Andrew Irving

Andrew Irving is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Nursing within the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care at Anglia Ruskin University (ARU), where he has taught mental health nursing modules for pre-registration and post-registration programmes since joining in 2022. He serves as both Personal Tutor and Module Tutor for BSc (Hons) Nursing programmes.

His educational background includes:

• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (Nursing) (in progress since 2022)
• BSc (Hons) Nursing (Mental Health) from Anglia Ruskin University
• Dip HE in Nursing (Mental Health) from Homerton College, Cambridge

Irving's research focuses on staff attitudes toward clinical/managerial supervision, appropriate utilization of Health-Based Places of Safety (Section 136 units), and collaborative approaches with carers and families in mental health contexts. His work bridges clinical practice and academic inquiry, emphasizing real-world applications in crisis intervention and therapeutic relationships.

With over 16 years of clinical experience since qualifying as a mental health nurse in 2006, he has managed forensic low-secure units for individuals with enduring mental illness and challenging behaviors, directed Acute Mental Health Assessment Units, and overseen Designated Health-Based Places of Safety where police detain individuals in mental health crisis. This frontline expertise directly informs his teaching methodology and research perspectives.

As a Personal and Module Tutor, Irving provides academic guidance to nursing students while contributing to curriculum development in mental health specialisms. No information regarding scientific awards or research grants was provided in the source materials.