Upsilon Xi at-Large Chapter

Our next scholarly event is scheduled for the 17th June 2026 at 4.30pm (BST) when our Chapter member Dr Alexander Shestiperov, PhD, MSc, RN, PMH-APRN, Director of Day Care Department, Merhavim Mental Health Centre, Israel will be presenting on: 

Resilience in Adults who Grew Up with Parents with Severe Mental Illness: A Concept Development Study

To access via MS Teams and for further information please contact Prof Joy Merrell at j.a.merrell@swansea.ac.uk

Please make every effort to attend

It is my honour and privilege to present the Chapter’s inaugural Professor Dame June Clark Memorial Lecture titled:

`Just three points': the life, work and legacy of

Professor Dame June Clark, DBE, PhD, RN, FRCN, FAAN, FLSW

Wednesday 13th May 2026,

                                  3.30 pm (BST)

To access via MS Teams and for further information please contact Prof Joy Merrell at j.a.merrell@swansea.ac.uk

This lecture will be followed by an induction ceremony where we will induct and welcome new members to the Chapter. Please save the date and make every effort to attend. Chapter members will receive details of the joining instructions by email.

All welcome

regards

Joy Merrell

Chapter President and Treasurer

This is a reminder that the Chapter's Annual General Meeting is being held at 3pm GMT on the 10th December 2025  via MS Teams. The agenda, notes and joining instructions have already been circulated via email. The meeting will be followed by our usual virtual festive celebration. Reports to be circulated shortly or tabled at the meeting.

All are welcome

 Wednesday 9th July at 5pm (BST)

Dr Malgorzata Nagórska, RM, BMSc, MA, PhD, FETNA

Associate Professor, Medical College, University of Rzeszow, Poland

will be presenting on 

`Awareness of women in Poland and Turkiye about Gynaecological Cancers'

Dr Malgorzata Nagórska is a midwife, sociologist, and specialist in obstetric nursing. She is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Health Sciences and Psychology, Collegium Medicum, University of Rzeszow, Poland. She is a member of the Polish Midwives Association (PTP), European Transcultural Nursing Association (ETNA), Upsilon Xi at large Chapter, Wales of Sigma, Sigma European Research Committee, and Nursing Education Interest Group. She is a member of editorial boards of European Journal of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Kontakt, European Journal of Midwifery, Journal of Midwifery and Health Sciences.
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3229-1186

All welcome. To access via MS Teams and for further information please contact Prof Joy Merrell at j.a.merrell@swansea.ac.uk

Experiences of Missed nursing care in India: a mixed methods study – Qualitative findings

9^th July, 2025 at 1.30pm via MS TEAMS.

This has been postponed until later in the year.