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NewsLisa Opie confirmed as Chair of ScreenSkills
Lisa Opie has been confirmed as the Chair of industry skills body ScreenSkills, to support “sustainable careers” in the UK’s film and TV industry.
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VideoWorld Skills Cafe: Working collectively to educate the workforce of tomorrow
Hear feedback from the inaugural World Skills Café which ran in Amsterdam on Thursday 12th September. Find out the commitments being made in year one and the collaborative work required to educate and train the industry’s future workforce.
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NewsRTS launches online Mini MBA to plug TV skills gap
The Royal Television Society (RTS) is launching an online course that aims to help plug the TV skills gap and fast-track careers.
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NewsRichard Johnston to step down as Chair of ScreenSkills
Richard Johnston, Chair of ScreenSkills, the skills body for the UK screen industries, is to step down at the end of April.
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VideoThe Circle Society: designing a company culture that attracts and retains a powerful workforce
IBC2022: Our industry is changing. Skill sets and team dynamics are changing, people are on the move, and we have too many jobs and not enough people to fill them. During this session we will present the findings from industry research and be joined by a panel of trailblazers ...
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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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NewsNFTS and University of West of England dominate RTS Student Television Awards
The Royal Television Society (RTS) has crowned the winners for the national RTS Student Television Awards 2022, sponsored by Kinetic Content.
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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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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.
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NewsCreative studio to train university students in virtual production as industry demand grows
Final Pixel Academy and the University of Greenwich have partnered to offer a Virtual Production (VP) Skills Course to third-year film and TV students to help address a skills gap in the sector.
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Industry TrendsTraining rises up the production agenda
Amid buoyant demand for experienced crew, industry attention is now focused on the pressing need to train more craft talent to help expand the production workforce.
