Christopher Bye

Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing

Nursing

Mental Health Nurse Lecturer with 20 years of experience working in the Mental Health Nursing profession. Worked experience of community rehabilitation, assertive outreach, forensics, acute inpatients and older persons but also in recruitment. Recruitment lead for Student Mental Health Nursing. My particular areas of interest are mens mental health, professional identity, education curriculums and national recruitment/ retention of mental health nursing students and nurses.

Professional memberships and activities

Registrant belonging to the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Academic qualifications

Masters of Science in Advancing Healthcare Practice, Open University
Post Graduate Certificate in Higher and Professional, Education University of Staffordshire
Bachelors of Science in Health & Social Care (topup), Open University
Higher Education Diploma in Mental Health Nursing, University of Herfordshire

Expertise

Professional Identity
Curriculum
Recruitment/ Retention
Mens Mental Health

Research interests

Professional Identity witin Mental Health Nursing
Educational Curriculums for Undergraduate/ Postgraduate courses in Mental Health Nursing

Teaching

Deputy Course Lead for the Undergraduate Mental Health Nursing Programme
Recruitment Lead
Module Lead for Mental Health Nursing in Practice 4 & 6
Academic Mentor and Assessor

Postgraduate supervision

https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.70133

Publications

Kenwright, M., Bye, C., Doherty, D, Leese, D. (2026) Achieving ‘Parity of esteem’ in nurse education: How educators can enhance the teaching and assessment of communication skills (in press) British Journal of Nursing.

Kenwright, M., McCrorie, C., Bye, C., Awty, P., Doherty, D., & Cromar‐Hayes, M. (2025). How Do Mental Health Nursing Students in the United Kingdom Experience Assessment Against the NMC Generic Standards of Proficiency? A Cross‐Field Comparison. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 34(5), Article e70133. https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.70133.

Kenwright, M., Doherty, D., Bye, C., Leese, D., & Edwards, E. (2025). Piloting a brief psychoeducational intervention to reduce the impact of social anxiety on mental health simulations for nursing students. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 104 (101734). ISSN 1876-140210.1016/j.ecns.2025.101734.