Press releases 2010

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Skillset launches new National Occupational Standards for Law and Compliance for Broadcasting

Over the past few years the controversies in broadcasting have shaken public confidence in the trustworthiness and fairness of broadcasters. In response to this, Skillset has developed a new suite of Standards for Law and Compliance for Broadcasting.

Skillset launches three new sets of National Occupational Standards for the film industry

Skillset has developed three new suites of National Occupational Standards (NOS) in response to demand from the UK film industry. The Standards cover Physical Special Effects, Armoury and Post Production. This is the first time Occupational Standards have been created for any of these industries.

Skillset funds Stereoscopic 3D training for film professionals

Skillset is reacting to the overwhelming demand for stereoscopic 3D training in the film industry with the release of £20,000 to pay for 3D training for film professionals.

Channel 4 to take on Apprentices through Skillset's Advanced Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media

Channel 4 is offering a new pathway into the highly competitive television industry with the introduction of the Advanced Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media.

Skillset highlights importance of the Creative Media Industries at Assembly event

Skillset will outline its plans for the future of the Creative Media Industries in Wales at an Assembly Member event to be held next Tuesday, 2 November.

Skillset welcomes advertising heavyweight Stephen Woodford to its board

Skillset is delighted to announce the appointment of the chairman and CEO of leading communications agency DDB UK, Stephen Woodford, to its board.

Skillset Tick provides a clear guide to talent for Welsh Creative Media Industry

Leading Welsh animation company Dinamo has recognised the benefits of the Skillset Tick after recruiting a large number of its new entrants from the Skillset-accredited animation courses being offered at the University of Glamorgan.

Skillset welcomes Universities UK's Creating Prosperity report

Skillset supports the findings of Universities UK's Creating Prosperity report, which outlines the importance of higher education to the future of the UK's Creative Economy.

Last call to directly shape Creative Media Industries via far-reaching consultation

Time is running out for employers and workers to help Skillset shape the future of the sector by taking part in the largest consultation of the Creative Media Industries.

BBC to take on apprentices in Creative and Digital Media in Bristol

Skillset is pleased to announce that BBC Bristol has become the second south west-based employer to sign on to the pilot programme of the Advanced Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media in the region.

Skillset's Computer Games Chair to lead skills review for the games and VFX industries

Skillset and NESTA have welcomed this week's appointment of Ian Livingstone, chair of Skillset's Computer Games Skills Council, as the government's skills champion for the video games sector.

Skillset welcomes clarity on the way forward for film

Skillset welcomes the clarity that today's announcement from the Minister of Communication, Culture and the Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey MP, brings for the future direction of the UK film industry.

New film higher education strategy unveiled

A new higher education strategy for the film industry has today (Wednesday, 23 June) been unveiled by Skillset. This forms part of the second phase of A Bigger Future, Skillset's film strategy for the UK.

London's first Fashion and Textiles Apparel Apprenticeship programme is now available

Skillset is working to secure London's future reputation as one of the world's fashion capitals by encouraging London employers to take on an apprentice and nurture emerging young talent.

More than £1 million earmarked for TV training

Skillset's TV Freelance Fund (TVFF) will spend almost £1.2 million on television training in five priority areas over the 2010/11 financial year.

Skillset launch the search for this year's Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Achiever of the Year

Skillset and its industry partners are launching the Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Achiever of the Year 2010 competition to celebrate the growing number of people gaining NVQ qualifications in the sector.

Five top priorities for UK film training and education announced

The five top training and education priorities for the UK film industry over the next three years have today (Tuesday 15 June) been announced by Skillset.

Skillset celebrates the contribution of freelancers to the Creative Media Industries on National Freelancers Day

Skillset is hailing the work of the 128,000 freelancers that are working in the Creative Media Industries on National Freelancers' Day.

Skillset welcomes almost 80,000 fashion and textiles employers

Skillset will from the beginning of April join forces with fashion and textiles to create one of the biggest Sector Skills Councils in the UK.

