What future skills are needed to support creative industries growth? How do these vary by sub-sector? How do education pathways meet these needs?
Background
In the creative industries (CI) there is a need to evidence approaches to better grow workforce skills and productivity explicitly addressing the skills gaps and shortages taking into account the complex dynamics of CI workforces, (e.g. including freelancers, contractors and employees in a range of organisational types from SMEs through to FTSE corporations).
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Related UKRI funded projects
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Creative Edge: Using AI to Identify and Align Graduate Skills Development with Creative Industry Job Requirements
At GTI our mission is: * To support students with career guidance, skills development and graduate jobs; * To help employers reach and hire early careers talent; * To enable universities to deliver world-class careers ...
Funded by: Innovate UK
Why might this be relevant?
The project specifically focuses on identifying and aligning graduate skills with creative industry job requirements, addressing the skills gaps and needs in the creative sector.
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Centre of Excellence for Policy and Evidence in the Creative Industries
The UK's creative industries are a national economic strength. Since the turn of the decade, employment, exports and output growth has easily outstripped that in the rest of the economy. Yet, behind this rapid growth lie...
Funded by: UUI
Why might this be relevant?
The project addresses the skills gap in the creative industries and proposes ways to meet the evolving employment needs, but does not specifically address how education pathways meet these needs or how the skills vary by sub-sector.
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Supporting Young People to Become International Creative Talents: Educational Enterprise Collaborations between Shanghai and Liverpool
Graduate job readiness and the mismatch of expectations between employers and educational providers on the role and requirements of industry training provision are key issues facing the creative industries. This project ...
Funded by: FIC
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on preparing young people for the creative industries through formal training, work experience and informal practice, but does not specifically address future skills needed or how these vary by sub-sector.