Our Governance

Kerry-Jane Packman is the CEO of Learning on Screen. She spearheads our pioneering Box of Broadcasts (BoB) the ultimate on-demand TV and radio streaming service. With extensive experience in leadership, stakeholder engagement, and revenue generation Kerry-Jane leads our organisation, shaping our strategic direction and ensuring sustainability and relevance. She is incredibly passionate about our mission and ensuring that streaming technologies like BoB enhance accessibility, engagement, and innovation in post-16 education. She understands the challenges institutions face in navigating copyright, licensing, and digital infrastructure, and works to position Learning on Screen at the forefront of these discussions. As a champion for the responsible use of audiovisual content in education, Kerry-Jane brings valuable insights at all levels of the organisation.

John Ellis is Emeritus Professor in Media Arts at Royal Holloway University. He has been chair of Learning on Screen since 2007 and has also been an officer in both academic and TV producers’ organisations including MeCCSA and PACT, the Producers’ Alliance for Cinema and Television. He has been principal investigator on several television history research projects including the EU funded ADAPT project which produced the website How Television Used to Be Made www.adapttvhistory.org.uk . He is an editor in chief of the online peer reviewed journal VIEW www.viewjournal.eu His books include Visible Fictions (1982), Seeing Things (2000), Documentary: Witness and Self-revelation (2011) and the collection Hands On Media History (2020) co-edited with Nick Hall. From 1982 to 1999 he ran the independent TV production company Large Door www.largedoorltd.com producing over 100 programmes for Channel 4 and BBC.

Carl is Managing Director of Attic Media and a specialist in digital innovation. Prior to leading Attic Media Carl was a freelance BAFTA nominated Digital Producer with 18 years experience working on high profile projects for broadcasters and educators.Carl has a track record of successfully shaping and delivering projects by connecting the dots between content, technology and people and provides expertise across a wide range of areas from proposition development, research, content strategy and content production to UX and product management.

Lucy Kendra is a filmmaker and media producer, Lucy was a Media Producer at the University of Edinburghbefore moving to Heriot Watt University in 2018 creating content for Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCS). Lucy is currently managing a team of creative specialists in Edinburgh for Heriot-Watt Online in her role as Digital Media Manager. She is passionate about digital education.

Shane O Sullivan is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Film and Photography at Kingston School of Art. He teaches screenwriting, documentary and fiction production, and lectured in filmmaking and film distribution at Regents University and Birmingham City University before coming to Kingston in 2014. His interest in the creative use of archive content led him to become the UK Principal Investigator in the AHRC-funded Make Film History project, which opens up the archives to young filmmakers across the UK and Ireland. The project won the Excellence in Unlocking the Value and Potential of Archives Award in 2021. Shane is also a prolific filmmaker whose documentaries have been broadcast worldwide. He is also an author as well as a regular contributor to The Washington Post around his expertise in political scandals.

Dr Grant Ferguson joined the University of Brighton in 2014, following working as the National Theatre’s first academic in residence, consulting on the National Theatre’s pre-histories, and a post at King’s College London. With a particular experience and interest in public engagement and media communication, her recent engagement and consultation includes work with the National Theatre, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Royal Shakespeare Company, YMCA, Chawton House Library and BBC Radio Three & BBC Radio Four. She speaks regularly on Shakespeare and early modern literature, especially women’s lives and writings, in the national and international media and has several published works on Shakespeare. She is currently an AHRC Research, Development and Engagement Fellow (2022-3) and was elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in recognition of her contribution to historical research in 2022.

Katy is Library Systems Coordinator at Regent’s University London, where she runs the learning technology, search systems and e-resources the students and staff use. Katy also acts as a subject librarian, working with academics in their classrooms and on resource management. Previous to this Katy worked at the British Library and at the Goldsmiths’ Company Library. She has a passion for spreading education through both reading and on the screen. She has co-hosted podcasts about both film and history.

Rebecca is Head of Business School at Harper Adams University, where the agenda centres around advancing knowledge, inspiring learners, and equipping people to find creative, sustainable solutions to the economic and environmental challenges facing our planet – now and in the future.  A senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Rebecca has worked in HE for the last seventeen years, before that she was a director and business developer in the IT services sector.  Her pedagogy centres around the application of business learning to real world scenarios thus preparing students for leadership and impact once they graduate.  Harper Adams graduates are highly valued by employers in their sector and her mission is to keep it that way.  She works hard to foster and develop links to industry and support market-changing research and business relationships for the benefit of students and wider stakeholder groups- with a focus upon gamification and real-world exemplars (often communicated through film).

Chris Willmott is an Honorary Associate Professor in the Dept of Molecular and Cell Biology at the University of Leicester. He is also a Freelance Science Communication specialist. He has particular interests in bioethics, representations of bioscience in broadcast media, antibiotics and careers education. He is also passionate about the use of broadcast media and other audiovisual resources in education as well as wider innovative pedagogy, including the development of innovative teaching activities and “authentic assessment”.

Jake is Director of Jake Berger Consulting and has over 25 years of experience in digital, media, archives, and cultural heritage, Jake specialises in shaping products, solving complex challenges, and driving successful project delivery. His expertise spans agile product management, data strategy, process reengineering, and organisational design, helping businesses optimise their operations. Originally trained as an Organisational Psychologist, Jake has led major initiatives with international broadcasters, cultural institutions, libraries, and archives. As Executive Product Manager at BBC Technology and Archives, he spearheaded the design and delivery of online products that provide content and data to global audiences. He also served as Business Manager for BBC Production, overseeing a £500M, 3,000-person business, and as Head of Technology & Distribution for thespace.org, leading digital innovation for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad.

Dr Katerina Loukopoulou is Senior Academic Developer at Middlesex University London, where her responsibilities include curriculum design and pedagogic research. Katerina is a passionate advocate of multimedia learning and teaching across disciplines as a student-centred academic practice that diversifies the curriculum and its epistemologies. She is a film and media historian by training (PhD, Birkbeck College) and her peer-reviewed publications include a chapter to the first scholarly collection about the history and theory of educational film (Learning with the Lights Off, Oxford University Press, 2012) and more recently an article to a special journal issue on the ‘Educational Dispositif’ (2023).