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 […]

30 November 2020

Students Do Online Workshop with Advertising Agency

Article By Ideas Foundation This year IF has taken their workshops online for the first time. We teamed up with creative advertising agency ENGINE to host a three-day remote work experience for students from London, Manchester and Bolton. The students were given a live creative brief to work on for Disrupt Space, an arts agency […]

25 November 2020

Graduate Does Sound Design at Capital FM

From Global Academy to Capital FM D’Angelo joined the Academy and immediately took a great interest in audio.  He impressed his audio teachers and  produced some great audio projects. Whilst at the Academy he gained many insights into the industry. At the end of his time, he was offered an apprenticeship with Capital FM to […]

24 November 2020

Graduate Works for Premier League Productions

Media Coordinator at Premier League Productions Lily Ledworth landed the role Media Coordinator at Premier League Productions after graduating from the Global Academy. Working in Sports TV she often has to coordinate live events and work under pressure in a stadium full of people! Working In Media Whilst studying at Global, Lily spent many of […]

23 November 2020

Graduate is Content Producer at Global

Industry Training Krystal joined Global Academy in 2016 with the first wave of students to ever come to the Academy. Immediately, she got involved in extracurricular activities and projects. Krystal said “[Global Academy] trained me on how to be an industry professional with all the work experience and client briefs we worked on.” These are […]

20 November 2020

Students Win Dentsu Christmas Design Competition

Designing For Dentsu Year 12 students Jasnam Nagra and Emma Stigter were chosen out of thousands of entries to provide the design for Dentsu internationally this year.   The pair, who both aspire to become content creators in the industry utilised their learning from their Digital Lessons to bring their idea to life using Adobe Illustrator. Students […]

19 November 2020

Student Hosts Diana Award Panel

The Diana Awards 2020 Ashley joined other luminaries such as Holby City actress Chizzy Akudolu, CEO of The National Mentoring Programme – David Shapiro, and most notably CEO of the Diana Award itself – CBE Tessy Ojo to celebrate National Mentoring Day and highlight the importance of mentoring young people.   Particularly in a time as uncertain […]

16 November 2020

What Computer Should You Buy?

Find the Laptop That Is Right For You! Here at Global Academy, while we have a range of IT equipment and services that allow our students to develop skills using industry software, we often get parents and young people asking for a laptop/computer buying advice. When there are many laptops that look the same, deals […]

16 November 2020

Students Attend Top Industry Conference

Networking With Industry Pros A handful of lucky sixth formers got the chance to a learn and network with industry professionals as part of our yearly visit to the MAD Fest. The UK’s most distinctive + daring invite-only marketing, advertising + disruption festival attended by over 3,000 industry professionals.   This has shown me the work the […]