Creative & Cultural Skills are seeking a national delivery partner for the Creative Academy, initially as part of the Creative Employment Programme.
Creative & Cultural Skills have announced three more Creative Employment Programme road show dates in May and June in London and Brighton.
The art and design A-level is not as effective as it should be at preparing students for higher education or employment, according to new research conducted by the University of the Arts London.
Creative Apprenticeships have gone from strength to strength over the last year, with notable success amongst our Skills Academy members in Wales.
Creative & Cultural Skills been commissioned by Arts Council England to launch a study reviewing arts subjects at Key Stage 4.
As Employment Minister Jo Swinson takes action over companies accused of illegally using unpaid interns, employers are encouraged to recognise the opportunities offered by Creative & Cultural Skills’ Creative Employment Programme.
The UK’s leading music business course, Managing a Music Business Enterprise (MMBE), will be running their fast track Level 3 Diploma Qualification at the Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast, from 23rd May.
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A recent report published by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills highlights the difficulties faced by young people seeking jobs in the UK.
Creative & Cultural Skills are seeking contributions to apprenticeship frameworks from cultural venues in Wales.
Twenty entries have been shortlisted for the Craft Skills Awards 2013, to be presented at a ceremony on 2 May hosted by Kirstie Allsopp.
Design students are to be given an insight into professional design practice through a new programme of activity to link industry and education, led by Creative & Cultural Skills.
Playing its part in the growth of the global creative and cultural economy, Creative & Cultural Skills continues to develop new sector projects and partnerships with key nations, throughout the world.
Drama and Performing Arts students from St. Mary’s Grammar School, Magherafelt recently attended a Creative Choices careers event at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast.
The Cardiff Story Museum became the first apprentice employer in Wales to win a Creative Apprentice Employer of the Year Award last week, recognising the way they have embedded apprenticeships into the heart of the organisation.
Over the last few weeks our team have been meeting industry representatives up and down the country to discuss the Creative Employment Programme.
Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg and Skills Minister, Matthew Hancock made a special visit to the headquarters of White Light in south London this morning to meet with creative apprentices, as part of National Apprenticeships Week.
Creative & Cultural Skills welcomes publication this week of the Committee for Culture, Arts and Leisure’s Inquiry into the Creative Industries by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
Creative Apprenticeships have gone from strength to strength over the last year, with notable success amongst our Skills Academy members in Wales.
The Skills Academy for Creative and Cultural has seen a steady increase in engagement from both industry and the education sector across the UK since expanding into Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Two students from City College Norwich have been announced as winners of the first Creative & Cultural Skills Design Challenge, in association with the Design Museum.
Creative & Cultural Skills’ National Skills Academy will be exhibiting at this year’s Museums + Heritage Show event, to be held at London’s Olympia on 15 and 16 May.
Members of the Skills Academy met with UK Music and Rehearsal Space leaders this week to discuss the future of 14 UK Music Rehearsal Spaces.
Winners of the Creative Apprentice Employer of the Year 2013 were announced last night at a special awards ceremony held at The British Music Experience Exhibition in London.
Matthew Hancock MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business and Education, this morning formally launched the Creative Employment Programme on behalf of Creative & Cultural Skills, at its annual industry Conference.
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The Backstage Centre was officially opened today by the highly acclaimed composer, pianist, bandleader and broadcaster Jools Holland.
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New National Occupational Standards have been set by industry for Craft.
New National Occupational Standards have been set by industry for Blacksmithing.
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills have approved new National Occupational Standards for Cultural and Heritage Venue Operations and Cultural and Heritage Venue Management.
With just 3 weeks to go until our Annual Conference 2013: The Power of Collaboration, it’s time to get to get thinking skills!
Creative & Creative Skills have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI).
Creative & Creative Skills have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI).
Creative & Creative Skills have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Gem & Jewellery Skill Council of India (GJSCI).
Students from one of our Skills Academy Founder Colleges were given backstage access as Example performed at the Capital FM Arena Nottingham on Tuesday night, marking the first in a series of Production Days over the next 5 weeks.
Members of international youth arts organisation Project Phakama visited The Backstage Centre last weekend for a master-class in backstage skills from industry professionals.
Creative & Cultural Skills’ Creative Choices programme will be the headline sponsor at this year’s PERFORM event, to be held at the Olympia Exhibition Centre on Friday 8, Saturday 9, and Sunday 10 March 2013.
