Today we facilitated one of our first industry engagement initiatives for the Skillset Media Academies.
It was a hastily arranged affair (harnessing BBC’s enthusiasm to meet the academy network) and with about two weeks notice we had a packed council chamber in Broadcasting House and an excellent line up of presentations from the key people driving BBCs […]
Today found me at a rather grey and windswept Greenwich peninsula, in the 02 Arena (that former much-maligned “Dome”) to witness the beginnings of a new Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication.
For those of you who don’t know, Ravensbourne is one of the most important higher education institutions for the creative media industry. Today we […]
Last night saw the close of my three week online consultation with the Facilities industry into their skills issues (and hopefully solutions) . More over the coming weeks on this, but I wanted to give the headlines.
Over 200 individual responses to the survey which is a fantastic amount. Most of these came from key individuals; […]
My hangover is now receding so it’s a good time, I think, to reflect on last nights awards. There was a lot of positive energy around the event, especially noticable for an industry that is going through a lot at the moment and having to adapt to changing conditions, less commissioning and a lot of […]
Book now! Hurry!
As we’ve said before on this blog this a must attend event for anyone with a vested interest in Higher Education and Games, and will be a key focus for discussions on our own accreditation work.
You can sign up now for the Manchester event on the 29th April:
www.gamesedu.co.uk/register-now-north
Or for the Brighton event (during Develop […]
The 2008 Develop 100 is out next month and there is (inevitably) a sneak peak online now, Develop reports that 26 UK studios made the top 100 this year which is good news considering the pressures UK devs are facing at the minute.
The full list is out with the April issue of Develop but you can […]
I love this. It satisfies my needs for things to have maps of them. If that makes sense. Anyway, I’ve added Skillset, so now you can look us up. Officially.
As the man behind this idea says:
It seems almost an essential tool when job hunting, to be able to easily see which companies related to the […]