BFI Film Academy Scotland Short Courses 2025-26

The future of the film industry rests on spotting talent and developing that talent, with BFI Film Academy Short Courses an excellent start towards a career in the screen industries, where an interest in film and the filmmaking process is nurtured and grown for ambitious 16- to 19-year-olds. 

Date added: 27/08/2025

Giving Tuesday - 26 hours of Community Radio on shmuFM

Station House Media Unit’s shmuFM is kicking off its first ever Giving Tuesday at 9am on 27th November with 26 hours of live community radio broadcasting.

Date added: 20/11/2018

BFI Film Academy - Still time to apply!

If you are 16-19 years old with a passion for film there’s still time to be involved in this year’s BFI Film Academy delivered by shmu. A number of crew positions have become available to work with a team of other young people to create 2 short films over the October holidays. You will learn production skills in camera, sound , lighting and editing. Filming will take place over the first week of the October holidays with editing taking place on Saturdays throughout Nov and Dec.

Date added: 07/10/2025

Young Filmmakers Project

Calling All Young Filmmakers!

Are you aged 14-17 and living in Aberdeen City or Aberdeenshire? Do you have a passion for filmmaking and want to develop your skills? We have an exciting new FREE project just for you!

Date added: 14/08/2025

Aberdeen Student Show contributes to shmu

We were delighted to be invited to the recent disbursement ceremony for the Aberdeen Student Show! 

The Student Show raised a phenomenal, record breaking amount of money with their recent show 'Seagully Blonde' - a whopping £167,439.04 for 50 local charities.

Date added: 05/08/2025

CashBack North East 2024-25 Report

The 2024-25 report for our CashBack NorthEast programme has been published.

CashBack for Communities is the Scottish Government’s programme which repurposes money seized from proceeds of crime into projects for young people who face disadvantage.

Date added: 05/08/2025

Have a look at our Annual Report 2023-24

We are hugely excited to share shmu’s Annual Report for 2023/24, a celebration of another remarkable year of connecting people, empowering communities, and creating real and lasting change across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire.

Date added: 20/12/2024

An exciting digital broadcasting future for the city

We are applying for a small-scale Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) licence through Ofcom to run an initiative that will provide an exciting opportunity for the future of radio in the city.

The new Small Scale DAB platform will carry up to twenty different stations in digital quality and will provide an affordable long-term digital future for many existing broadcasters, as well as offering a platform to support local broadcasters to flourish.

Date added: 19/04/2022

Youth Media vs Chemistry!

Our Youth Media Team were recently visited by Dr Alan McCue from the University of Aberdeen in partnership with the Curiosity Fund during British Science Week! The group got to watch multiple chemistry demonstrations, film them and speak about it on their radio show.  

Check out the video, then read on to find out what some of the group thought of it all...

Date added: 05/04/2022
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