Archive for the 'Skillset' Category

Introducing…

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Suzanne Ashley, Skillset’s brand new Publishing Sector Manager, and the newest author on the Skillset blog.
Suzanne will be keeping us informed and intrigued by goings on in the publishing sector and you can keep track of Suzanne’s posts, or follow the brand new publishing category to keep up to date.

“Citius, Altius, Fortius”

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Swifter, higher, stronger; the Olympic motto, as established by Baron de Coubertin.
Last night a number of leading lights in different industry gazed into the crystal ball and tried to predict what the creative media industry might look like in 2012, and what skills and jobs will be needed too.
BBC Sport, Pearson, PA, Ascent Media, radio […]

Skillset on the search for a Consultant to help with Engineering

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

As reported earlier, we have been looking at the issues facing the creative media industry through the lens of Engineering and Technologists. As a result, we are now looking for a consultant to help:
- Examine and describe the engineering needs of the different sub-sectors of the creative media industry
- Examine and describe existing Engineering qualifications […]

Nicktoons/Skillset competition launched

Friday, April 11th, 2008

Exciting times - this week Skillset has partnered with Nicktoons to launch a, frankly, brilliant competition for students on our network of industry approved degree courses.
Nicktoons, gawd bless em, have agreed to see pitches for 10 second short films from 80 (eighty, thought I needed to spell it out) students. The winning five will see […]

The Workforce Survey is here…

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

It’s exciting and fantastic - a whole world of questions and responses - what do you think about your industry, what are your skills needs, and, how old are you?
We’re asking all these and more of everyone in the Creative Media sector, there’ll be so much information, I’m sure we’ll struggle to find uses for […]

Join Us On Facebook…

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

Skillset is now the proud owner of a brand new Facebook Page. It’s another step into the brave new world of the internet for us.
It’s worth a look, there’s photos and event news, and you can see who else in the Creative Media Industry is keen on skills.

The planting of a new Ravensbourne

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

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 […]

Hot off the press - issues facing the facilities sector

Monday, March 17th, 2008

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; […]

British Animation Awards

Friday, March 14th, 2008

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 […]

The big games industry map (2.0)

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

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 […]