David Evans RNT, BA Hons, PGCert, PGDip, PGCE, MPhil, EdD

Professor in Sexualities and Genders: Health & Well-Being

Prof David Evans, OBE, is a National Teaching Fellow, a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Professor in the teaching and learning pathway, in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Greenwich. He achieved the Queen’s Nurse title in 2022, and was honoured with a Fellowship ad eundem of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (FFNMRCSI) in 2023.

David has been facilitating sexual health and HIV learning at various universities, colleges of nursing and departments of health and social care, since 1990. He is a registered nurse, with clinical experience in HIV client care; he is also a former Roman Catholic priest.

David has achieved a number of significant projects, one as Professional Nursing Advisor (Sexual Health) at the Royal College of Nursing. He developed and project-led a successful nationwide e-learning course 'Sexual Health Skills', for nurses, midwives and allied health professions. He formally joined the University of Greenwich in 2006, still leading on the sexual health skills e-learning course that was originally developed at the Royal College of Nursing. He has since developed other e-learning and blended learning courses and programmes, including at bachelor and masters' levels, and leads 3 modules on the "top up" MA in Health Care Practice, MSc Advanced Clinical Practice and MSc Interprofessional Healthcare Simulation. In 2024, David leads on the development of a PGCert Advanced Forensic Practice for Health Care Professionals (in accordance with ASET guidelines from UKAFNP).

David is one of three authors of the 'Sexual and Reproductive Health for Mental Health Professionals' free e-learning course at the Social Care Institute for Excellence (www.scie.org.uk), which achieved finalist status in UK Sexual Health Awards 2012 and commended in the Chief Nursing Officer's Bulletin to NHS England. In 2014, he was awarded a prestigious National Teaching Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy for excellence in teaching, followed by appointment as OBE, by Her Late Majesty  Queen Elizabeth II  (2017) "for services to nursing and sexual health education", Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (PFHEA) in 2018 and Recognised Research Supervisor (UKCGE, 2021).

David teaches across a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including supervising and examining doctoral candidates. David's post also includes numerous enterprise initiatives, liaising with nursing, medical and third-sector organisations to increase collaboration and credit rating opportunities, for the enhancement of student-learning potential.

David teaches across a wide range of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, including supervising and examining doctoral candidates. David's post also includes numerous enterprise initiatives, liaising with nursing, medical and third-sector organisations to increase collaboration and credit rating opportunities, for the enhancement of student-learning potential.

Following successful ‘tariffing’ of the Diploma of the Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare (DFSRH) in 2019, he has achieved similar recognition for 5 courses of the British  Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) in 2024, at levels 6 and 7.

His main areas of teaching and research include: sexualities and gender epistemologies; sexual health learning and education; diversity and anti-discrimination; holistic and specific dimensions of sexual health relevant to pre-registration and post-registration programmes.

Posts held previously:

  • 1998–2011, Educational consultant in sexual health and HIV Trainer, London Boroughs (various); Trainer for Project for Advocacy, Counselling and Education (PACE) and other (various) organisations, London
  • 2000–08, Professional Nursing Advisor (sexual health and HIV); Developer/Project lead/Principal author of e-Learning course, Royal College of Nursing
  • 1993-98, Senior Lecturer in Sexual Health (counselling), Thames Valley University/North West Thames Regional AIDS Education Unit

A fuller CV – with publications and conference presentations - is available at https://davidtevans.wordpress.com/2014/09/13/davids-qualifications/

ORCID ID: www.orcid.org/0000-0001-6874-3845

Nursing

Responsibilities within the university

Awards
  • 2023, Fellow ad eundem of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • 2022, Queen’s Nurse of the Queen’s Nursing institute
  • 2021, UK Council for Graduate Education ‘Recognised Research Supervisor’
  • 2018, Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • 2017, Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, "for services to nursing and sexual health education"
  • 2014, National Teaching Fellow of the Higher Education Academy: Achievement for excellence in teaching
  • 2016, Vice Chancellor's Award Finalist, staff member of the year category
  • 2012 UK Sexual Health Awards, co-finalist for Sexual, Reproductive and Mental Health free e-learning course.

