The UK fashion industry is the largest employer of all the creative industries (BFC Value of Fashion Report, 2010). It is important for fashion and textiles to work with the most skilled and talented people in the most innovative ways, but while we protect that process how can we help safeguard sustainability? . . . → Read More: Be savvy and make your business sustainable
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People perform better when they can be themselves. We at Skillset know this to be true, and to show how we do this, Skillset’s workplace practice is assessed as part of Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index. The index ranks the top 100 employers for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people in the UK and in 2012 Skillset ranked an amazing 67th, up nine places from last year! . . . → Read More: People perform better when they can be themselves Last week we were excited about the BAFTA awards and all the brilliant filmmakers getting namechecked in the nominees list, this week we’re looking forward to the 84th Academy Awards, which is taking place this Sunday. Another prestigious awards nominee list, another chance for us to congratulate those filmmakers who are gaining success and well-deserved recognition, as well as continue our . . . → Read More: Next up – the Oscars!  Leave a comment  A Bigger Future 2, Creative Skillset, Film  Academy Awards, awards, documentary, drama, feature, fiction, Film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2, Hell and Back Again, Hugo, Interview, Jane Eyre, job profile, make-up artist, Oscars, skills, sound, Talent, The Iron Lady, Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy, War Horse Since 2004, Skillset has been proud to support Inside Pictures – an initiative of Qwerty Films in partnership with the NFTS, a national centre of excellence for postgraduate education. It is an ambitious and highly regarded international training programme that is designed to ensure the next cohort of film business and industry leaders keep the European . . . → Read More: Inside Pictures launches 2012 programme Leave a comment A Bigger Future 2, Creative Skillset, Film ABF2, Business Skills, distribution, education, exhibition, Film, financing, funding, Hollywood, Iain Smith, Inside Pictures, international, London, Los Angeles, management skills, marketing, postgraduate, production, seminars, skills, skillset, Stewart Till, studio visits, workshops As London Fashion Week starts again, showcasing the designs for Autumn/Winter 2012, it is great to see how much the fashion community is embracing digital. . . . → Read More: London Fashion Week is embracing digital Interested in taking one of the Skillset Apprenticeships? Find out more. . . . → Read More: What happened in Apprenticeship Week – Part 2 Leave a comment Animation, Creative media, Facilities, Fashion and Textiles, Film, Games, Interactive, New Technology News, Photography, Publishing, Qualifications, Radio Animation, apprenticeships, careers, education, fashion & textiles, kinky knickers, mary portas, Photography, production, set crafts, skills, skillset, students, VFX Reflections on Noam Chomsky session on the purpose of education. A video interview at the Learning Without Frontiers conference in london January 2012 #lwf12 . . . → Read More: Reflections on Learning Without Frontiers 2012: Noam Chomsky on the purpose of education |
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