Virginia is part-time PhD student in the School of Allied Health and Community at the University of Worcester. Her main research interests are education and self-efficacy in pregnancy, birth and early parenthood. She is conducting a grounded theory study in the effect of yoga in pregnancy on women’s self-efficacy for labour and birth.
Her supervisors are:
Professor Mary Nolan, Professor of Perinatal Education, Allied Health Science
Matthew Jellis, Principal Lecturer, Psychology
Professor Collette Clifford, Emeritus Professor of Nursing, University of Birmingham
Virginia is grateful for studentship support from both the University of Worcester and National Childbirth Trust (NCT).
In addition to working towards her PhD, Virginia is Head of Education and Practice at NCT where she has responsibility for the training and quality of over 1,000 NCT antenatal teachers, breastfeeding counsellors and postnatal practitioners who deliver services to parents.