BBC Academy Live presents BBC Verify on Tour: Live from the University of Strathclyde

Work Inspiration and Preparation Provided by BBC Verify

BBC Verify on Tour offers a free online event helping young people build essential media literacy skills. Through live masterclasses, workshops and career insights, learners will explore how misinformation spreads, how journalists verify stories, and how creative teams tell compelling stories for TV and audio.
This session streams live from the University of Strathclyde and is open to schools and youth groups across Scotland.

Event Highlights:

Filter the Fakes – a BBC Verify masterclass on spotting misinformation
Producing Long‑Form Audio & Combating Misinformation – an interactive workshop with journalist John Offord
Media Careers Panel – insights from BBC professionals
Cloaks, Daggers & Dressmaking – a storytelling masterclass with producers from The Traitors and The Great British Sewing Bee

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Offer details

Open date

25th February - 26th February 2026 (10:15 - 15:05)

Location

Online

Related industries

Digital technologies

Creative

Learning

Awareness

Audience

Secondary S4 to S6 (14-18 year old)

College

Not in education (16-24 year old)

Available to

Aberdeen City

Aberdeenshire

Angus

Argyll and Bute

Clackmannanshire

Dumfries & Galloway

Dundee City

East Ayrshire

East Dunbartonshire

East Lothian

East Renfrewshire

Edinburgh (City of)

Eilean Siar

Falkirk

Fife

Glasgow

Highland

Inverclyde

Midlothian

Moray

North Ayrshire

North Lanarkshire

Orkney Islands

Perth & Kinross

Renfrewshire

Scottish Borders

Shetland Islands

South Ayrshire

South Lanarkshire

Stirling

West Dunbartonshire

West Lothian