Jane Mullenj.mullen@hud.ac.uk | 01484 478103
Qualifications: BA(Hons), PGCE, MA.
Prior to joining the University in 2001 Jane worked in Further Education for 21 years in a wide range of roles. However, throughout her teaching career she has been involved with delivering a range of communications courses and is particularly interested in the issues students have when developing their academic writing. Working with both undergraduates and post graduates on issues related to their criticality and academic writing has become the recent focus of her research.
Currently Jane is responsible for organising and delivering academic skills support to all students in the School. She initially co-ordinated a HEFCE funded project to set up a distributed model of academic skills provision across the University. Reflecting on this experience Jane wrote a paper in 2006 titled 'Challenging and Changing Priorities at One University'. Later as her research developed on the different models of provision she wrote a paper 'The Study Skills Conundrum: To embed or not to embed that is the question'. She is currently undertaking a joint piece of research with a colleague into dyslexia and its impact on the professional development of youth workers, and different aspects of their findings were delivered at three conferences in 2009.
Jane's Master's research focused on the appropriation by artists, photographers and popular culture of religious iconic imagery. This interest in visual culture continues and in 2008 she was the second supervisor for a PhD by publication on the representation and commodification of computers.
Jane's particular interests are in widening participation, students' writing development in Higher Education, models of academic skills provision and adult dyslexia. She is currently undertaking a joint piece of research with a colleague into dyslexia and its impact on the professional development of youth workers.
Mullen, J. and Hatton, J. (2012) ‘Scaffolding and supporting virtual communities ’. In: 9th ALDinHE Conference Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) Conference:learning Development in a Digital Age., 2nd-4th April 2012, Leeds University, UK
Mullen, J., Hatton, J. and Frankland, S. (2011) ‘Transformative Learning:the start of the journey?’. In: 6th European Conference on the First Year Experience , 19th-20th June 2011, Manchester University
Mullen, J., Hatton, J. and Frankland, S. (2011) ‘Constructive Dialogue with Students’. In: 8th Association for Learning Development in Higher Education (ALDinHE) Conference: Engaging students- Engaging learning, 18th-20th April 2011, Queen's University Belfast
Hatton, J. and Mullen, J. (2009) ‘Levelling the playing field’. In: Training Agencies Group, June 2009, Sheffield , pp. 1-7
Mullen, J. and Hatton, J. (2009) ‘Listen to me! the voices of some students with dyslexia’. In: Degrees of Independence: Providing inclusive learning in Higher Education, 16th - 17th April 2009, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK
Mullen, J. and Hatton, J. (2009) ‘Perplexing Identities’. In: 6th Annual Learning and Development in Higher Education Network, 6th - 7th March 2009, Bournemouth University
Hill, P. and Mullen, J. (2007) ‘Writing Skills - An integrated approach’. In: 4th LDHEN Symposium: "How do students engage with learning?", 12 April 2007, Bournemouth University
Hill, P. and Mullen, J. (2007) ‘Writing Skills - An integrated approach’. In: 4th LDHEN Symposium: "How do students engage with learning?", 12 April 2007, Bournemouth University
Hill, P. and Mullen, J. (2007) ‘To embed or not to embed – that is the question’. In: The Study Skills Conundrum, 26th April 2007, Bournemouth
