How does career progressions differ for those with different protected characteristics and across socio-demographic backgrounds?

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

  • PathFinder: Empowering Young People to Find Their Creative Career Path

    **Pathfinder: Empowering Young People to Find Their Creative Career Path** Our project aims to address the skills gap issue faced by young people in the UK, providing an accessible approach to discovering their strength...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    Partially addresses the skills gap issue for young people in the creative industry.

  • 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?

    Partially addresses skills requirements in the creative industry and supports GTI's mission.

  • The returns to Creative Education and Creative Work

    Since 2018 analysis of the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) dataset, a linked administrative dataset created by the UK government, have estimated the "returns" to higher education - the difference in inc...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project analyzes career progressions for creative graduates and workers, addressing income differentials based on education, industry, and social inequalities.

  • 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 partially addresses the question as it discusses the challenges in the creative industries, including skills gaps and diversity, but does not specifically focus on career progressions for those with different protected characteristics and across socio-demographic backgrounds.

  • Improving Cultural Work: combating inequality and exclusion in the cultural and creative industries

    The cultural and creative industries have been subject to growing academic and policy interest, identified as a key growth sector and central to the nation's economic wellbeing and recovery from the recession. Yet, while...

    Funded by: AHRC

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project fully addresses the question as it focuses on the inequalities and exclusion in the cultural and creative industries, particularly for under-represented groups, and discusses the challenges of accessing and sustaining a career in the sector.

  • 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?

    Partially relevant as it focuses on supporting young people to become creative talents, but does not directly address career progressions based on protected characteristics and socio-demographic backgrounds.

  • Project Spire

    Spire is a platform dedicated to helping young people aged 18-22 break into the creative & media industry through freelance work. It aims to bridge the gap between the potential of young talent and the needs of brand...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

  • Productivity, Wages and the Labour Market

    Since the 2008 financial crisis, the UK has witnessed weak economic growth and stagnant productivity. While employment remained high, many jobs offer little security or opportunities for training and progression. Self-em...

    Funded by: SPF

  • (MISMATCH) Skills Mismatch: Sources and Consequences

    Skills mismatch - defined as the discrepancy between worker's abilities and job skill requirements - it is ubiquitous and associated with long lasting wage penalties. What are the sources of skills mismatch and how to mi...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

  • The Futureproof Lab

    The Futureproof Lab is a talent accelerator for 16-24 year olds that promotes intentional career development in an AI-driven world of work. In an era where traditional career paths are rapidly becoming obsolete, Gen Z's...

    Funded by: Innovate UK