Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries 2010
Skillset has conducted a comprehensive UK-wide analysis of demand for skills in the Creative Media Industries and also for each UK nation. This Strategic Skills Assessment will inform and shape our priorities for the year ahead.
We were invited by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the UK Commission for Employment and Skills (UKCES) to provide evidence of the skills needs of the Creative Industries to inform an annual National Strategic Skills Audit that covers the UK's entire economy. All evidence has been submitted to Government.
The analysis follows systematic and regular consultation with the Creative Media Industries and the majority of data are taken directly from Skillset's Research Programme and consultations with Skillset's National Boards and Sectoral Skills Councils.
Skillset has reported to Government in three ways:
1. Analysis and recommendations for the Creative Media Industries:
Headline results include:
- Growth in demand for Creative skills and employment is predicted
- The industry is at risk of losing talent and skills
- Skills for multiplatform and to take advantage of opportunities presented by digital media are a major priority
- Skills to develop new business models and an approach to monetising content are needed
- Other major skills issues: Multi-skilling, Management and Leadership, broadcast engineering, archiving of content and visual effects.
- Skillset research needs to continue to measure current and future skills demand to ensure a constant flow of evidence to inform priorities and decisions. Our research is also fundamental to our role as the voice of the industries on skills issues. The information does not exist anywhere else.
Forthcoming research to refresh this evidence includes:
- Creative Media Workforce Survey 2010
- Employer Survey 2010
- Supply side research to measure the availability of provision to respond to skills demand
Here is the summary:
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Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries
Full reports for the UK, each nation and London are here:
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Skillset Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in the UK
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Skillset Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in Scotland
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Skillset Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in England
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Skillset Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in Wales
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Skillset Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in Northern Ireland
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Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Media Industries in London
Please note, the structure of the SSAs published here differs slightly to that of the SSAs presented to Government but the substance of the content remains the same.
2. For the Fashion and Textiles sector SSAs were published by Skillfast-UK. From 1 April 2010 Skillset represents this sector.
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Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sector in the UK
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Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sector in Wales
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Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sector in England
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Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sector in Northern Ireland
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Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles Sector in Scotland
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Strategic Skills Assessment for the Fashion and Textiles sector in London
3. For the Creative Industries, Skillset has worked with Creative and Cultural Skills (CCS)
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Skillset and CCS Strategic Skills Assessment for the Creative Industries
4. For the Digital Economy, Skillset has worked jointly with e-Skills UK and Creative and Cultural Skills (CCS)
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Strategic Skills Assessment for the Digital Economy
Follow this link to go to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills' work on the cross-economic National Strategic Skills Audit, which was informed by the analysis presented above - National Strategic Skills Audit
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