Scotland’s performing arts economy is set to benefit from the launch of a new skills, training and career development project, to be delivered by Creative & Cultural Skills in partnership with the Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST) and the Scottish Drama Training Network (SDTN).
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) have today announced that they will be offering employers the opportunity to attend an Employer Ownership of Skills Fund ‘Advice Surgery’ before the 28 February application deadline.
Harriet Vine and Rosie Wolfenden, founding directors of cult British jewellery company Tatty Devine, were both awarded MBEs in the recent New Year Honours for services to the fashion industry.
Suffolk-based businesses will meet this week to discuss the future of the creative sector in their region.
Creative Choices was launched last week in Derry~Londonderry, City of Culture 2013.
From fiddle classes to live gigs, and festivals to community projects young people will soon have the chance to learn the ropes of Scotland’s thriving traditional music scene.
We are going to be holding a series of events across the country to provide more information about the Creative Employment Programme.
New National Occupational Standards have been set by industry for Live Events and Live Events Management.
The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills have just released the application form and guidance documents for the Ownership of Skills Pilot.
We will shortly be announcing the dates for the first round of Creative Employment Programme road shows.
Over 125 creative organisations from across London and the South East attended a special event at the Tate Modern last week, run by Creative & Cultural Skills in partnership with Arts Council England, the National Apprenticeships Service and Creative Skillset to celebrate the first ever national Creative Apprenticeships Week.
The National Skills Academy will be exhibiting at PLASA Focus: Leeds 2013 at the Royal Armouries on Tuesday 30 April and Wednesday 1 May 2013.
80 paid graduate internships and up to 23 Modern Apprenticeships to take place in Scotland thanks to new Youth Employment Programme. Young entrepreneurs will also be supported
Creative & Cultural Skills will announce the winner of its Creative Apprentice Employer of the Year Awards 2013 at the Skills Academy’s annual conference on the 6th and 7th March 2013, to be held at The Backstage Centre, Creative & Cultural Skills’ new rehearsal and training facility in Purfleet, Essex.
A major event for the cultural sector, the Show offers a programme of seminars, discussions and product launches for professionals in museums, galleries, heritage and cultural venues.
New National Occupational Standards have been set by industry for Community Arts and Community Arts Management.
We are working in partnership with a range of industry stakeholders to develop new professional standards for cultural and heritage venue operations and revise old ones.
We are working in partnership with a range of industry stakeholders to develop new professional standards for cultural and heritage venue operations and revise old ones.
Pauline Tambling, Joint CEO, Creative & Cultural Skills and Managing Director, National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural, appeared on Sky News’ Jeff Randall Live show yesterday to talk about how employers can improve youth unemployment figures in the UK.
Following the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills’ announcement of the Employer Ownership of Skills Pilot (EOS), Creative & Cultural Skills have announced plans to host a day of workshops on Friday 11th January 2013.
200 students from the National Skills Academy’s Founder Colleges were given a hands-on insight into the workings of the world famous Royal Opera House in Covent Garden last month.
Opera North and the National Skills Academy are giving Salford City College Business Studies students the opportunity to design and deliver an approved Audience Development Campaign for the upcoming Opera North production of Otello at The Lowry between 13 – 16 March.
Creative Choices’ annual programme of careers events are well on target to reach 22,000 students this year, capping off a hugely successful 2012 for the programme.
Students from South Essex College were given vital hands-on experience in a live broadcast of The Only Way is Essex, filmed at The Backstage Centre yesterday evening, 2 December 2012.
We welcomed more than 100 young people to our one-to-one ‘Ask the Experts’ advice zone at TheatreCraft 2012, the annual beyond-the-stage careers fair, hosted for the first time by the Royal Opera House on Friday 30th November.
Don’t miss your chance to get early bird booking rates for our 4th annual national conference.
The National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural is delighted to announce the extension of its UK network of education partners with the recruitment of 11 new associate members.
The search for the creative industries’ champions of apprenticeships goes live today, with the announcement of the Creative Apprentice Employer of the Year Awards 2013.
Skills Minister Matthew Hancock has announced that businesses across the country can bid for a share of a £150 million pot, designed to allow employers to create the training schemes they need to grow their companies.
The National Skills Academy’s new Backstage Centre will host its first technical theatre master-class series with a £75,000 grant from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation.
Last week, Creative & Cultural Skills delivered an ‘Ask the Experts’ seminar for 100 young people at the V&A’s annual Creative Quarter event.
