Dawn Freshwater FRCN (born August 1962) is a British academic, university professor, mental health researcher, and the current Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland.[1]
Dawn Freshwater | |
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6th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Auckland | |
Assumed office March 2020 | |
Chancellor | Cecilia Tarrant |
Preceded by | Stuart McCutcheon |
18th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Western Australia | |
In office 16 January 2017 – 2020 | |
Chancellor | Michael Chaney Robert French |
Preceded by | Paul Johnson |
Succeeded by | Amit Chakma |
Personal details | |
Born | August 1962 (age 61–62) Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom |
Website | www |
Alma mater | University of Nottingham (PhD) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mental health Nurse education |
Institutions | University of Auckland University of Leeds University of Western Australia |
Thesis | Transformatory Learning in Nurse Education (1998) |
Early life and education
editFreshwater was born in a mining family in Nottingham in August 1962, with two younger brothers.[2] She left school at the age of 15 because her parents became unwell. Freshwater trained as a nurse and was the first member of her family to attend university.[3] Her doctoral research investigated the impact of transformative learning on nursing students for which she awarded a PhD by the University of Nottingham in 1998.[4][5]
Research and career
editIn 2006 Freshwater joined the University of Leeds.[6] Her research concentrated on forensic psychology, and studied the impact of marginalised groups with severe mental health issues.[7]
Freshwater was appointed the Pro-Vice Chancellor (PVC) at the University of Leeds in 2011.[6] She led the School of Medicine application for an Athena SWAN award and served a member of the assessment panel for the Research Excellence Framework (REF).[5] During this time, she served on the Council of Deans for Nursing and Midwifery and was a trustee of the Florence Nightingale Foundation.[8]
In 2014 Freshwater moved to Australia.[3] Freshwater joined the University of Western Australia as Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor in 2016.[9] In 2017 she was made the Vice Chancellor, and led the first Inclusion and Division strategy.[10] She was the first woman to be made Chair of the Group of Eight in 2018.[3] She also led the Matariki network of universities. At the University of Western Australia Freshwater established the Public Policy Institute, which translates research into real-world solutions for the Indo-Pacific region.[11]
In 2019 Freshwater became the first woman to be appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of Auckland whilst remaining a professor of mental health at the University of Leeds.[12] During her appointment at the University of Auckland, there has been substantial increase of the QS ranking in the overall university category and in the new sustainability category.[13][14][15][16] Further, in 2024, the University of Auckland reached the highest ranking since 2013 in the QS ranking being the 65th in the world.[17] She has been invited as a keynote speaker in several international ranking event hosted by the Times Higher Education (THE) and Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).[18][19][20]
Publications
editFreshwater has authored and co-authored over 100 peer reviewed papers[21] and she is among the top 2% cited scientists according to the 2023 Stanford/Elsevier ranking.[22] Some of her selected works are:
- Critical reflection for nursing and the helping professions : a user's guide[23]
- Therapeutic Nursing[24]
- Emotions And Needs (Core Concepts in Therapy)[25]
- Blackwell's Nursing Dictionary[26]
- Counselling Skills For Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitor[27]
- International Textbook of Reflective Practice in Nursing[28]
Awards and honours
editIn 2001 Freshwater was elected Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing (FRCN).[5]
Personal life
editFreshwater is a marathon runner and has completed the London Marathon seven times.[11][29]
References
edit- ^ "Our Vice-Chancellor - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "Dawn FRESHWATER personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
- ^ a b c "Australia's key university body appoints first female Chair: Dawn Freshwater". womensagenda.com.au. Women's Agenda. 7 February 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Freshwater, Dawn (1998). Transformatory learning in nurse education. nottingham.ac.uk (PhD thesis). University of Nottingham. OCLC 556607870. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.299560.
- ^ a b c "UWA announces new Vice-Chancellor". news.uwa.edu.au. University Of Western Australia. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b Garner, Louise. "Pro-Vice Chancellor Dawn Freshwater". leeds.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Prof Dawn Freshwater". Forrest Research Foundation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Anyangwe, Eliza (21 March 2012). "Live chat: what sort of leaders does higher education need?". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "Dawn Freshwater — the UWA Profiles and Research Repository". research-repository.uwa.edu.au. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Debska, Anna (17 January 2017). "UWA announces new Vice-Chancellor". matarikinetwork.org. Matariki Network. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ a b Collins, Simon (5 June 2019). "British mental health researcher Dawn Freshwater appointed as University of Auckland's first female vice-chancellor". The New Zealand Herald. ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ Freshwater, Dawn (2022). "Commentary: Using mixed-methods in evidence-based nursing: A scoping review guided by a socio-ecological perspective". Journal of Research in Nursing. 27 (7): 653–654. doi:10.1177/17449871221114369. PMC 9669930. PMID 36405798.
- ^ Cultured Conversations with Dawn Freshwater, retrieved 19 January 2024
- ^ "University rankings: 'New Zealand continues to outperform relative to its size'". NZ Herald. 20 January 2024. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "68th in the world, Auckland leads excellence across the university sector - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "University of Auckland No 1 in Oceania and fifth in world for sustainability - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 19 January 2024.
- ^ "University of Auckland climbs in QS World University Rankings - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
- ^ Dawn Freshwater at the THE Innovation & Impact Summit 2022, retrieved 12 February 2024
- ^ "THE Asia Universities Summit 2023". www.timeshighered-events.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "The University of Auckland on LinkedIn: Vice-Chancellor Professor Dawn Freshwater is at the QS India Summit 2024…". www.linkedin.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ Dawn Freshwater publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (subscription required)
- ^ Ioannidis, John P. A. (4 October 2023). "Bibliometrics". October 2023 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Vol. 6. Elsevier Data Repository. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.6.
- ^ Rolfe, Gary. (2001). Critical reflection for nursing and the helping professions : a user's guide. Freshwater, Dawn., Jasper, Melanie. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave. ISBN 0333777956. OCLC 46984997.
- ^ Freshwater, Dawn (2002). Therapeutic Nursing. SAGE Publishing. ISBN 0761970649.
- ^ Freshwater, Dawn (2002). Emotions And Needs (Core Concepts in Therapy). Open University Press. ISBN 0335208010.
- ^ Freshwater, Dawn (2004). Blackwell's Nursing Dictionary. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 1405105348.
- ^ Freshwater, Dawn (2005). Counselling Skills For Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors. Open University Press. ISBN 0335207812.
- ^ Freshwater, Dawn (2008). International Textbook of Reflective Practice in Nursing. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-1405160513.
- ^ "Interview with Dawn Freshwater". timeshighereducation.com. Times Higher Education. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.