16 November 2020

Bringing Science & Media Together

What is G:Sci? G:Sci is a science media club where students have a chance to see incredible demonstrations as well as take part in fun experiments, before broadcasting this on social media. Students film sessions using Global Academy’s specialist kit, make TikTok videos, make stories for Instagram, produce and edit content for Youtube and IGTV! […]

16 November 2020

How to Improve Your Interview Skills

The Business Value of Values During the October Half Term – five Sixth Form students spent each morning working with industry professionals from advertising agency dentsu and one of the UK’s biggest tech companies, Salesforce in an exciting project titled “The Business Value of Values.”  The virtual work experience project was jointly designed and delivered by Salesforce & Dentsu to educate the students on […]

16 November 2020

Students Take Part in MTV EMA Pre Show

Creating Content for EMA’s The MTV EMA’s Pre Show included some familiar faces from Global Academy’s. Emma Stigier and Jada Lee produced videos for MTV in which they danced, lip synced and spoke about what they loved about the EMA’s. It was such a great experience to be involved in, I enjoyed setting up my […]

13 November 2020

A Level Students Host Art Exhibition

Art Exhibition Students studying A-Level Art at Global Academy got the experience of putting together their own ‘Work in Progress’ show for their peers as part of a creative exhibition event in the school. The event was titled ‘The Shirley Show exhibition’ Jenna Grundy, Zoe Williams, Daniela Josan and Tendai Harcup in Year 13 all […]

12 November 2020

Student Works with Ofcom

Ofcom Work Experience During the October Half Term – Amy Cook in Year 13 spent a week working with various departments at Ofcom to understand what life is like working for the company and to get a better experience of working life in the media industry.  Lots of Opportunities The session provided a lot of […]

12 November 2020

Global Academy Get Industry Mentors

Partnership with Global & Creative Mentor Network Global Academy has partnered with Global and the Creative Mentor Network to launch our annual mentoring programme with thirty lucky Year 12 students and thirty industry professionals from across the Global business. We will be working with thirty mentors from across Global’s radio and outdoor business on a […]

12 November 2020

Students Produce Documentary on Heathrow

Heathrow Airport Documentary A handful of students from our own in-house radio station and production company, Youths Choice have worked tirelessly on producing a digital-first documentary that looks at the impact of Heathrow Airport in recent current affairs. Heathrow was one of the world’s great airports, it seemed unstoppable, with ever-increasing passenger numbers and a […]

11 November 2020

Graduate Lands Apprenticeship at BBC

Working at the BBC My first job after leaving Global Academy will be as a Digital Marketer Apprentice at the BBC and I am very excited to get a real sense of what marketing is like in a big corporation. I’m moving to Manchester for the experience and can’t wait! Always go the extra mile […]

11 November 2020

Student Makes Vlogstar Final

Read what Callum had to say about his experience with Vlogstar! I first got involved with Vlogstar Challenge through an opportunity that was handed to me before I joined Global Academy as it was offered to me as part of the Keep Warm programme. At first, I saw Vlogstar Challenge as a great way to pass the […]

2 November 2020

Graduates Talk About Owning a Company

Graduates Talk About Starting Their Own Media Company Our first speakers were Richard and Niamh who joined Global Academy in 2017 and graduated last year. They spoke about the effects of COVID-19 on their business and how they had to adapt. Niamh spoke about working towards an apprenticeship after leaving Global Academy which gave her […]