Recognition

Memberships:

  • Lead: PGCert Advanced Forensic Practice programme development team (2023 - current)
  • UoG Stonewall Accreditation Steering Group member (2021 – current)
  • NTF and CATE Assessor (UoG for AdvanceHE / HEAcademy awards) (2020)
  • Member: UoG LGBT+ Staff Network
  • Teaching Excellence Framework Assessor (UoG PFHEA / NTFs’ panel) (2019)
  • Fellow of the National Conference of University Professors (2019 - 2024)
  • GOLD Scheme (‘Greenwich Opportunities for Learning Development’: AdvanceHE / HEAcademy) PFHEA panel member; SFHEA mentor (c.20 complete / 10 current)  / PFHEA advocate (x 9)
  • Faculty Learning and Quality Sub-Committee
  • PGDip Enhanced Clinical Practice – Curriculum Development Committee (Lead) (2019-20)
  • Association of National Teaching Fellows (2014)
  • International Federation of National Teaching Fellows (2014)
  • APPG-SRH (All Party Parliamentary Group on Sexual and Reproductive Health) (2012)
  • Royal College of Nursing (member).

Editorial reviews:

  • Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2003
  • Journal of the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare / BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2011 / 2018
  • Journal of Sexual Medicine, 2011
  • Journal of Mental Health, 2011
  • Journal of Ethnicity and Health, 2017

Examiner/other:

  • Examined masters theses for the Universities of Auckland (MNurs by research, NZ) and Brighton (MRes, UK)
  • Doctoral examiner at the Universities of Wolverhampton, Hull, Kings College London, Surrey, Edinburgh, De Montford, UCL, Canterbury Christ Church, Greenwich, Portsmouth
  • External moderator for the credit rated courses of BASHH: the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV
  • Nominator of three honorary doctorates and 2 FRCNs

Research / Scholarly interests

David's research interests include sexual health education for nursing and healthcare practice; resilience in LGB&T+ youth and social representations of HIV and AIDS.

David is also actively involved in the supervisor of research with doctoral candidates, covering areas such as spirituality in mental health nursing education; sex and relationship education for parents in Malta; the role of the Internet in negotiating gay identities in young people; analysis of national child sexual exploitation policy in relations to young males in commercial sex transactions; education for health visitors' professional roles in relation to domestic violence and abuse; midwifery transitions, from students to registered professionals; perinatal mental health and newly qualified midwives; healthcare academics and Technology Enhanced Learning; global majority midwives; education and return to practice; student nurses and practice mentorship.

Media activity
  • “Care and Loss” short film (LGBTQ+ people and end of life / hospice care). Greenwich and Bexley Hospice
  • “Diana’s Decades” (episode 2: the 1980s) for ITV, July 2021
  • “Breaking barriers” University of Greenwich LGBT+ History month 2021
  • Celebrating 2020 The Year of the Nurse and Midwife “Nurses and Midwives Speak”, interview by Hon Doc Ruth Oshikanlu, MBE, FRCN, QN
  • CNN (The Windsors, 2019) on Princess Diana and her role in destigmatising HIV and AIDS.

Recent publications

Publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/David_Evans7

Pentaris, P., Dudley, A., Evans, D. T., Hockham, D., Yau, C., Matthews, K., & Hassan, R. (2024) An Exploration of Lived Experiences of Sexually and Gender Diverse Staff Members in Higher Education: A Case Study. Research Article, Journal of Homosexuality

Pentaris, P., Dudley, A., Hockham, D., Evans, D.T., Yau, C. (2023) LGBT+ culture in higher education: challenges and controversies, cited at: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-views/lgbt-culture-higher-education-challenges-and-controversies cited on 30/03/2023

Evans, D.T. Current approaches to HIV prevention, treatment and care. RCNi Learning, at http://www.rcnilearning.com

Evans, D.T. (2022) Chapter 14: Sexual Health is Public Health, in: Holland, A., Phillips, K., Moseley, M., Joomun, L. (eds)(2022) Fundamentals for Public Health, Sage Publishers

Evans, D.T. (2022) Queering Sexual Medicine, Opinion article, Journal of Psychosexual Medicine, No. 79; pp 16 – 18

Evans, D.T. (2022) Chapter 1: “The trouble with normal …” Covid-19’s legacy and the multipotentiality for co-creating teaching, learning and assessing, Digital Connection in Health and Social Work: perspectives from Covid-19, pp 11 – 22; St Albans, Herts. Critical Publishing Ltd

Evans, D.T. (2022) Banning so-called ‘Conversion therapy’ – responding to the Government consultation, Cited at: https://www.gre.ac.uk/articles/public-relations/banning-so-called-conversion-therapy-responding-to-the-government-consultation Cited on: 01/03/2022

Pentaris, P., Evans, D. T., Hockham, D., Yau, C., Dudley, A., Matthews, K., & Hassan, R. (2022) LGBT+ Culture in Higher Education. Research Report, University of Greenwich

Evans, D. T. (2021), From clinical diplomate to higher education and training. Institute of Psychosexual Medicine Journal (78) . pp. 16-17.

