Clear-Com Supports Rise Up Academy Summer School

Clear-Com® have supported the second annual Rise Up Academy Summer School at the Global Academy in London, UK from July 25-28, 2023.

The event is part of the Rise Up Academy, a vocational STEM outreach program that provides primary and secondary school children aged nine through 18 in the UK the opportunity to participate in hands-on broadcast engineering and technical workshops while working directly with experts in broadcast and post-production. For this year's event, Clear-Com provided their award-winning Arcadia® Central Station, a scalable IP intercom platform integrating FreeSpeak® Digital Wireless and HelixNet® Digital Partyline systems and a range of IEM headsets and accessories.

Over 400 students considering a career in the media and entertainment industry participated in the event, engaging in experiences that introduced them to a complete range of media and broadcast technologies and disciplines including cloud, graphics, virtual, and post-production.

One highlight of the academy was a practicum for students to build a TV studio and production facility, produce, and participate in their very own game show, ‘Rise Up!’. Assisted by volunteers from the media industry, students received hands-on experience with the Arcadia intercom system and learned how essential a flexible intercom system is for production – from the camera operators to the game show host and all crew members in between. They also immersed themselves in the sound, video, graphics, and director/producer positions to fully understand how each role is integral to the entire production environment.

Clear-Com's Senior Systems Consultant for EMEA, John Sparrow, was on-site again this year as team leader for the studio build on two of the sessions. said: "I've been supporting Rise Up as they visit various University Technical Colleges in the UK since before the pandemic,” he said. “It’s always a thrill to see the student’s faces light up when they get a grip on the hardware and software involved in producing a TV show."

Co-Founder and Chair of Rise Up Academy, Andy Beale, added: "Delivering these events is only possible with the incredible support of our partners, including Clear-Com who provided both sponsorship and comms equipment. Without them, we would never be able to get our message across to so many young people."

Clear-Com is a longtime supporter of Rise, a nonprofit organisation that supports women in the media and entertainment technology sector with the mission to ensure a diverse, gender-balanced workforce across engineering, technical operations, sales, marketing and business roles. Clear-Com is a corporate sponsor of Rise and is sponsoring the Product Innovation Award for the 2023 Rise Awards.

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