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Jane Carpenter is the Programme Lead for Midwifery and Lead Midwife for Education at the Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery, Oxford Brookes University. She is a registered midwife and Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), actively involved in teaching, research, and academic leadership within midwifery education.
Her research interests focus on midwifery care for women with obstetric risk factors, particularly maternal obesity and previous Caesarean section, as well as improving diversity in midwifery recruitment. She has a strong commitment to evidence-based practice and leads dissertation modules at BSc and MSc levels, while supervising DMid and PhD students.
The recent publication trends highlight her expertise in water immersion during labour, normal birth physiology, newborn care practices, and maternal anaemia. Her work frequently employs secondary data analysis and mixed methods to explore clinical and educational aspects of midwifery.
- Choosing Midwifery - the perceptions and experiences of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic applicants to midwifery programmes: a mixed methods study (2023)
- Factors associated with normal physiological birth for women who labor in water (2022)
- PROFESSIONAL DOCTORATE IN MIDWIFERY: WHAT IS IT AND WHY WOULD I DO ONE? (2021)
- “Just water for cleaning baby?" A cross-sectional survey of the newborn skin cleansing practices of parents in the UK (2021)
- Anaemia in Pregnancy (2021)
- Predictors of Obstetric Anal Sphincter Injury during waterbirth (2019)
Jane Carpenter supervises doctoral and master’s students, including Claire Litchfield, whose PhD explores water immersion for women with obesity. She contributes to the Professional Doctorate in Midwifery (DMid) and DNurs programmes, supporting advanced clinical scholars. While no grants are explicitly mentioned, her research activities suggest active engagement in scholarly projects.
She is affiliated with research groups including Children and Families and Maternity Care (OxMater), contributing to interdisciplinary efforts in maternal and neonatal health improvement.
