10 February 2021

Students Create Content for Disrupt Space

Working With Ideas Foundation Global Academy teamed up with Ideas Foundation to run a two-day workshop for Year 12 students to give them experience on working on a live client brief whilst learning the tools of the trade alongside industry professionals to get them to industry standard! The work followed on from the Industry Day back in November and […]

10 February 2021

Drama Department at Global Academy

G:Act is our in-house drama group where students have the opportunity to practice their performance skills. This might include taking part in the National Theatre Connections project, taking LAMDA exams, or even voicing a character in a radio play that will be broadcast on Youth’s Choice. When a project is up and running, you’ll be […]

4 February 2021

Global Academy is Transformational for its Students

Global Academy makes the difference to young people at the start of their careers. Global Academy provides a fresh start for many young people, in a supportive, smaller school and sixth form environment. For our younger students in particular – Global Academy is more than just a school. Alongside a strong grounding in English, Maths […]

28 January 2021

How to Stay Productive During Lockdown

WATCH A DOCUMENTARY SERIES ON NETFLIX This activity is a potential trap. Whilst watching a stimulating TV series on Netflix passes time, it can do so in an unproductive manner and you might find yourself binge-watching programmes that won’t really help you in any way, other than waste the free time you have. I’d suggest […]

14 January 2021

All Students Get the Full Adobe Suite FREE at Home

Accessing Aobde This is a fantastic resource, that the Academy pays for to ensure you get access to the very best software from home, so please make sure you make use it! Please follow the instructions below on how to log in and download the CC Suite. This will work on Windows or Mac. Please […]

10 December 2020

Graduate Wins Burberry Competition

The Competition In an effort to be more eco-friendly, world-renowned fashion brand, Burberry launched a competition which asked people to design a sustainable fashion practice. This could be anything from the materials they use to make clothing to what methods are used to distribute clothing. The competition closed on 27th June 2020 and recently the […]

9 December 2020

Students Get Talk from BBC Pros

Introduction To The Speakers Students heard from Aleena Augustine, Sales Support Executive, Lydia Hubbard, Broadcast Engineer and Affie Jeerh, Senior Talent Advisor. They spoke about their careers and the journey they took to get into the industry. Don’t be afraid to mess up. It’s all a learning experiences and you need to try new things. […]

9 December 2020

Students Work Towards Havas Media Brief

Brief Set By Havas Students were briefed by Global and Havas to create a timeline to showcase advertising throughout history! Students created some great submissions – check them out below! At Global Academy, preparing our learners for a career in media is at the centre of what we do. It is common for lesson briefs […]

4 December 2020

Students Create Content with TikTok

Planning and Creating Digital Content Students had to plan out and create TikToks to show young people the opportunities, expectations and skills needed for a career in the Creative Media Industry! Students were asked to analyse job roles and pick what would be appealing to them about that role. Using this analysis, they created TikToks […]

4 December 2020

Students Learn From Sky Boss

Learning From The Pros Students were given a better insight into a future career in the media by a senior figure from one of the Europe’s biggest television broadcasters . Global Academy students received top industry careers guidance from Sky’s Group Chief Marketing & Corporate Affairs Officer – Debbie Klein. Debbie spoke about planning for […]