Fanner, M., Evans, D. T. (2021), Problematising young male victims in Twenty-First Century English child sexual exploitation policy: a critical discourse analysis. Greenwich Social Work Review, pp. 192-207 ISSN: 2633-4313 (Print), 2633-4313 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.21100/gswr.v2i2.1278).

Natzler, M., Evans, D. T. (2021), Student relationships, sex and sexual health. Higher Education policy Institute report 139. Higher Education Policy Unit. (1st) (doi: https://www.hepi.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Student-Relationships-Sex-and-Sexual-Health-Survey_Report-139_FINAL.pdf).

King, G., Evans, D. T. (2019), Behind the camera: sexual health testing patterns and outcomes amongst UK adult film performers. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 31 (1) . pp. 62-65 ISSN: 0956-4624 (Print), 1758-1052 (Online) (doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0956462419871857).

Ainsworth-Masiello, R., Evans, D. T. (2019), Expectations vs reality: in which ways might watching porn online, as male and female adolescents, contribute to poor emotional health?. Education and Health, 37 (4) . pp. 109-116 ISSN: 0265-1602 (Print), 2049-3665 (Online) (doi: http://sheu.org.uk/sheux/EH/eh374ram.pdf).

Evans, D. T. (2019), HIV: if we can achieve normalised testing we’ll be helping to banish the stigma for good. Nursing Standard pp. 1-7 ISSN: 0029-6570 (Print), 1758-1052 (Online) (doi: https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/opinion/comment/hiv-if-we-can-achieve-normalised-testing-well-be-helping-to-banish-stigma-good-155351).

Evans, D. T. (2019), Introduction to psychosexual medicine (book review). BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 45: 13 (3) ISSN: 2515-1991 (Print), 2515-2009 (Online) (doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjsrh-2019-200453).

Evans, D.T. (2017) Sexualities, Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory, edited by Bryan S. Turner, Chang Kyung-Sup, Cynthia Epstein, Peter Kivisto, William Outhwaite, J. Michael Ryan. Chichester, UK, John Wiley & Sons Ltd

Evans, D.T. (2017) The female identity: human sexuality, in The Female Mind. K. M. Abel & R. Ramsay (eds) London, Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Evans, D.T. and Watson, P. (2015). Spotlight on sexual health and education for military, veterans and families. Education and Health Journal, 33(2), pp. 47-51.

Evans, D.T. (2014). Future directions: Collaborative learning and education for multi-professional practitioners? Institute of Psychosexual Medicine Journal, September (66), pp. 11-15.

Hadley, A. and Evans, D.T. (2013). Reducing teenage pregnancy and improving young people's sexual health: how nurses can help? Nursing Times, 109(46), pp. 22-27.

Evans, D.T. (2013). Promoting Sexual Health and Well-being, Nursing Standard, November, 28(10), pp. 53-57.

Abel, K., Evans, D.T. and Agnew-Davis, R. (2011). Sexual and Reproductive Health for Mental Health Professionals. [e-learning course]. Social Care Institute for Excellence.

Evans, D. T. and Stapley, L. (2010). Sexual health issues in men-part 1. Practice Nurse, 17, pp. 30-34.

Evans, D. T. and Stapley, L. (2010). Sexual health issues in men-part 2. Practice Nurse, 8, pp. 33-36.

Evans, D.T. and Stapley, L. (2010). Sexual health issues in men-part 2. Practice Nurse, 40(6), pp. 33-36.

Presentations

Recorded conference presentations: https://drdavidtevanstel.wordpress.com/

2023

University of Greenwich, School of Human Sciences, Sharing Good Practice.