We are currently revising the National Occupational Standards for Live Events and creating new Standards for Live Events Management.
Michael Grandage CBE, will open this year’s TheatreCraft event by giving a welcome speech at 9am on Friday 30th November 2012, at the Royal Opera House.
The last month has seen the official launches of the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Arts Council England has today announced that it has selected our National Skills Academy as the national partner for the Creative Employment Programme which aims to help young unemployed people find paid entry level work in the arts and cultural sector.
The National Skills Academy’s Autumn programme of Production Days kicked off backstage at a gig with The Killers last week, as part of their ‘Battle Born’ tour.
1st November 2012 marks the official launch of the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural in Scotland.
25th October 2012 marks the official launch of the National Skills Academy in Northern Ireland.
‘National Skills Academies are a key instrument in the Government’s agenda to make the UK economy competitive on a global scale on the basis of world-class skills.’
23 October 2012 marks the official launch of the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural in Wales.
The newly-opened Backstage Centre at High House Production Park in Purfleet has won industry approval for its state-of-the-art facilities for live music and theatre events training and production.
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Nearly 700 school children and their teachers have spent the day behind the scenes at leading theatres as the first of our careers events get underway.
A new £16 million flagship technical training facility for performing arts production opens its doors this week to its first group of trainees.
Simon Callow CBE will make a special guest appearance at this year’s EducationLive event for teachers, on Monday, 12 November 2012, 5.30 – 8.45pm at the Lyceum Theatre in the heart of London’s West End.
This autumn, many of England’s major theatres and live music venues will open their doors to an estimated 19,000 school children in years 9, 10 and 11 (13-16 year olds), to demonstrate the wealth of career opportunities available in offstage and backstage roles.
Creative & Cultural Skills is delighted to announce the appointment of the 12 new Skills Ambassadors, based within the creative sector around the country, supported through co-investment from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills.
Delegates from across the creative industries gathered in Edinburgh during the Festival for a workshop on developing talent in Scotland, particularly in the arts, screen and creative industries.
Up-and-coming student bands from across the country were given the chance to perform at Hyde Park’s BT London Live this summer.
North Hertfordshire College, one of the 20 Founder Colleges in our National Skills Academy network, has announced the opening of a new Studio School which will specialise in Creative Enterprise.
Artsmark is Arts Council England’s national award to evaluate, celebrate and develop quality arts education, managed by Trinity College London.
Creative sector representatives gathered last week to celebrate the extension of our Skills Academy with Skills Minister, John Hayes.
The Royal Opera House is joining TheatreCraft, the 'beyond the stage careers fair' as a new industry partner, and will be providing a new home for the annual event.
As the preparations for screening the Olympics live in Hyde Park progress, Founder College students have been sending in demo tapes of their bands to Live Nation.
Eleven college principals from across the UK met on 3 July 2012 to discuss extending the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural to benefit creative businesses, practitioners and young people in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Join us at a series of events to discuss the new Skills Academy for Cultural Heritage.
We are looking for 33 theatre industry representatives to share their knowledge and experience at a one-to-one advice clinic as part of TheatreCraft being held at the Royal Opera House in London on 30 November 2012.
On 28 June, Creative & Cultural Skills and High House Production Park hosted an event for representatives from the creative industries to learn more about the award winning site in the heart of the Thames Gateway.
As we extend the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural to benefit a broader range of creative sectors, we would like to welcome new education partners to our creative community.
The jewellery sector is to benefit from a new investment announced today by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, to extend the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural to support the jewellery sector.
The cultural heritage sector is to benefit from a new investment announced today by Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, to extend the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural into the cultural heritage sector.
The design sector is to benefit from a new investment announced today by Department for Business, Innovation & Skills, extending the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural into the design sector.
John Hayes MP, Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning, has today announced new investment in the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural, recognising the need for high-level skills to support the growth of the UK's creative and cultural industries.
We are looking for local Skills Ambassadors to help extend our reach.
The winners of this year’s Design Challenge – based on La boheme and exclusive to Skills Academy Founder Colleges – were announced last Friday.
Robin Auld, Operations Director for the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural, has just returned from Beijing where, in partnership with Simon Catchpole, Senior Stage Manager at the Royal Opera House, he delivered a specialist 10-day training course in Production and Stage Management at the National Centre for Performing Arts (NCPA).
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