Ms Mary Mullen BA, MFA, FHEA, RGN, UKCC-Register

Mary Mullen’s responsibilities encompass television studio and screen-production teaching, curriculum and production development, industry-engaged learning, broadcast-facing co-production, pedagogical research and Practice-as-Research, knowledge exchange, and doctoral research in Film and Screen Practices.

From 2021–2024, Mary undertook a faculty-aligned Employability Lead role, working proactively with the Deputy Head of School and careers and employability professional services across the University to develop and coordinate meaningful placements and industry opportunities for students. This included two years of media placement opportunities with KMTV.

Mary was also UoG Screen Curator for the New Lights Festival (2022–23 and 2024–25), supporting the University of Greenwich collaboration with Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and creative partnerships across film and music.

She is the founder and lead broker of the University of Greenwich–UK Local TV partnership and accompanying Memorandum of Understanding, endorsed by the Pro Vice-Chancellor, developing opportunities that connect degree-level learning with professional television practice. A core focus of Mary’s work is creating pathways for students to make work for broadcast and achieve transmission credits alongside their degree, building tangible professional experience and a record of transmitted work. In 2026, The London Edit enabled 32 students to gain broadcast credits, while Miss Caribbean UK provided a further 14 undergraduate students with broadcast experience.

This industry-engaged work also includes BBC One’s The One Show, whose University placement activity Mary currently supports, alongside the development of TV PEOPLE MAKE (TVPM) and the Industry-Meets-Education Model (IMEM). Mary is extending this work into digital-first television and developing further partnership opportunities that support and promote emerging talent.

She develops collaborative projects that turn curriculum activity into broadcast and public-facing outputs while bringing creative-industry expertise directly into teaching. During the pandemic, this included the GSU Radio podcast project, enabling students to create and broadcast wellbeing podcasts for Mental Health Week. Other initiatives have brought industry professionals and alumni into the curriculum, including Michael Kelpie, Executive Producer of The Chase, providing feedback on student pitches, and Formula 1 Broadcast Director and University of Greenwich alumnus Philip Rorke, participating in a studio interview alongside Michael Kelpie.

Mary’s current television co-production research projects include Mauro, a London Photographer, a half-hour television documentary, and Steel Warriors, a half-hour documentary centred on a knife-crime campaign. These projects bring together alumni, undergraduate and postgraduate students, industry practitioners and academic production and are currently at rough-cut stage. Mary is working with the editing teams to bring this co-production and broadcast-development research through to completion.

Mary’s role also involves ongoing collaboration with academic colleagues and professional services, including Health and Safety and Student Success, integrating their expertise into students’ academic and production journeys. This collaborative approach connects students’ degree experience with professional development and progression into television, media and the wider creative industries.

Fellowship

• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Active Professional Memberships

• Directors UK (DIR UK)
• Women in Film & Television (WFTV)
• Royal Television Society (RTS)
• Guild of Television Camera Professionals (GTC)
• British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS)
• International Women’s Broadcasting Histories Network (IWBH)

My research and scholarly practice sits at the intersection of television production, creative practice, production pedagogy and industry collaboration. I am particularly interested in the interface between education and professional practice as a space in which stories are created and professional identities, relationships and opportunities are negotiated through collaborative making. My doctoral project, TV PEOPLE MAKE (TVPM), develops and evaluates the Industry-Meets-Education Model (IMEM) for curriculum-embedded, industry-facing television production. It examines collaborative storytelling, authorship, representation, equitable participation, professional development and public value, alongside how knowledge and practice move between students, educators, broadcasters and communities. A particular focus is broadcast transmission as meaningful professional opportunity for entry-level practitioners.

In 2026 to date, my projects have generated 46 student broadcast credits, enabling students to begin developing tangible records of transmitted work alongside their studies. My wider interests encompass Practice-as-Research, pedagogical research, production pedagogy, co-production, creative labour and professional identity, civic storytelling, knowledge exchange, creative entrepreneurship, inclusive talent development and sustainable models of industry-engaged screen education.

Key funded projects

TV PEOPLE MAKE (TVPM): Developing and Evaluating the Industry-Meets-Education Model (IMEM)

• Role: Doctoral Researcher
• Institution: University of Greenwich
• Dates: 2026–present
• Practice-as-Research examining curriculum-embedded television production as a site for collaborative storytelling, participation, professional development and public value, developing IMEM as a transferable framework for education-industry collaboration.

Selected University and Public-Facing Practice

• LLTV–UoG Graduate Film Festival Broadcast (2019–20): Broadcast-facing collaboration connecting graduate film work with professional television exhibition.
• New Lights Festival (2022–23; 2024–25): UoG Screen Curator, supporting the University of Greenwich and Trinity Laban collaboration across film and music.
• GSU Radio / Mental Health Week: Development of remotely produced student wellbeing podcasts for broadcast and publication during the pandemic.

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