Presentation and web resource: Inclusive assessments in higher education 

XXI Journadas Do NedVIH: Recuperaro o Futuro (XXI HIV Journeys Conference: Recovering the Future), Lagos, Portugal and on-line

On-line plenary presentation: “HIV and the impact on sexuality: exploring intersections of stigmas of HIV and AIDS across sexualities and genders”

2022

MoD Defence Gender Network: International Men’s Day 

Presentation: “When your helmet won’t protect you: The challenges of men’s health”

Journal of Research in Nursing / Evidence Based Practice Nursing Symposium on Nurses and Long-Covid

Presenter: “A history of the present: NOW AND THEN: Covid-19, HIV, Nurses and Nursing” (Prezi Link) 

Academic Medical Education Conference: Nurses and Pharmacists’ HIV Clinical Forum

Keynote: “Sexual health communication: nurses’ perspectives“

Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health / Faculty Registered Trainers’ Conference (RCOG)

Keynote: “Current trends, challenges and approaches for sexual and reproductive             inter-professional healthcare education“

2021

University of Greenwich, Professorial Inauguration Lecture, STILL speaking of sex; STILL challenging the limits of language, World AIDS Day, 2021

RCN School Nurses’ Conference (#SN21 – on-line)

Opening keynote: “School Sexual Health: Glancing backwards / Looking forwards“

Sigma Global Nursing Excellence, Phi Mu Chapter, Conference (2021) Interview of Prof David Evans, by Ruth Oshikanlu, MBE, FRCN, QN: Multipotentialite Nurse? You can have an amazing career in nursing! Interview with a Nurse Leader.      

Institute of Psychosexual Medicine
Keynote: “From clinical diplomate to higher education and training“, and accompanying article

AdvanceHE, “Boosting TEL [Teaching, Learning and Assessment] Capabilities”

Thomas More University, Belgium, International Days (#ID2021_TM)

Presentation: “Sexual Health take centre stage“

Evans, D.T. (2021) Boosting your TEL capabilities: an AdvanceHE ‘Torch bearer’ elevator pitch, AdvanceHE Torch bearers 2021.

Evans, David Thomas (2019), Senior Fellows: See One! Do One! Teach One!. AdvanceHE. (doi: https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-views/senior-fellows-see-one-do-one-teach-one).

August 2018

RCN School Nurses' Conference, #SN18
Keynote Presentation: "Sexual Health Matters: What every school nurse needs to know"

July 2018

Medway Children's and Young People's Conference
Presentation: "Gender(s), Sexualities and Identities"

March 2018

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust 1st Annual Safeguarding Conference
Presentation: "Sex, Gender and Safeguarding"

January 2018

University of Greenwich SHIFT Conference
Presentation: "Out In the academy: andragogic mainstreaming of sex~ for university life, health and well-being"

March 2016

10th Annual Symposium of the Association of National Teaching Fellows, Birmingham, UK
Conference theme: PLAY (http://ntf-association.com/antf-symposium-2016/)
Workshop presentation: "Everything you always wanted to know about sex* – * but were afraid to ask". (Post-workshop blog and live video presentation at: https://drdavidtevanstel.wordpress.com/antf16/

Evans, D.T. (2016). LGB&T+ People's Resilience in Northern Ireland, 22nd Regional Sexual Health Conference, Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Evans, D.T. (2015). Sexual Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Skills and Habits – take centre stage! Fourth National Conference for Sexual Health Providers, November, Nyborg: Denmark.

Evans, D.T. (2015). Flick it with a pencil!  Sexual health learning and education for health care professionals. Fourth National Conference for Sexual Health Providers, November, Nyborg: Denmark.

Evans, D.T. (2015). Getting Ex-PLISSIT with SRE in the Maltese Islands. Being Ex-PLISSIT with SRE in Malta Conference, Mediterranean Conference Centre, October, Valetta.

Evans, D.T. (2015). Sexual Health Matters! Ex-PLISSITly improving body, mind and soul health. School Nurses' International Conference, July, University of Greenwich, London.

Evans, D.T. (2013). Future Directions: collaborative learning and education for multi-professional practitioners. Institute of Psychosexual Medicine Conference, March, Leicester.

Evans, D.T. (2013). Sexual health & HIV: from novice to expert - leading through excellence. Royal College of Nursing Public Health Conference, March, University of Warwick.

Evans, D.T. (2012). Queer resilience or resilient Queers? Finding from a review of LGBTQ/q youth resilience literature study. 8th National LGBT Health Summit, September, University of Kent, Canterbury.

Evans, D.T. (2012). Queer resilience or resilient Queers? 2nd Sexual Health Research and Practice Development Conference, May, University of Greenwich.

Evans, D.T. (2010). Pleasure: naughty but nice? Using the ars erotica to promote sexual health and well-being. 1st Sexual Health Research and Practice Development Conference, November, University of Greenwich.