30 July 2021

Laila Gets a Taste of Sweet Success in National Business Competition

Year 10 student and business entrepreneur, Laila Beharry has made it through to the final round in a national business competition to win a share of a £10,000 investment to go into growing her American sweets business. Laila is the owner of LB’s Sweet Tooth – an exclusive retailer of American candy, chocolates, cereal, drinks, […]

29 July 2021

Global Academy Grads Get Their First Break Into The Advertising Industry

Taniesha Grant, Dana Ashur, Malakiya Phombeah-Savage who graduated Global Academy this year alongside Matt Moriarty in graduated in 2020 have all landed coveted places on the Brixton Finishing School summer programme from July – September – a disruptive industry-led programme aimed at increasing opportunities for under-represented groups in the creative industries. The Global Academy grads […]

29 July 2021

Global Academy Secures Nomination in Worldwide Radio Awards

Global Academy’s in house radio station and content brand, Youths Choice has secured a nomination in the prestigious New York Festivals® Radio Awards as ‘Best Student Radio Station’ and hopes to bring home gold for the UK this Summer against a suite of international broadcasters.   The award celebrates the immense amount of work that […]

27 July 2021

Sam and Jorele’s Work Gets Selected for Annual UAL Origins Exhibition

Sam Fenner, Year 13 and Jorele Simons, Year 12 have had their work selected out of thousands of students across the UK to represent the Global Academy in UAL’s annual Origins Creatives exhibition. Origins Creatives aims to celebrate the next generation of creatives by enabling them to share their ideas, their successes, their failures, and […]

15 July 2021

Year 12 Students Produce Social First Content for Global’s Gen Z Brand – Popbuzz

Global Academy teamed up with Popbuzz and Global to create a unique learning experience for students to understand more about creating content for social-first audiences by taking part in a live content brief before showcasing work to Global managers in their Head Office. Popbuzz is the online home of pop culture, music & everything that […]

6 July 2021

Year 10 Students Get An Induction Into the World of Brand Experience With Industry Pros

Thanks to funding from the London Enterprise Adviser Network – Year 10 students at Global Academy got the chance to work directly with industry experts from onepointfive, Pantene and the Ideas Foundation in a one day intensive workshop working on a live brief. Students stretched their creative muscles by learning more about the world of […]

30 June 2021

Global Academy Wins UK School Media Award

Global Academy’s Youths Choice team have scored the coveted Best Audio Award in this year’s prestigious Shine School Media Awards to recognise the breadth and professionalism of our audio content this year. The Shine School Media Awards is a national competition that rewards diversity of talent from secondary schools across the UK who work on […]

28 June 2021

Vanessa Receives Award in Memory of Princess Diana

Global Academy is delighted to celebrate that Vanessa Sam in Year 10 has received a prestigious Diana Award for going above and beyond in her daily life to create and sustain positive change. Vanessa Sam, aged 14, from South London has been recognised with the highest accolade a young person can achieve for social action […]

27 June 2021

Jonty Speaks on Westminster Panel on Championing Diversity in UK media

Jonty Archibald, Principal of Global Academy was asked to join Media Industry Leaders in a recent All Party Parliamentary Group discussion to explore how the diverse voices of the UK can be championed. The virtual meeting, sponsored by Global took place on Friday 18th June and was chaired by Andy Carter MP. The session focused […]

27 June 2021

Mandy and Eric receive recognition in National Teaching Awards

Mandy Lawes – Head of Key Stage 4 and Eric Villacarolos – Digital Learning Lead both celebrated being recognised for their efforts at Global Academy by the National Teaching Awards. The awards celebrate both Mandy and Eric’s focus and outstanding commitment to changing the lives of children. Eric who is Global Academy’s Digital Learning Lead […]