Victoria Grace Walden BA (hons) PGCE MA
15 Wilton Gardens, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 3BD
Mobile: 07720 747593
DOB: 30/08/1985 Email: v.g.walden@qmul.ac.uk
Personal statement
I am a diligent, highly motivated individual always
looking for new project opportunities that will
have high impact and engage the public. I am
passionate about film and Holocaust education,
and dedicated to discovering how the audio-visual
can be used as a memory-making experience to
help people engage with traumatic events in a
productive manner.
Qualifications
2011- PhD in Film Studies (currently studying)Queen Mary, University of London
2009-2011- MA (Distinction) in Film Studies (by
independent study)- De Montfort University
2011- Post-graduate certificate in Leadership
(Education)- Institute of Leadership and
Management
2006-2007- Post graduate certificate in
Education (post-compulsory education and
training)- Institute of Education
2003-2006- B.A (hons) (2.1) Media Arts- Royal
Holloway, University of London
Teaching experience
2013- Teacher of Communication and Culture,
BTEC Media (Teacher responsible for BTEC
Media) and Extended Project Qualification
Supervisor – Strode's College, Egham, Surrey
2008-2012 Freelance Educator
Developing numerous teaching and learning
resources and offering teacher training
2007-2011- Teacher of Film and Media, Extended
Project Qualification Supervisor – Queen Mary’s
College, Basingstoke, Hampshire
2006-2007- Trainee teacher of Media (BTEC and
foundation degree)- College of North East
London, London
Editorial / organisational responsibilities:
2013- The Holocaust and Contemporary Genocide, Popular
Culture and Digital Technologies Founder of a new
international research forum.
http://holocaustgenocidepopularculture.wordpress.com/about/
2013- Author and co-editor of
http://embodimentblog.wordpress.com
An interdisciplinary academic blog exploring issues of
embodiment and affect.
Other responsibilities: managing the blog’s academic twitter
account @EmbodimentBlog
Publications:
Articles
January 2014- The non-human and affect in Seven Minutes in
the Warsaw Ghetto in Short Film Journal
Book Reviews
2013- Jenny Chamarette’s Phenomenology and the Future of
Film for www.sensesofcinema.com
Currently awaiting publication:
2014- Paul Cooke's Contemporary German Cinema for Film
Philosophy
May 2014- Harriet Margolis' et.al Studying the Event Film for
MIA, Australia (May)
Other published material:
2013-2014 Freelance feature and news writer
For popular film webzine: www.lostinthemultiplex.com
2011-2012- Regular contributor to the Times Education
Supplement writing about teaching resources and activities
Victoria Grace Walden BA (hons) PGCE MA
15 Wilton Gardens, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 3BD
Mobile: 07720 747593
DOB: 30/08/1985 Email: v.g.walden@qmul.ac.uk
Published teacher support materials:
2013 Teaching the Film Industry (for WJEC A2 Level
media studies) 2nd edition for ZigZag Education
2011 Teaching the Film Industry (for WJEC A2 Level
media studies) for ZigZag Education
2007- various content for www.mediaedu.co.uk
and www.filmedu.co.uk
November 2013 Media Education Association Teacher's
Conference
Affective Filmmaking: Student Films that Move Audiences
November 2013 War and Genocide Postgraduate
Conference, Imperial War Museum
Rethinking the Role of Holocaust Film in the Classroom:
Beyond the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
July 2010 BFI Media Teachers' Conference, London
Borders and Belonging: Immigration film in the UK
Conferences and presentations:
July 2014 International Conference on War and
Peace Education (confirmed to speak)
Facilitating Student Engagement with Survivors’
Post-Holocaust Stories through Digitally Augmented
Experiences of London
July 2014 BFI Media Teachers’ Conference
(confirmed to speak)
Embedding business practice in vocational media
pedagogy (a teacher’s workshop)
May 2014 Gaze Symposium, Queen Mary, London
(confirmed to speak)
Memory Ethics and the Haptic Gaze: Experiencing
the Gas Chamber on Screen
May 2014 Film and Philosophy Conference, Lisbon
University (confirmed to speak)
Touching the past –watching film as a history- and
memory-making experience
April 2014 At Andrew's Postgraduate Animation
Symposium (confirmed to speak)
Holocaust animations as memory spaces
January 2014 MeCCSa Conference, Bournemouth
University
The Forbidden Moment: The Gas Chamber in
Holocaust Films
December 2013 Being Non/human Research
Group, King's College, London
The Implication of the Non-human as Other in
Holocaust Films
March 2010 BFI Teacher's INSET, London
Creative Filmmaking in the Classroom
July 2009 BFI Media teachers conference, London
Urban Stories in World Cinema
July 2008 BFI Media teachers conference, London
Teaching Computer Games
Awards
2013-2014 Teacher Research Fellowship Award, 21st
Century Learning Alliance Award for carrying out empirical
research into incorporating media business skills into
media education in UK
Outreach
2013- Jewish Museum, London- Volunteer
2012- Holocaust Educational Trust- Educator on the
Lessons from Auschwitz programme
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Proof-reading
Academic and journalistic writing
Critical thinking and problem solving
Innovation
Film-making and film production management
Sound design
Image manipulation (Photoshop)
Film editing (Premier and Film Cut Pro)
Basic web design (HTML and WYSIWYG)
Social media management
Organisation of projects and teams
Languages: German (Elementary), Polish
(Beginner)
References available on request
Victoria Grace Walden BA (hons) PGCE MA
15 Wilton Gardens, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 3BD
Mobile: 07720 747593
DOB: 30/08/1985 Email: v.g.walden@qmul.ac.uk