Profile: Professor Debra Humphris, Chair of University Alliance
…the newly introduced nursing diploma and was later sponsored by the NHS to undertake the qualifications required to teach nursing. Debra would go on to complete a master’s at Portsmouth and a PhD at the University of London, St George’s Hospital Medical School, before embarking on an academic career. This was a huge achievement considering she had failed her 11+, not gained the right grades to enter teaching, and, by her own admission, had spent m…