The annual European Women in Games Conference and Networking event took place last month and hosted some of the games industry’s most successful female achievers. It was a great event where women who had inspired others to enter the games industry or progress their careers. . . . → Read More: Women in Games: the conference
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Consultation call for the Department of Business Innovation and Skills guidance on work experience, internships and the National Minimum Wage. . . . → Read More: Consultation call for BIS guidance on work experience, internships and the National Minimum Wage In 2010, 28% of publishers reported skills gaps in their current workforce; with 64% of those reporting gaps in sales and marketing; 50% in technical skills; 46% for software; and 38% in business and entrepreneurial skills. These findings – drawn from Skillset’s recently published Sector Skills Assessment - highlight an increasing deficit in the skills required to develop . . . → Read More: Will there be a ‘Talent Time Bomb’ for Publishing? Tomorrow I will chair a seminar titled ‘The Talent Time Bomb: Can Publishing Learn New Media Skills?’ at the London Book Fair. We are fortunate to be hosting a panel of four impressive speakers from across the Creative Media Industries. And the topic? To discuss whether publishers are destined to fall behind other media industries because of . . . → Read More: The Talent Time Bomb: can publishing learn new skills?  3 comments  Creative media, Film, Games, Interactive, Publishing, Skillset, TV  #lbf11, Alison Young, Ben Grass, books, digital, e-books, Earls Court, ebooks, Fresh One, GAMESbrief, London Book Fair, Nicholas Lovell, Pearson, Publishing, Pure Grass Films, skills, skills shortages, skillset, Zoe Collins The Talk About Local annual unconference happened this weekend in Cardiff. It’s a place where journalists and bloggers who provide news, views and information for a particular street, postcode, neighbourhood or area get together to discuss the what, why and wherefore of doing hyperlocal. I have a dual interest: as part of industry engagement on skills needed . . . → Read More: Talk About Local 2011: ‘doing’ local news from the ground up A round up of the Publishing session at Skillset Cymru’s networking careers day at The Millenium Centre in Cardiff. Includes useful links and resources mentioned during the session. . . . → Read More: Skillset Cymru networking and careers day: Publishing session useful links Skillset’s Publishing Sector Coordinator, Louise Franklin, reports on an initiative we are supporting this year. She writes: “We’re delighted to be supporting the Shine School Media Awards, which have been set up by The Stationers’ Foundation in association with leading media trade bodies and employers. They build on the success of the Scottish School Magazine Competition, launched . . . → Read More: Shine 2011 School Media Awards |
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