Skillset to talk shop at Think Photography 2010

Skillset's Photo Imaging sector manager Pippa Walkley will join an exciting line-up of some of the photographic industry's most respected names to talk at the Think Photography 2010 conference.

Skillset Academi+ teams up with BBC Cymru Wales on exciting new entrant schemes

Skillset and BBC Cymru Wales are collaborating on two exciting new entrants' schemes to be delivered by leading training provider Cyfle.

Skillset salutes outgoing Chair Clive Jones

Skillset prepares to bid a fond farewell to its longest serving Chair, Clive Jones CBE, who will bow out following its December Board meeting after eight years at the helm.

Skillset develops Creative and Digital Media Apprenticeship for 2012 London Olympics

Skillset is forging a groundbreaking new route into the media industries with the launch of the Advanced Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media this spring.

Skillset highlights importance of the Creative Media Industries at Assembly event

Skillset outlined its plans for the future of the Creative Media Industries in Wales at an Assembly Member event held last night.

Midlands gets first Skillset accredited Games Art course

De Montfort University in Leicester has become the first games art course in England to be awarded accreditation by Skillset.

Skillset Apprenticeship opens up new pathways into Creative Media Industries in Wales

Skillset Cymru is pioneering a new pathway into the highly competitive Creative Media Industries with the introduction of the Skillset Apprenticeship in Creative and Digital Media.

Senior industry representatives join Skillset Computer Games Skills Council

Skillset has appointed three important new members to its Computer Games Skills Council to help to define the work the Sector Skills Council does in improving skills development for the games industry.

Skillset presents Ken Loach keynote address and more at the 54th BFI London Film Festival

Legendary UK film director Ken Loach will talk about the current state of British cinema, drawing on his own considerable experience.

Skillset welcomes Lords' Committee calls for increased film and TV training investment

Skillset's response to an all-party House of Lords Select Committee on Communications report, The British film and television industries - decline or opportunity?, which was published January 25 2010.

Skillset announces £100,000 in bursaries for Craft & Technical and Health & Safety training

Skillset has launched two bursary schemes to help professionals from the film and television industries access training in the key priority areas of Craft & Technical and Health & Safety.

Skillset invests to transform unique UK archives for future generations

Major initiatives are launching across the country to preserve and transform Britain's unique moving image archives for future generations

Skillset commits to tackling gender inequality by signing charter

Skillset has signed up to the UKRC's CEO Charter as part of its campaign to tackle the gender imbalance in science, engineering and technology job roles.

Major new 3D training initiative unveiled

A ground-breaking partnership between Skillset, Sky and the UK Film Council will develop and run pioneering gold standard 3D training for the UK film and television industries.

New report reveals women in Creative Media are underpaid and under-represented

Women working in the Creative Media Industries are under-represented, underpaid, and more highly qualified than their male counterparts, a new report by Skillset has found.

Skillset shares the secrets of its agenda-setting research and education programmes

Skillset shares the secrets behind the development of its agenda-setting research programme at the Modern University Research Group Spring Conference in Bristol today.

Ed Vaizey visits the Birmingham City University Skillset Media Academy

The Minister for the Creative Industries, Ed Vaizey, took time out from the Conservative Party Conference yesterday to learn about the exciting partnerships between education and industry being forged at the Birmingham City University Skillset Media Academy.

Major report warns of gaping skills gaps in Creative Media Industries

Skillset welcomes British Fashion Council's exploration into the value of the UK fashion industry

British Fashion Council launches report entitled "Value of the UK Fashion Industry."

Skillset celebrates success of Diploma in Creative and Media

The partners behind the development of the UK's most popular Diploma programme meeting to discuss the way forward for the new qualification.

Skillset invests in future of TV industry with £300,000 management and leadership bursary scheme

Skillset is tackling one of the television industry's most pressing training needs head-on with the launch of its £300,000 management and leadership bursary scheme.

Navigate more than 8,000 creative media courses at the touch of a button

Skillset has launched the most comprehensive searchable database of creative media courses on offer in the UK.

