Since completing their training a significant number of the Second Light graduates have gone on to further placements, employment or higher education.

Notable successes:

• Mawaan (SL London) has been selected for Comedy Labs, a new initiative that Gurinder Chadha is using to develop ideas to be pitched at broadcasters.

• Two trainees (Daniel – SL Glasgow and Corinna – SL London) were selected by interview to work on BOND23.

• Ifty (SL Glasgow) worked for 6 weeks as camera trainee with Sixteen Films, on the new Ken Loach feature, The Angel’s Share, set in Glasgow/Edinburgh

• Shanai, (SL Bristol), has been selected from 250 applicants for an apprenticeship with BBC Bristol, in the role of Production Management Assistant.

• Kaysi (SL London) is a production runner with Optomen TV

• Mark (SL Bristol) has recently been made a full time member of staff in ALL3MEDIA’s digital team

• Orlando (SL Bristol) has been accepted onto Westminster University’s film course

• Azy (SL Glasgow) is studying the Production MA at the National Film and TV School, its first Scottish Asian to do so

• Yusuf (SL Glasgow) will be starting the screening writing BA at Bournemouth Screen Academy in the autumn.

Some of the graduates have given us more detailed updates – see their accounts on the right hand side.