The Studio

We educate young people for success in a digital world – in particular for employment, entrepreneurship, a new business venture or further study in the digital media sector.

Our students are creators, rather than consumers, of technology. This empowers them to generate opportunities for themselves within this emerging sector. They’re also the future digital leaders who will use their expertise to improve the lives of others through the application of digital technology.

Some students apply their skills directly in the gaming, animation, digital marketing and computer technology sectors; others will work for businesses and organizations that use digital media to develop products and services to connect with clients, consumers, patients and citizens.

Our purpose is to prepare you for success in a fast moving digital world and, in particular, help create opportunities to work or launch businesses in the creative and digital industries. We’ve created an environment to inspire creativity and critical thinking, fed by the industry knowledge of our partners, that lead the sector across the region.

Our school is now five years old, and so for the first time our alumni includes people working in creative and digital across the country alongside those who have gone on to complete their university courses. Our former students run their own businesses from ideas born within our walls; games produced here are sold widely in the marketplace.

The creative and digital industries are changing the world at an unprecedented rate. We work closely with some of the most exciting and innovative businesses across the region to help shape our students’ experience, and ensure the skills we teach alongside our curriculum will prepare you for a successful career. These connections create opportunities for our students, to learn and work with the best.

All of the work we do here is designed for one thing – to help support our students; to prepare them to change the world through creativity and to give them the technology skills to solve the greatest challenges of our time.

The creative and digital industries around the UK are thriving and Liverpool is playing a key role in their growth. Today, Liverpool has the second fastest growing digital cluster in the UK – creative and digital industries in the Liverpool City Region employ around 19,000 people in 3,500 companies, many of them based in the Baltic Triangle.

Liverpool is a hotbed of innovation and creativity. We’re a world renowned center for culture; a Unesco ‘Music City’, a destination for world class events and our cultural calendar draws millions of visitors annually from around the world. We have produced and sold millions of computer games from the city, and created award-winning productions for TV and cinema. Businesses within the creative and digital sector have shipped products and services around the world to clients that include Disney, Sony, BBC, Virgin Media, Vodafone, LinkedIn, Nintendo, Microsoft, Google and Amazon.

Creative minds here are working on pioneering solutions in supercomputing, virtual and augmented reality, the Internet of Things, sensors, big data and advanced robotics, that will change the planet, and the lives of everyone that lives on it. And the future will be enabled by the fastest supercomputer in the UK.