Skillset and Abertay to present conference about excellence in games education

Skillset has collaborated with Abertay University to organise ProtoTeach a conference about "best practice in games education" being presented at Dare ProtoPlay in Edinburgh next month.

Skillset's agenda-setting research now online

The results of Skillset's recent primary research projects - including the 2009 Employment Census that identified the dramatic drop in the number of women working in the TV industry - are now on our website.

New fashion and textiles skills champion appointed for Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales

Fashion and textiles in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have a new champion to drive forward the skills and training agenda.

Employers urged to embrace new creative industries work guidelines

Employers are being urged to embrace new guidelines which aim to clarify their responsibilities around volunteering, work experience, internships, traineeships and apprenticeships.

£300k bursary scheme to help TV professionals develop multiplatform skills

Skillset's TV Freelance Fund will grant £300,000 worth of multiplatform training bursaries to TV professionals over the next year.

Skillset Cymru careers service unlocks the path into Creative Media Industries

More than 550 people have benefited from the one-to-one careers advice that Skillset Cymru has been offering since 2006, many of whom have gone on to similarly exciting careers within the Creative Media Industries.

Skillset invites Animation industry to Soho Showcase

Skillset is bringing the best of this year's animation graduate talent to Soho in an event that combines a recruitment fair, industry presentations, professional advice and networking.

Skillset takes over as the Sector Skills Council for the advertising industry

Skillset has expanded its Creative Industries footprint to include representation of the advertising industry.

Future media stars urged to Pick the Skillset Tick

The new chief executive of Channel 4, David Abraham, is set to give his first public speech since taking on the role at the launch of Skillset's Tick campaign on Tuesday, 22 June.

Congratulations on the tax breaks, now let's tackle the skills gap together, says Skillset

Skillset is calling on all corners of the industry to jointly address the need to develop a skilled workforce able to deliver quality product and cope with future growth.

Skillset a DV Talent yn lansio cynllun 'The Fast Track' ar gyfer Cynhyrchwyr Cyfres

Mae Skillset yng Nghymru yn chwilio am y genhedlaeth nesaf o dalent uwch gynhyrchu teledu yng Nghymru, i gymeryd rhan yn y cynllun 'The Fast Track' ar gyfer Cynhyrchwyr Cyfres, sy'n cael ei redeg gan DV Talent.

Online visual effects training bursaries now available for TV professionals

Skillset is teaming up with Escape Studios to offer new bursaries to TV professionals looking to broaden their visual effects skills.

Scottish Parliamentarians and industry leaders celebrated Skillset's pivotal role in delivering a Creative Scotland

Parliamentarians joined forces with industry leaders to set out the pivotal role that Skillset's Creative Industries will play in Scotland's future economic growth.

Senior industry professionals announced for new Fashion and Textiles Skills Council

Fashion brands and organisations unite to represent the fashion industry

Skillset joins action-packed programme at Supporting Creative Industries conference

The full range of Skillset's education-related programmes will be on display at the fifth national Supporting Creative Industries conference being held at the Barbican Centre today (Tuesday, 15 June).

Skillset Media Academies launch revolution in media training and education

Skillset Media Academies are transforming the landscape of continuing professional development (CPD) training in the Creative Industries with the introduction of the revolutionary Build Your Own MA programme.

Skillset talks about routes into B2B publishing on Guardian Careers

Skillset's publishing sector manager Suzanne Kavanagh will feature in a question-and-answer session on careers in B2B publishing on the Guardian Careers website.

Employers and workers urged to directly shape Creative Media Industries

Employers and workers are being asked to help Skillset shape the future of the sector by taking part in the largest consultation of the Creative Media Industries.

Publishing industry equalities charter open for consultation

The publishing industry is being consulted on the development of a charter to enshrine the industry's commitment to diversity.

Skillset Cymru helps TV industry to move forward with exciting schedule of events

Skillset Cymru is proud to be supporting two exciting projects that will help different sections of the Welsh TV industry over the coming weeks.

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