Nicola Cavill

Nicola Cavill is a Placement Coordinator and Associate Lecturer at Buckinghamshire New University (BNU), where she has worked full-time since 2019. She specializes in social work education, particularly in practice placements and student support. Her roles include coordinating, auditing, and matching placement opportunities to students' learning needs.

Education: BSc Social Work (BNU, 1998), Diploma in Social Work (2000), and Practice Educator qualification (2009). She has over ten years of experience as a Social Worker in community mental health teams and previously served as a Tutor and Practice Educator for social work students.

Research interests focus on optimizing placement learning in social work education, ensuring placements align with students' development. She emphasizes the critical role of placements in social work training, which constitute approximately half of students' coursework.

A member of the British Association of Social Workers (BASW) and registered with Social Work England, Cavill contributes to the BSc (Hons) Social Work and MSc Social Work programs as part of the teaching team. No specific grants or awards are listed, though her work centers on practical educational coordination and student mentorship.