Professor Karen Cox, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, has been appointed as a Council member to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

The Privy Council selected Professor Cox and Robert Parry, Associate Director of Nursing and Midwifery at National Education for Scotland, to join the Chair and nine other members on the NMC Council.

Professor Cox is a registered nurse, and has also held senior positions, including Visiting Professor at the School of Nursing at Yale University and the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Trinity College, Dublin. Professor Cox will hold office on the NMC Council from 1 May 2015.

The Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Professor Dame Janet Finch, said: “I am delighted to welcome Robert Parry and Karen Cox to the NMC Council. Their extensive knowledge and experience in health education will be invaluable in supporting our strategic objectives and our focus on public protection. I am confident that they will be assets to the Council and I look forward to working with them.”

For more information about the NMC Council, visit their website.