Jenny Tullett
About
Biography
Jenny is a Lecturer in Voice at Guildford School of Acting at the University of Surrey, and teaches and has taught across many programmes including Acting, Musical Theatre, Actor Musicianship and Applied and Contemporary Theatre at Foundation, BA, and MA/MFA Level. Current subjects taught include Speech Skills (Practical Voice), Voice and Text (Applied Voice), Voice and Accent Coaching on Productions/Projects and Voice Maintenance. She leads and facilitates the annual GSA Morag Morris Spoken Word Event for students outside of their studies.
She completed the Masters in the Practice of Voice and Singing at GSA. She has a Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (GCLT) from the University of Surrey and is a Senior Fellow of the HEA (SFHEA) Higher Education Academy.
Jenny is Chair of the Carers Support Network at the University of Surrey which offers staff who are parents and/or carers, support, opportunities for networking, and feeds into Surrey’s work towards disability equity. She is also GSA Departmental Disability Liaison, GSA Co-Champion for Disability and Neurodiversity and was pervious the GSA TEL or Technology Enhanced Learning Champion. She is part of Surrey's EDI Forum.
Jenny continues to explore new research ideas in voice: her current research interests lie in Vocal Shame and The Carer's Voice.
As a Freelancer, Jenny works as a voice, singing, accent and dialect coach with her own private practice in the UK having worked on over 75 productions to date. She is also a Performer, Director and is developing work as a Voice Over Artist. Jenny was previously the Principal of her own Musical Theatre and Dance School, Dance Division for over 15 years.
Previous students and clients have trained and graduated from leading UK drama and music conservatoires and past students and graduates are frequently seen in theatre, film and TV as well as in performing arts education.
University roles and responsibilities
- Chair of the Carers Support Network
- GSA Departmental Disability Liaison
- GSA Co-Champion for Disability and Neurodiversity
- Personal Tutor - BA Applied and Contemporary Theatre - Level 4
My qualifications
Affiliations and memberships
News
In the media
ResearchResearch interests
Jenny's current research interests like in Vocal Shame and The Carer's Voice.
Research interests
Jenny's current research interests like in Vocal Shame and The Carer's Voice.
Publications
Additional publications
Jenny, as Chair of the Carers Support Network, along with Chair of the Purple Network, Sarah Clements and Chair of the Neurodivergent Network, Heather Lane, were asked to write articles for UK Disability Month (December 2023). A link to the articles on Surrey Net can be found here: https://surreynet.surrey.ac.uk/news-views/news/202312/uk-disability-history-month-meet-chairs-our-staff-networks