Our team - Keele University

School of Medicine

Our Team

Director - Jenny Cowpe

 Cowpe_Jenny Jenny Cowpe is Director of the Clinical Management and Leadership Team at Keele and is responsible for the development and delivery of all the courses and programmes within the Team’s portfolio.

Before joining the University in 2001, Jenny followed a career as a General Manager and Trust Chief Executive in the National Health Service, training initially at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, followed by extensive experience in district general hospital, community and mental health organisations for 25 years.  During this period, she gained significant experience of leading and managing healthcare organisations and of the political and financial climates within which they operate.  In her various senior leadership roles, she has been responsible for financial turn arounds and for major service re-design in acute, community and mental health services. It was her experience of leading health organisations which stimulated her particular, and abiding, interest in developing leadership and management skills for key staff, particularly for clinicians.

Jenny’s interest in developing leadership and management skills is reflected in her current work at Keele, where, as Director of the Clinical Management and Leadership Team, she has responsibility for the major portfolio of CPD management and leadership programmes for Specialist Registrars, Specialty, Staff Grade and Associate Specialist Doctors and Consultants.  20 programmes are delivered each year and Jenny directs and teaches on many of the programmes personally, ensuring that their design evolves to reflect the ever changing NHS environment. In addition, Jenny also designs and delivers bespoke programmes for individual Trusts and Primary Care Trusts, with whom she develops a close professional relationship in order to ensure that the programmes delivered match expectations. She also teaches on the MBA (Health Executive) within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and on the health management module of the Masters in Medical Science degree in the Faculty of Health.  She has also taught overseas, most recently designing and delivering, with a colleague, a five-day leadership development programme for senior doctors and nurses in Uganda.

Jenny read history at the University of York and took her Masters Degree in Business Administration (Health Executive) at Keele University.  She holds a formal teaching qualification from Kings College, London, and is a member of the Institute of Healthcare Management.

Her research interests are in the fields of clinical leadership development and organisational design.

Direct Line: 01782  679706
Fax: 01782 672699
Email: j.p.cowpe@keele.ac.uk

Maureen Morgan OBE

Senior Fellow in Clinical Leadership

Direct Line: 01782 679667
Fax: 01782 672699
Email: m.p.morgan@keele.ac.uk

 

 Jane Eccleston

 Jane Eccleston Jane joined the Clinical Management & Leadership Team in 1998, having worked at Keele since 1988.  Jane provides the senior administrative support for the organisation and delivery of the suite of core and bespoke programme activities, liaising with NHS Trusts, associates and consultant networks.

Direct Line: 01782 679570
Fax: 01782 672699
Email: j.eccleston@keele.ac.uk

 

 

Clare Kirkham

 Clare Kirkham Clare has worked at Keele since 2003 within both the Clinical Management and Leadership Team on our Clinical Management Courses for Specialist Registrars, national Leadership Programmes for Clinicians, bespoke courses for clinicians and also within Health Policy and Public Policy supporting Postgraduate MBA programmes.

Direct Line: 01782 679571
Fax: 01782 672699
Email: c.kirkham@keele.ac.uk

 

Sam Fisher

All enquiries and course bookings   health.cml@keele.ac.uk

Direct Line: 01782 679571
Fax: 01782 672699
Email: s.fisher@keele.ac.uk

 

Tutors and Associates 

We have a large number of Associates who regularly contribute to our programmes and courses. These are drawn from many professional groups including Medical Directors, Clinical Directors, NHS Managers and Personal and Organisational Development Consultants.