News & Events 

13th April 2011
Finding Creative Answers for the Police 
Students from the University of Gloucestershire’s media courses have been working with Gloucestershire Police helping them find creative new ways to communicate. More 

The last few weeks of 2010 were a busy time for the Media Academy as it continued to engage with industry at both a national and local level.

7th December 2010
Talk by Mike Hally 
Mike Hally the chair of the Radio Independent’s Group provided staff and students from the academy with an in-depth analysis of the realities of independent radio production in the UK. This was particularly relevant to students as Mike was able to offer advice and guidance on the commissioning process and current developments in both public and commercial radio production and how these affect independent production companies.      http://www.radioindependentsgroup.org/ 

2nd December 2010
Visit to Pervasive Media Studios in Bristol 
Staff and MA students from the University of Gloucestershire visited the Pervasive Media Studios in Bristol where they met practitioners at the cutting edge of developments within the creative industries. www.pmstudio.co.uk

25th November 2010
International Trade Workshop 
Johanna Bolhoven a freelance consultant on Overseas Trade delivered a workshop to MA students and members of GMG (Gloucestershire Media Group) which focused on the issues related to attending international trade events.

25th November 2010
Adobe Workshop in Gloucestershire 
60 Staff and Students from across the Academy participated in an Adobe workshop at the Nexus centre in Gloucestershire. This event which was run by Adobe provided an excellent introduction to recent developments in Adobe packages. Feedback from participants was very positive and we hope to run similar events with other academy partners.

November 2010
New partnership with Hewlett Packard 
Staff and Students from the Animation Course at the University of Gloucester have forged a new relationship with Hewlett Packard. This involved a month long evaluation of HP equipment at the university followed by a feedback session with company staff. This project has led to a longer term loan of equipment from HP which students will use and evaluate during the coming semester.

November 2010
Gloucestershire College rated Outstanding 
Gloucestershire College a key partner in the Gloucestershire and Witlshire Skillset Media Academy has received recognition of the excellence of its  media and art provision as both its Media and Arts Academies have been independently assessed as GRADE 1 (Outstanding).

10th November 2010
Location, Location, Location 
The 27^th October saw the university’s media faculty hosting two workshops on Location Management. Fiona Francome, the Head of Production and Services at South West Screen led both sessions, the first of which was for media academy students. Students found the session incredibly useful as Fiona, who worked for over a decade as a location manager of productions such as Larkrise to Candleford, Persuasion, Afterlife and Casualty, was able to offer first-hand knowledge of the realities of location work in the South West. Following the session Fiona held more in-depth discussions on work-experience and career development with a number of academy students. 

Fiona then delivered a workshop for students and GMG members in the evening. This was the first of several sessions that the Academy will deliver in partnership with the Gloucestershire Media Group over the coming year.

17th October 2010
Media students and graduates film with Simon Pegg
Students and new graduates from the university’s media department have made a film with the actor and University of Gloucestershire Honorary Fellow Simon Pegg. They were shooting a pilot for a half hour series called ‘When Mike Met ….’ with Simon’s younger brother Mike Beckingham, who lives in Gloucestershire. More