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A still from BAFTA-nominated "Chalk", written and directed by Martina Amati BAFTA’s Orange British Academy Film Awards 2012 are taking place this Sunday – a chance to not only check out some of the best films released during 2011, but an opportunity to celebrate the brilliant skills and talent of our industry. Last year Skillset was very . . . → Read More: An interview with BAFTA-nominated Martina Amati Activity under our UK film skills strategy, A Bigger Future 2 is steaming ahead into the new year, with new film skills funds open, closing, and soon to be awarded, not to mention a flurry of Skillset-funded training schemes and courses open for application and registration, and taking place right now across the country. Let’s quickly look back . . . → Read More: A Bigger Future 2 – highlights of 2011 Do you work in book, journal or online publishing? Would you like to help develop the definitive list of skills and knowledge for the industry? Skillset is updating the National Occupational Standards for Publishing to include journals and the latest digital developments and we want to know what you think. We are now opening registration for a series of focus groups being held in September 2011. . . . → Read More: Skillset is updating the National Occupational Standards for Publishing: have your say What do Willy Wonka, Lamborghinis and nearly 400 freelancers have in common? Fast Train! 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 I’ve just got back from an hour-long talk at University College London. Nestled away in the H.O.S. Child lecture theatre in the Pharmacology department were 50+ students on the Masters course in Publishing Studies. Nick Canty welcome those who managed to find the lecture hall on time. You can view the slides here. My brief was to take . . . → Read More: Publishing team on tour: talking to UCL’s MA Publishing Studies students There’s nothing like e-books to get a publishing debate going. For those not in the know, e-books were hailed in the last millenium as the future of digital publishing… and yet this “revolution” never materialised. Why? For several reasons. From the lack of a satisfactory device with which to read them, to functionality that didn’t wholly fulfill reader demands. The buzz . . . → Read More: The book is dead: long live the e-book? |
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