Ursula Roberts QN is senior lecturer and the programme lead for Specialist Community Practice (SPQ) -District Nursing, and has been with the University of Chester since 2022, she has a industrious Nursing career spanning nealry three decades years which included working in NHS senior management, project management, community team leader, district nursing, matron, and surgical nursing. In Dec 23 Ursula was awarded the Queens Nurse title for education and commitment to community and district nursing. As SPQ course lead Ursula has been an NMC external assessor panel member for SPQ NMC revalidation for Manchester Metropolitan University and Northumbria University. She is a member of the Association of District Nurse and Community Educators (ADNE) and of the Northern Educator collaborative who work on projects across the North of England to improve SPQ student experience and learning. In 2026 Ursula became a member of the International Home Care Nurse Organization. Ursula is a journal peer reviewer for the Bristish Journal of Community Nursing, and researching Neurodiversity in Nurse Education.