Professor Barry Hill is Professor of Nursing and Critical Care Practice and Associate Head of School at Northumbria University. He has over 25 years of experience in nursing, spanning senior clinical and academic leadership, professional education, regulation, research and advanced practice. He is an established researcher, PhD supervisor and academic author with an extensive publication portfolio comprising peer reviewed research articles, academic textbooks and book chapters. His research interests include professional identity, nursing education, clinical learning environments, moral distress and the experiences of nurses and student nurses in clinical practice. He has a successful track record in securing external research funding and contributing to funded research and knowledge exchange projects, including those supported by Health Education England and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). He is Consultant Editor for the International Journal for Advancing Practice and Clinical Commissioning Editor for the British Journal of Nursing, alongside several international editorial board and peer review appointments. He is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has extensive experience of research supervision, academic quality assurance, professional regulation and the development and evaluation of healthcare education.