By Suzanne Kavanagh, on March 1st, 2011%
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
By Saint John Walker, on December 29th, 2010%
Over the last few years the acronym STEM has increasingly entered debates within the collective creative industries, and also at Skillset. Maybe now is the time to be promoting STEAM with the powerful addition of Art, and the way it harnesses multidisciplinary innovation and what’s more, adds huge economic value. Will our future students make the right choices in the new education marketplace presaged by Lord Browne? . . . → Read More: Why we need to be STEAM driven
By Suzanne Kavanagh, on November 4th, 2010%
Live and direct from Norwich… not Sale of the Century, but #1000flowers – a conference/unconference talking about local TV. (Hat tip to the twitterati for the Nicholas Parsons gag).
Organised by Rick Waghorn, journalists, entrepreneur and owner of Addiply, an online ad solution for websites, this is a brief summary of lunchtime’s opening session including Rick and . . . → Read More: #1000Flowers – Local TV discussed in Norwich
By Suzanne Kavanagh, on September 8th, 2010%
You may have heard that Skillset is running a skills and training needs survey for people working in the creative media industries.
Common knowledge for many of you I know, but this is the first time Publishing has been included in Skillset’s formal research programme.
As the Publishing Sector Manager (and being a bit of a swot) I’m keen . . . → Read More: Publishers: play your part in shaping future skills
By Saint John Walker, on June 30th, 2010%
When times are tough, some actors have to swallow their pride, close their eyes and take the cheque. Never work with animals? Depends if the price (artistic or remunerative) is right.
James Stewart co-starred with Lassie in The Magic of Lassie (1978) whereas Clyde the orangutan took the cheque and decided to team up with Clint Eastwood . . . → Read More: Greenscreen with Envy
By Suzanne Kavanagh, on June 25th, 2010%
Here’s an outline of a presentation I gave at news:rewired today on what’s next for the niche.
Skillset is the Sector Skills Council for Creative Media. We work with our industries as well as education, training providers and accreditation bodies to identify current and future skills gaps and shortages for existing workforce and new entrants and to . . . → Read More: News Rewired: What next for the niche?
By Suzanne Kavanagh, on March 9th, 2010%
Don’t miss the opportunity to comment on the Literature Blueprint: Creative and Cultural Skills’ workforce development plan for writers and the literature sector. . . . → Read More: Calling all professional and aspiring writers and literature workers
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