In partnership with QTV, the Caledonian Club — the university’s local initiative tackling below-average progression rates into higher education — supplied a series of broadcasting workshops at Film City Studios in Govan.

These activities and challenges were provided over the last five days to help inspire and educate P5 students from across Glasgow about work opportunities in the broadcast industry, as part of a wider STEM programme.

Employees and volunteers from QTV — best known for its sports broadcasting and live events — demonstrated the wide array of equipment used, and discussed the types of careers available in the broadcast technology industry.

Covering all aspects of the broadcast industry, QTV offered activities involving filming with broadcast cameras, lighting sets, setting up audio equipment, sports broadcast replay operating, and more.

Nathan Tagg, Caledonian Club Manager, said: “Our P5 STEM project helps pupils explore different topics and careers across STEM industries. The partnership with QTV, that grew through a connection with the University’s Audio Technology degree, opens up the exciting world of broadcast and introduces pupils to roles and careers they may never have considered.

“TV is so familiar to us all and, through this year’s P5 STEM project, the pupils will develop an understanding of the number of people and diverse roles it takes to bring programmes to our screen.

“These pupils could be the broadcast engineers of the future and, with the fun, interactive experiences QTV are able to provide, pupils can see themselves in these roles and be inspired to follow a new career path.”

QTV’s Director of People and Purpose, Lucy Lake, added: “We have been faced with a skills shortage in many areas of the broadcast technology sector and wanted to build a long-term strategy within the education sector to build a sustainable, diverse and engaged pool of talent in Scotland.

“The industry needs more social and economic diversity within the STEM-aligned roles involved in broadcast and we are very grateful to be able to pilot our workshops within the Caledonian Club’s well established and successful outreach initiative.

“These workshops are a drive to alleviate the elusive accessibility of careers within the broadcasting industry, which acts as a barrier to entry for many people, especially those of underserved communities.

“By engaging children from a very young age, we would hope to inspire more of them to open their eyes to the technical side of broadcasting as a good, resilient and exciting career path.”

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The schools involved in this week’s events include Elmvale Primary, St Monica’s (Milton), Haghill Park and St Martha’s Primary, St Bartholomew’s Primary, and Camstradden Primary.