Miss Jane Milton

One aspect of Jane's faculty role is to develop and identify employer opportunities for students across Kent and the south east. She is a keen advocate of industry-connectedness as part of the curriculum.

She is also an award winning filmmaker producing and directing documentaries. Her background is in radio, film and TV journalism, following which she worked in television production winning a BAFTA and Grierson for C4’s ‘The Trust’. Other TV credits include the BBC’s ‘Children’s Hospital’ and C4’s ‘The Practice’.

Jane is keen to hear from potential industry partners from across the screen and entertainment industries and heritage, arts and culture employers for the purpose of curriculum design, research, knowledge exchange and enterprise. She is also School lead for Employability.

Teaching awards - Nomination for Outstanding Leadership in the Christ Church Recognition Awards 2021 - Golden Apple Student Union Award for teaching 2016, 2017, 2018.

Following her industry career in Film, Radio and television, Jane started teaching at the University of Kent before arriving at CCCU in 2017. She is module lead for the practice and theory documentary module in Year 2, co-lead for Professional Perspectives in Year 1, module lead for Professional Perspectives in Year 2 and leads on the Streaming Worlds module. She was the new course director for Film Production when it started in 2018 and led the team for four years. 

INDUSTRY PUBLICATIONS

Producer (x 3), ‘Miami Animal Police’, Lion TV for the Discovery Channel (2005-6)

Director/The Producer, ‘The Practice’, Lion TV for Channel 4. (2003-4)

Director/Producer (x 5), ‘TV Mail’, a daytime presenter led series for Endemol on BBC 1(2002)

Development Researcher/Producer (x 3), ‘First Sight’, thirty-minute factual series for BBC 1 (2001)

Producer/Director, ‘The Trust’, Hart Ryan Productions for Channel 4. (1999-2001) A five part one hour observational documentary series examining the state of the NHS.

Director/Producer, ‘Children’s Hospital’ in Birmingham for BBC 1. (1997-1999) A long running documentary series that followed families with children as they were treated for major or minor conditions.

Assistant Producer, ‘Children’s Hospital’ in USA’ for BBC 1. (1998) A one off documentary at the world leading Philadelphia Children’s Hospital in Pennsylvania.

Assistant Producer/Reporter (x 6), ‘First Sight’, (1995-1997) BBC 2.

BBC Radio Kent reporter, (1993-95)

Awards

BAFTA for Huw Weldon award for documentary, The Trust, Channel 4 (as above) 2001

Grierson for best documentary series, The Trust, Channel 4, 2001

BT Southern Radio Journalist of the Year (1994)

Jane is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She is Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and is working towards her Senior Fellowship.Currently, she is the external examiner for BA (Hons) TV Production at Bournemouth University. Past collegiate activity has been as an industry advisor for UCA and an external academic advisor for revalidation of the Film Production degree at Winchester University.

Conferences papers in national conferences

Milton, J. (2016) “Researching media elites: methods of gaining access to a closed world”, PGR MeCCSA Annual Conference 2016, University of Leicester, 7th - 8th July

Milton, J. (2016) ‘The impact of the elite: tales of access from the field”. Postgraduate research conference at the Graduate School, Canterbury Christ Church University, 26th May 2016

Milton, J. (2015) ‘Delicate Dilemmas: an insight into the ethics of filming with vulnerable participants”, Beacon Institute’s interdisciplinary symposium on Arts and Dementia, University of Kent, 30th May

Research seminars in the School of Media, Art and Design

Milton, J, Sanz Sabido, R. and Pallant, C. (2017) “Roundtable discussion on being a PhD student”, Research Seminar, Canterbury Christ Church University, 9 October

Milton, J. (2016) Methods of gaining access into a closed world”, Research Seminar, Canterbury Christ Church University, 19 June