admissions Tutor (Adult Nursing), Link Lecturer, Personal Academic Tutor, and Module Leader across a number of MSc and BSc modules as well as an Associate on multiple modules. He is also a Co-Chair for the Black Staff Affinity Group of Race Equity Staff Network (formerly B.A.M.E. Staff Network) at the University of Huddersfield. 

As the International Lead for Nursing, he serves as the initial contact point within the Department for internationalisation issues. He also provides Department-wide leadership in innovative student support, curriculum development, and teaching and learning initiatives that promote internationalisation (across all fields and cohorts for both undergraduate and postgraduate levels). Furthermore, he supports the international student journey from beginning to becoming an alumnus.

Before joining the University of Huddersfield, he practised as a Registered Nurse (Adult) certified by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), UK and worked in the Acute Stroke Unit of East Surrey Hospital, Surrey and Sussex Healthcare (SASH) NHS Trust, Redhill, Surrey, UK. While in Ghana, Precious was a Registered General Nurse (RGN) certified by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC) of Ghana and worked with few health facilities in the Ashanti Region (especially Kumasi and Ejisu) as well as offered community health services in rural Ghana (both voluntarily and as part of his nursing role). Subsequently, he joined the Nursing and Midwifery Training College (NMTC), Dadiesoaba, Ahafo Region, Ghana as a Nursing/Health Tutor.

Precious is a researcher with great collaborative skills and thrives at the chance of learning new skills. He has successfully collaborated and continues to do so with researchers, including his colleagues and those in other universities, non-academic institutions, and fields in both developed and developing countries, to produce cutting-edge and evidence-based research works. He has a growing publication profile and h-index, reflecting his scholarly impact.

The following constitute his broad areas of research interests:

• Nursing education (including internationalisation), research, practice regulation, continuing professional development (CPD), and international workforce development
• Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) with focus on type 2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke, cancers, and dementia
• Public health nutrition
• Maternal and child health

He has methodological experience in conducting studies involving quantitative, qualitative, mixed methods, and multi-methods (including Delphi technique) as well as reviews (especially systematic and scoping reviews).

FUNDED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Ongoing projects

1. Co-Investigator (Co-I): Strengthening the ability of the N&MC of Ghana to oversee and regulate the professional register of nurses and midwives to ensure high-quality care. This project is funded through the Global Health Workforce Programme, which is funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care, via the Tropical Health and Education Trust - THET (now known as Global Health Partnerships), for the benefit of the UK and partner country health sectors. 

2. Co-Investigator (Co-I): A multi-country longitudinal cohort study on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Global South: A programme to generate income, outputs, and impact (project set up in Ghana, Nepal, and India) - multiple fund contributors including the University of Huddersfield's Research Fund/Fellowship (URF). This project includes collaborators from the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, Ghana, India, and Nepal, among others. 

3. Co-Investigator (Co-I): Migration motivation and transition experiences of African migrant nurses working in Europe (including the UK), Americas (USA and Canada), and Australasia (Australia and New Zealand): A mixed-method study – funded by the 2022 Sigma Small Grants, Sigma Foundation for Nursing and Hong Kong University Grants Commission.

Recently completed projects

1. Principal Investigator (PI): Prevalence, predictors and experiences of people living with dementia in Ghana – funded by the Strategic Research Investment Seed Funding, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK.

2. Co-Investigator (Co-I): Experiences of international nurses and their integration into the NHS (cohort case study) - funded by the NHS England. 

3. Co-Investigator (Co-I): International nursing models and their relation to the learning needs of international nurses working in the NHS (Nursing models and Educational toolkit) - funded by the NHS England. 

4. Co-Investigator (Co-I): Assessment of nursing and midwifery teaching in Ghana - funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care through the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET). This project was jointly executed by the University of Huddersfield and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).

5. Co-Investigator (Co-I): Review of nursing regulation: licensing and relicensing in Ghana - funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care through the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET). This project was jointly executed by the University of Huddersfield and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).

6. Co-Investigator (Co-I): Strengthening the regulatory capacity of Nursing and Midwifery Council (N&MC) of Ghana: reflection and revalidation - funded by the UK Department of Health and Social Care through the Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET). This project was jointly executed by the University of Huddersfield and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM).

MSc by Research (MRes) or Master of Philosophy (MPhil) Supervisions
1. Co-supervisor (MRes Nursing): A health service evaluation of communication enablers and barriers of international nurses working in the National Health Service (NHS) England (17 January 2022 – 25 February 2025) – Varunprasad Surendraprasad, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK.

2. Co-supervisor (MPhil Nursing): Caring for stroke survivors in Ghana: the experiences of informal caregivers in the Upper East Region (January 2023 – October 2024) - Ebenezer Asore, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Ghana.