The future of your business depends on how well you understand young people.
Sky Up Academy Studios represents Sky’s mission to unlock possibilities in a digital world, so that individuals from all backgrounds have the resources, skills and opportunities they need to create a better future.
Whether you are a digital novice or digital native, Sky Up Academy Studios programmes are here to help build digital equity, teach transferable skills and inspire more young people to pursue a career in the creative industries.
Driving Sky’s reputation as a ‘force for good’, we created Sky Up Academy Studios; an immersive learning experience that places young people centre stage as media creators.
Launched in 2012, the programme has already reached over 169,000 young people.
Sky Up Academy Studios in Osterley and Livingston give young people the chance to get hands-on with cutting-edge digital technology to create their own content.
Working in small teams, students can take on real-life media roles to create a news report or trailer about a topic that matters to them.
Working alongside Sky’s team of expert ambassadors, they see their ideas come to life on the big screen in just a few hours.
A visit to Sky Up Academy Studios gives young people between 8-16 years old a VIP peek behind-the-scenes at Sky, help to develop their confidence and build essential skills like Creativity, Communication and Collaboration.
The experience was absolutely incredible for all the pupils…it made them think about their jobs in the future. The skills we used were communication, self-management, teamwork, problem-solving and creativity… We thought it was the best school trip ever.
Teacher
The students found the whole experience incredible. They were thrilled to have the opportunity to work in such a professional environment. It was great for them to learn skills in an actual working situation with such extraordinary technology and equipment.
Teacher
We Are Futures carried out extensive work on insights around the education landscape, designing topics and challenges to make them relevant and engaging for the young person and also meeting the needs of teachers and the education curriculum.
Nishy Lall, Head of Young People, Sky
Driving Sky’s reputation as a ‘force for good’, we created Sky Up Academy Studios; an immersive learning experience that places young people centre stage as media creators. Launched in 2012, the programme has already reached over 167,000 young people.
The experience has been designed to help tackle the growing digital divide and address social and economic inequalities across communities by unlocking opportunities for those who are most excluded, arming them with key digital literacy skills and opening up routes to creative careers.
Sky Up Academy Studios in Osterley and Livingston give young people the chance to get hands-on with cutting-edge digital technology to create their own content.
Working in small teams, students can take on real-life media roles to create a news report or trailer about a topic that matters to them.
Working alongside Sky’s team of expert ambassadors, they see their ideas come to life on the big screen in just a few hours.
A visit to Sky Up Academy Studios gives young people between 8-16 years old a VIP peek behind-the-scenes at Sky, help to develop their confidence and build essential skills like Creativity, Communication and Collaboration.
