{{short description|Academic and nursing researcher}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Uduak Emmanuel Archibong | thesis_title = Promoting family-centred care through primary nursing practice in Nigeria : an action research project | thesis_url = http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53634867 | thesis_year = 1995 | workplaces = University of Bradford | awards = Order of the British Empire (2014) | alma_mater = University of Hull (PhD) <br> University of Nigeria, Nsukka (BSc) | birth_place = Nigeria }}

'''Uduak Emmanuel Archibong''' {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|MBE}} FRCN is a Professor of Diversity and Director of the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity at the University of Bradford. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing and a Fellow of the West African College of Nursing.

== Early life and education == Archibong was born and raised in rural Nigeria.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.africansinyorkshireproject.com/uduak-archibong.html|title=Uduak Archibong|website=African Stories in Hull & East Yorkshire|language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gooding|first=Lucy|date=2004-09-29|title=A champion for race equality and diversity: a high flyer throughout her career, Uduak Archibong has been appointed Bradford's first professor of diversity|url=https://go.gale.com/ps/i.do?p=AONE&sw=w&issn=00296570&v=2.1&it=r&id=GALE%7CA123330051&sid=googleScholar&linkaccess=abs|journal=Nursing Standard|language=English|volume=19|issue=3|pages=18–20|doi=10.7748/ns.19.3.18.s32|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Here she trained in nursing and achieved first class honours at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.genovate.eu/dissemination/genovate-international-conference/speakers/uduak-archibong/|title=Uduak Archibong|website=www.genovate.eu|access-date=2020-03-06|archive-date=2020-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201229200208/http://www.genovate.eu/dissemination/genovate-international-conference/speakers/uduak-archibong/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She moved to Hull, England, where she earned a doctoral degree researching family-centred care and nurse's education in Nigeria.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite thesis|title=Promoting family-centred care through primary nursing practice in Nigeria: an action research project.|date=1995|language=English|first=Uduak Emmanuel|last=Archibong|oclc=53634867}}</ref> She retrained as a nurse in the British system, and started practising in National Health Service hospitals. She worked in the Hull Royal Infirmary and the Queensgate Care Home. Archibong recognised the underrepresentation of black and minority ethnic women and men in British healthcare, and that healthcare professionals of colour often experienced racism from their patients and colleagues.<ref name=":0" />

== Research and career == In 1995 Archibong moved to the University of Bradford, where she worked as a lecturer in nursing. She was promoted to Senior Lecturer then Head of Nursing in 1999.<ref name=":0" /> She was made Fellow of the West African College of Nursing in 2001 and Professor of Diversity in 2004.<ref name=":0" /> Archibong serves as the university strategic adviser for equality and diversity.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> She demonstrated that black and minority ethnic clinicians in the National Health Service were more likely to be involved with disciplinary action than their white colleagues who had similar track records and behaviour.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/scaling-the-nhss-diversity-problems/5065264.article|title=Scaling the NHS's diversity problems|last1=Ali|first1=Shahnaz|last2=Burns|first2=Christine|website=Health Service Journal|access-date=2020-03-06|last3=Grant|first3=Loren|date=2013-11-25}}</ref>

She was appointed Professor of Diversity and Director of the Centre for Inclusion and Diversity at the University of Bradford, where she led the Genovate network.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/events/past-events/ols-17-18--the-power-of-diversity-in-education/|title=The Power of Diversity in Education - Oxford Brookes University|website=www.brookes.ac.uk|access-date=2020-03-06|archive-date=2020-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819221218/https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/events/past-events/ols-17-18--the-power-of-diversity-in-education/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Awards and honours === She was appointed Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 2012.<ref name=":0" /> In 2015 she was made an Order of the British Empire for her services to higher education and equality.<ref>{{Cite news|author=Guardian Staff|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/dec/30/-sp-new-years-honours-2015-full-list|title=New year honours 2015: the full list|date=2014-12-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2020-03-06|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> She was named as one of the Northern Power Women in 2019 and one of Bradford's Inspirational Women in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18210329.awards-ceremony-held-bradfords-inspirational-women/|title=Awards ceremony held for Bradford's inspirational women|website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus|date=6 February 2020 |language=en|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref>

She was featured in the exhibition ''Phenomenal Women: Portraits of UK Black Female Professors'' alongside her University of Bradford colleague Engobo Emeseh'''.'''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-06-06 |title=University of Bradford celebrates Black female professors |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/18499255.university-bradford-celebrates-black-female-professors/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=Bradford Telegraph and Argus |language=en}}</ref>

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