Surrey students to take part in the largest global live student broadcast
Once again, students from Music and Media are leading the University of Surrey contribution to the largest global live student broadcast, ‘On Air’ on Thursday 22 October.
The production content is a combination of work from students studying the Film Production and Broadcast Engineering BEng degree, Music and Sound Recording (Tonmeister) degree, and the masters degree in Film, Animation and Digital Arts, plus student societies Stag TV and Stage Crew in partnership with Surrey’s Creative Challenge Lab.
Surrey will be providing a cultural programme, Surrey Tapestry, for the UK cultural channel, airing at 4:40pm, and Surrey at the Cinema, live on the film channel at 8:45pm.
Susan Pratt, Associate Professor on the Film Production and Broadcast Engineering degree, comments: “We’ve only had three and a half weeks since the start of term to prepare all the content and introduce new students to running a TV production and learning how to work in a live TV gallery. The team is doing an incredible job.”
This year there will be a live performance from Music and Media students in the Performing Arts Technology Studios (PATS), plus highlights and Director/Production Manager commentary from the 10-year anniversary show of Strictly Come Surrey.
We will also follow a Guildford School of Acting (GSA) and Music and Media student group as they take on the challenge of performing in the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last summer. The Film, Animation and Digital Art students have added their imaginative motion graphics set to a poetic vision by an English and Creative Writing student. We also explore the international food culture that forms the ingredients of a thriving student community at Surrey and much more.
Surrey at the Cinema will feature final year projects from the Film Production and Broadcast Engineering degree, showcasing films, animation and an award-winning documentary.
The University of Surrey has also been nominated in five award categories for their contribution to the 2025 On Air production:
- Production values
- Technical Production
- Interview or guest feature - for our interview with Tonmeister alumnus Michael Price
- Student Storytelling - which was based around a GSA collaboration
- Future broadcast Team - which reviews the overall final output and skills of the students.
Susan Pratt continues: “We are delighted to have been nominated and look forward to another exciting day for our students to take on new broadcast challenges.”
Join us in watching the live broadcast, or for Surrey’s features:
- 4.40pm- On Air Culture, UK
- 7.00pm- On Air Awards 2025
- 8.45pm - On Air Film Channel.
