Details of Professor Josephine Tonks Fawcett's inaugural lecture. Event details Lecture title: A career for nursing: passions, privileges, pains and purpose Date: Tuesday 30 April 2013 Venue: Auditorium Lecture Theatre, Business School Lecture abstract This inaugural lecture reflects on an academic career with the University of Edinburgh for the practice of nursing. Coming perhaps more from the heart than the head, the passion for this discipline is explored alongside the privileges such a career has afforded. Struggles, challenges and future opportunities are considered from a personal perspective looking to reinforce the abiding purpose of nurse education within a top University. Lecture video HTML This article was published on 2024-08-28