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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

Skills for writers at Guardian Hay Festival

27 May 2009

On Friday 29 May, Creative & Cultural Skills will play host to a range of authors and critics at the Guardian Hay Festival to start a dialogue about the future skills needs of the creative writing industry. Calling all who work with words, the sessions will focus on digitisation, the future of creative writing courses, and, crucially, how to make a living from writing.

Creative skills councils join forces to provide one-stop-shop for creative careers advice

21 May 2009

The Creative Choices° careers web portal (www.creative-choices.co.uk) will offer information, inspiration, and interactive tools to practitioners in a wider range of creative industries, as part of a unique collaboration between three Sector Skills Councils.

Skills chief kicks off tour in Brighton

14 May 2009

Creative & Cultural Skills CEO Tom Bewick is touring every English region and each home nation over the next few weeks where he’ll meet key regional employers and stakeholders. This will be an opportunity to discuss the local impact of the recession and CCSKills' planned response to the economic challenge presented to the creative and cultural industries.

Creative & Cultural Skills commits to openness and transparency in driving up performance

6 May 2009

Creative & Cultural Skills (CCSkills) - the ‘voice on skills in the creative and cultural sector’ – has reaffirmed its commitment to campaign openly and transparently on behalf of industry by publishing a comprehensive independent assessment of performance to date.

Shape Humanities and Social Sciences study for 14-19 year olds

29 April 2009

After consultations in the latter part of 2008 and earlier this year, further consultations on the criteria for the line of learning on the Diploma in Humanities and Social Sciences are taking place between April and May 2009.

Children's Workforce Development Plan Consultation

28 April 2009

The Children’s Workforce Development Council is developing a common set of skills, qualifications, knowledge and training solutions for those people who work with children and young people. Creative & Cultural Skills is part of the youth workforce reform programme.

CC Skills Budget 2009 response

23 April 2009

Creative & Cultural Skills is pleased the chancellor has acknowledged the creative industries as an important sector within the economy’s recovery in yesterday’s Budget.

Consultation on UK visual arts

24 March 2009

‘The Visual Arts Blueprint; a workforce action plan for visual arts in the UK’, will address skills gaps and training needs. The consultation is seeking the views of those with a keen interest in visual arts and the people that work in the industry. [The consultation is now closed.]

Scotland campaign delivers Creative Apprenticeships

23 March 2009

After a long campaign, led by Creative & Cultural Skills, Scottish employers have welcomed the announcement of funding for 50 Creative Apprenticeships in theatre, music, arts and cultural heritage. The Creative Apprenticeship will produce skilled theatre and live music technicians and help address a shortage of 1000 technicians predicted in Scotland by 2012.

Creative Apprentices discuss their future with Will Hutton

10 March 2009

During national Apprenticeship Week (23-27 February), three creative apprentices from City and Islington College met with the schemes strongest supporter, Will Hutton, Chief Executive of The Work Foundation.

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