Skillset in the West Midlands
Amy Thomas, Regional Manager, is based at Screen West Midlands in Birmingham and is also Radio Sector Manager for Skillset
Jo Welch, Regional Co-ordinator, at Broadway Cinema & Media Centre in Nottingham.
Sector Skills Agreement
We are currently revising our Sector Skills Agreement for England and updating our regional profiles to reflect the latest LMI. Documents will be available for download shortly. The SSA will show what industry and government have agreed are the skills development priorities for our sectors and include actions for dealing with them.
West Midlands Education Focus Group:
Following consultation on Skillset's Qualifications Strategy we set up a West Midlands Education Focus Group which has been running for nearly 3 years and meets once a term. It explores how Skillset can support productive working relationships between creative media industries, further and higher education institutions and learning providers in the region.
Representatives from consortia which will be delivering the Diploma in Creative and Media from 2008 also attend this group.
Email jow@skillset.org to join the group. Follow this link for more about Skillset's Sector Qualifications Strategy
Our work with Screen West Midlands, the Regional Screen Agency:
Skillset works in partnership with Screen West Midlands which operates schemes to enable freelancers and small companies to access part-funded, high quality training in audio visual fields.
For information on skills development initiatives, visit the website, telephone 0121 265 7120 or email their Skills Development Manager at louise@screenwm.co.uk,
Our work with Advantage West Midlands, the Regional Development Agency and the LSC:
Skillset have close links with Advantage West Midlands (AWM), and make sure that our regional activity complements AWM's wider regional strategies and initiatives. We participate in AWM's AWM Screen Image and Sound Cluster to identify and develop support for creative media companies in the region.
Regional LSC - West Midlands staff have been active in their support for our sector and we work with them through many forums and activities, providing specialist sector LMI for them to use in planning education and training provision in the region. We're working closely with West Midlands Brokerage Service and Business Link to make sure business support offers like Train to Gain West Midlands are used by our sector.
How Train to Gain can help creative media companies.
Regional Forums and Networks we work with:
Creative Industries Strategy Group - chaired by Culture West Midlands
AWM Screen Image and Sound Cluster(AWM)
West Midlands Animation Forum
West Midlands Media Literacy Task Group
West Midlands Minority Business Forum
Medianet
Creative Networks
Skillset Careers and IAG:
Skillset Careers is the UK's only specialist media careers advice service, delivering individual career solutions and support for advisors. Workshops for advisors to inform them about our sectors have taken place in the region. Take a look at the Careers section of our website to see how we can help you.
