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New leadership at Creative & Cultural Skills

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Caroline Felton as our interim Chief Executive.

Caroline takes over today from Tom Bewick and will lead Creative & Cultural Skills’ next phase of development, creating a new strategic plan with staff and trustees.

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Creative & Cultural Skills news

First National Skills Academy Conference

01/03/2010

The National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills (NSA) held its first annual conference at the Birmingham Hippodrome.

New report identifies skills time bomb in the performing arts industry

24/02/2010

Skills shortages and poor investment in training could prevent the UK’s performing arts sector from fulfilling its economic promise.

150 Creative Apprentices employed

04/02/2010

One hundred and fifty talented young people have now been employed as Creative Apprentices and are gaining valuable on-the-job training in the creative industries.

Tom Bewick to step down in April

15/01/10

Today we announce that Tom Bewick, Group Chief Executive, Creative & Cultural Skills, is to step down from April. He has recently been appointed to a new high profile role.

Funding to help the young unemployed into the creative industries

16/12/09

Funding for 200 new jobs helping young unemployed people break into the creative and cultural sector has been secured by Creative & Cultural Skills.

Visual arts sector unites to tackle skills needs

23/11/09

A major workforce development plan for the visual arts sector has been launched at the new Nottingham Contemporary gallery in the East Midlands.

New licence to operate for Creative & Cultural Skills

11/12/09

The Government has announced that Creative & Cultural Skills has been awarded a new licence to support the skills needs of the creative and cultural industries.

Sri Lanka seeks advice on sector skills

27/11/09

Tom Bewick, Group Chief Executive, Creative & Cultural Skills, was the guest of the British Council and the Sri Lankan government. He delivered two keynote speeches on the role of the UK’s sector skills councils to both government and industry audiences, culminating in a visit to the opening of the Sri Lanka Design Festival in Colombo.

Industry campaign delivers £5 million investment in to the National Skills Academy

05/11/09

Rt Hon John Denham MP, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has announced that the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills has secured £5 million of funding for a new building in Thurrock, enabling thousands of young people and Apprentices to access world class training in technical theatre and live music production.

National Occupational Standards approved for Freelancers and Design

04/11/09

Two new sets of National Occupational Standards have been approved by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills – for Freelancers working in the creative and cultural industries and for Designers - and these are now ready to be used.

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