All Training and skills articles
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NewsScreenSkills pilots training passport
ScreenSkills is piloting a pan-industry training passport in partnership with BBC Studios, ITV Studios and Sky.
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Industry TrendsMPTS: British drama and production jobs under threat
At MPTS, speaker after speaker including the director of Mr Bates vs The Post Office voiced fears for the future of the UK TV industry.
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NewsScreenSkills and TAP launch disability inclusive training materials
ScreenSkills is partnering with the TV Access Project (TAP) to exclusively host training resources for disability inclusion in the UK screen industries, through organisations committing to certain measures to improve standards for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent talent.
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NewsYoung digital innovators called upon for the RTS 2024 bursary schemes
The British forum for television and media, the Royal Television Society (RTS), has launched its renowned bursary schemes for 2024, aiming to increase inclusivity and reflect diverse voices of Britain for young people wishing to pursue a career in the screen industries. The initiative aims to demonstrate to scholars that ...
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NewsScreenSkills unveils High-end TV Skills Fund’s Leaders of Tomorrow
ScreenSkills has unveiled a new cohort of 25 future senior leaders selected for its High-end TV Skills Fund’s Leaders of Tomorrow inclusion-focused programme.
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Industry TrendsHow to be a Technology Leader: Confidence, Compassion and Collaboration
A fireside conversation with a recent Rise Women in Broadcast Award nominee provided a host of key insights into the strategies of effective leadership that provide food for thought into 2024 and beyond, reports Mark Mayne.
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Industry TrendsSkills & Recruitment: Developing Workforces in the Age of Automation
The rapid but unpredictable rise of AI is making it harder than ever for companies in broadcast & media to predict their future skills requirements – but that shouldn’t be a reason to fall into despondency, discovers David Davies.
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NewsScreenSkills Appoints Laura Mansfield as Chief Executive
ScreenSkills has appointed Laura Mansfield as its new Chief Executive to succeed Seetha Kumar.
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NewsRise Unveils Cohort for Second Mentoring Scheme of 2023
Rise, the advocacy group for gender diversity in the broadcast media technology sector, has announced the pairings for its sixth annual mentoring scheme in the UK.
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NewsWarner Bros. Studios Leavesden Launches CrewHQ Training Centre
Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden (WBSL) has opened the doors to CrewHQ, a dedicated on-site training centre.
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NewsScreen Sectors’ Skills Task Force Unveils UK Recommendations
The Screen Sectors’ Skills Task Force has published a raft of recommendations to develop industry skills in the UK.
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Industry TrendsInterview: Carrie Wootten Talks Skills, Talent and the Impact of AI
The award-winning Carrie Wootten has used the incredible impetus of her RISE campaigns to move onto a new set of projects including her popular Media Careers Podcast along with plans for a Global Broadcast Talent Manifesto, reports George Jarrett.
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NewsWe Are Parable unveils 2023 mentoring and training participants
We Are Parable, returning partner Channel 4 and new sponsor Sony Pictures Television, have unveiled the latest cohort to join Momentum, the six month mentoring and training programme for Black filmmakers and content creators around the UK.
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NewsSeetha Kumar to Step Down as CEO of ScreenSkills
Seetha Kumar, chief executive of ScreenSkills, the UK industry-led skills body for the screen industries, is to step down at the end of December 2023.
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NewsBFI Awards £9.6m to Support Screen Skills in the UK
The British Film Institute (BFI) has awarded £9.6m of National Lottery funding over three years to support skills development and training in the screen industries across the UK.
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NewsGeorgia Brown to Chair UK Skills Task Force
Georgia Brown, the former head of Amazon Studios Europe, is to chair the Skills Task Force, an industry-led group that aims to tackle labour shortages in the UK’s production screen sectors.
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Executive InterviewsThe Rise Up Academy: Helping media technology resolve its skills crisis
As the industry canters towards a rush of new technologies it does so having to resolve a massive shortage of skilled people, plus an embarrassing diversity deficit. The Rise Up Academy is on the front line of these two battles, and it has opened career windows for many primary and ...
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NewsUrgently needed: 21,000 more UK film and high-end TV crew (by 2025)
Film and high-end television production in the UK could be worth £7.66 billion by 2025 and requires nearly 21,000 more crew, according to research commissioned by ScreenSkills.
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NewsStage Fifty unveils plans for Wycombe Film Studios
Studio operator Stage Fifty has revealed plans for an eight-stage facility on a 26-acre site near High Wycombe.
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NewsDock10 launches craft talent training scheme
Television facility Dock10 has launched an in-house training programme to provide production skills to the next generation of TV crews.
