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Date Time Cash boost to create new flexible approach to apprenticeships Sectors including the creative, agriculture and construction industries can now bid for a share of a £7 million fund to support the creation of new flexible apprenticeships, unlocking more opportunities for people to develop the skills they need to get good jobs. Apprenticeships are at least 12 months long, so some sectors with flexible employment patterns and short-term roles, such as digital, adult social care, transport...

Roger Morris, chair and founder of the ESA and managing director of Elstree Studios, said: "Im delighted to be able to join with ESA and ScreenSkills and the NFTS to provide vocational education and training for the creative industries and to provide young people with industry placements to ensure that they get the hands-on training to be employable across our industry. "It is a testament to the team’s hard work at the ESA over the last eight years that they are now an integral part of this...

By Jake Bickerton2021-05-13T10:32:00+01:00 The second of the UK’s Centres of Screen Excellence will offer new craft and tech traineeships for 18 and 19-year-olds The UK’s second Centre of Screen Excellence is to open in Elstree and Borehamwood, offering opportunities and training to those looking to establish careers in film and high-end TV. The Centre of Screen Excellence: Elstree has come about through a partnership between ScreenSkills, Elstree Screen Arts Academy, Elstree Film Studios...

TVREAL New U.K. Unscripted TV Fund Launches for Skills Development ADVERTISEMENT The BBC, Channel 4, Sky, A+E Networks UK and Discovery UK have joined forces with ScreenSkills and Pact to create the Unscripted TV Skills Fund. The new fund aims to address skills gaps and shortages in unscripted television as it builds a wider pool of off-screen crew and talent in the nations and regions, with a focus on building a more inclusive workforce and future-proofing the industry. Significant upfront fu...

By Hannah Bowler2021-04-15T11:03:00+01:00 Five broadcasters on board at launch, after three-year campaign A pan-industry training levy on unscripted programming has been agreed following a three-year campaign, with the potential to generate £3m per year to plug skills shortages.  ScreenSkills has united the BBC, Channel 4, Sky, A+E Networks UK and Discovery UK, along with Pact, to invest in the fund for off screen training. All non-scripted commissions greenlit by these broadcas...

UK broadcasters back unscripted fund A group of UK broadcasters, including the BBC and Channel 4, have unveiled a fund aimed at covering crew shortages and skill gaps and diversifying production crew and talent in unscripted TV. Seetha Kumar The Beeb and C4 are founding investors in the Unscripted TV Skills Fund along with A+E Networks UK, Sky and Discovery UK. The fund has been announced in partnership with non-profit organisation ScreenSkills and UK indie producers association Pact. Launched ...

Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for BAFTA LA The Film and TV Charity has also launched a new suite of anti-bullying support services for industry workers. The British Film Institute and BAFTA have announced the next stage of their work to tackle, harassment and racism in the workplace, deploying a new employer Action List for the film and TV sectors to use that comes with widespread support from across the industry. At the same, The Film and TV Charity has launched a new suite of anti-bullyin...

Rishi Sunak to boost flexibility and invest £126m into training