Purpose
The purpose of Global Academy is to equip students with the technical and soft skills required to be ready for work in the creative industries when they leave the Academy. We want our students to be head and shoulder above the competition and their work to standout in the competitive jobs market. Therefore it is essential that what is taught at the Academy keeps up with the fast changing pace of technology and skills required in the creative industries.
The aim of the Industry Board is to bring industry experts into Global Academy and review the projects we set and the student output and give their expert feedback to ensure that the Academy curriculum closely matches contemporary industry practice and suitably prepares students for work in the creative industries.
Outline
The boards meet three times a year – once per term – to review student output from the previous term and input ideas into the curriculum for the upcoming term. The board will be formed of industry experts and teachers from Global Academy.
The board is not expected to provide teaching and learning guidance. Its ambition is to give teachers feedback from industry about how they can keep the skills taught relevant to industry practice and ensure that the curriculum at the Academy stays cutting edge. This could include offering feedback to the teachers about the students work and if the techniques used to create it mirror what would happen in the workplace, or suggesting relevant skills and technologies that could be embedded into the future curriculum.
Agenda
Meetings will be conducted around the structure below, but can be flexible to adaption according to the needs of those involved. The aim is to give time for subject specialist teachers to meet with industry experts to review student work and then feedback into the board to identify next steps and any common themes.
- Review of actions taken as a result of previous board meeting
- Overview of the term – Projects taught, successes, areas to improve
- Industry review – Pathway teachers partner with subject specific industry experts to review student work from previous term and discuss ideas for next terms projects.
- Review of the term – Board reflect and review insights about the student work and recommendations for the future
Meet the Boards
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Content Production Pathway
Chair: Nick Davis, Global
Ashley Bard, Global
Jon Peck, IMG Studios
Rhiannon Lewis, Gate Films
Sara Butler, Scamp Solutions
Zosia Morris, Global -
Art and Design Pathway
Chair: Francis Hemingway, Global
Jasdev Virdee, Canon Europe
Jovan Buac, Landor
Caroline Pay, Dentsu Creative
Penny-Lee Brown, Global
Sau-Fun Mo, London Transport Museum -
Media Business Pathway
Chair: Sophie Lavender, Global
Dan Acheampong, Talk 2 Dan
Georgina Bramall, GiffGaff
Glen Funnell, Hatch Films
James Erskine, Rocket
Julian Hall, Ultra Ventures
Millie Webber, Spirit Studios
Ladi Mohammed, 7CC -
Technical Pathway
Chair: Florence Ware, Global
Asier Barrio – IMG Studios
Dave Gill – AE Live
Fiona Duncan – ITV
Iona Barbu – Global
JJ Enyon – CNN
Jon Peck – IMG Studios
Kat Lancaster – Sky
Lynne Hobbs – Timeline TV
Paul Bourne – Sky
Rebecca Moore – CNN
Rohan Mitchell – EMG
Sarah Bucknall – Sunset and Vine
Sarah Perry – Warner Bros
Simon Price – Global
Tom Barker – Race Tech
Tom Morgan – Envy -
E Sports Pathway
Grant Taylor, Freelance Journalist
Matthew Charles, Guild Esports
Jack Fenton, Esports Insider -
Journalism Pathway
Chair: Holly Jones, Global
Louisa Jackson, Global
Lucy Bacon, GLobal
Schams Elwazer, CNN
Robert North, CNN
To find out more or to join our board please contact Jack Brown, Industry Partnerships Manager via Jack.Brown@globalacademy.com