Green, Ann

Ann Green MSc, FCSP, FHEA is Head of Life Sciences at Coventry University. Ann is Vice President of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and her Fellowship is for her contribution to education, research and policy.  Throughout her career Ann has worked in higher education and has developed physiotherapy programmes in the UK and internationally.  She has been active within professional accreditation, physiotherapy educational policy and worked for the UK health regulator, the HCPC, in programme approval and international registration. Ann is immediate past Chair of the Allied Health Professions representing the 130,000 AHPs.  Ann’s research outputs span 20 years with her earliest publication about admission and progression trends in undergraduate programmes and her recent publications relating to postgraduate physiotherapy education and the development of the individual, the profession and careers. She has been invited to speak internationally on advancing physiotherapy practice. Her current research with an international team, is on social media and its role in global physiotherapy professional networks. Ann is one of the co-founders of the Big Physio Survey, an open access resource which enables physiotherapists from across the world, to share case studies online, which forms a global repository to showcase our rich and diverse profession.