Earls Court is buzzing. The UK publishing industry is hosting one of the largest international trade fairs. There are plenty of sessions on digital publishing (we have our own ‘Talent Time Bomb: can publishing learn new media skills’ session on Wednesday). But one session that particularly caught my eye was EDIteur’s ‘Making Your E-books Accessible to . . . → Read More: Making Your E-books Accessible to More Users: a London Book Fair seminar #lbf11
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This is the second post from the Talk About Local conference in Cardiff. It covers the community activism session, which provided some thought-provoking insights into what makes an activist and how community activism relates to the role of a hyperlocal blogger or journalist. Community activism can be about the power of organising groups of local people; of bringing them . . . → Read More: Talk About Local 2011: Community Activism in a Hyperlocal Context 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 The under-representation of women working in the Creative Media Industries is not a new issue. In fact, since Skillset began doing research into the sector back in the late ‘90s, the statistics highlighted the gender imbalance in our industries. The trouble is, more than a decade later we are still facing the same problem. And while there . . . → Read More: Training for change: Beating the gender imbalance in the media 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? 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 At the annual Develop Conference in Brighton’s lugubrious Hilton Metropole Hotel NESTA gave what could be called a half term report on how their Games Mentor scheme had been going- 6 months into a one year pilot. Maybe Skillset needs to start engaging more with epistemology- the skills agenda needs to become more of a knowledge agenda? . . . → Read More: MY NEW BEST FRIEND: mentoring in the games industry |
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