Dr Adelle Hulsmeier is a Senior Lecturer in Drama and Performing Arts and Programme Leader for Screen Performance. Her career trajectory has been characterised by her conviction to embed the notion of social change as an integral part of teaching and learning. She strives to engage her students in this, which in turn impacts her students’ capacity to drive positive change through a transformative educational experience.
Adelle is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sunderland and formerly worked as an actress in London. She utilises the disparate demography of these two geographical regions to drive her passion to change, influence and provide opportunities for life, not just an outcome based student journey.
Adelle manages the Faculty of Arts and Creative Industries’ collaborative relationship with Northumbria Police and its sexual assault referral centre, a successful seven-year project that runs annually and as an embedded element within the Screen, Media and Performance programmes. Films are created that address complex category crime providing dynamic, reciprocal drivers for crime planning and strategic and civically oriented HE experiences.
In tandem with this, Adelle also strategically leads an academic partnership with Live Theatre, Newcastle which affords students to experience teaching and learning in an operational and professional theatre venue, extending the reach of HE beyond the parameters of a classroom environment. Ensuring students experience authentic workplace experiences ahead of graduation has become the heart of Adelle's work.
She is passionate about capturing students' innate innovation and creativity, which ensures a visionary yet achievable focus for students who remain motivated and enthusiastic in both their learning and their future aspirations.