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DEADLINE EXTENDED Enter the Northern Ireland Creative & Cultural Skills Awards

Whether you’re a young person just starting your career, a creative employer or an educator, this is a great way to demonstrate your commitment to developing a fair and skilled cultural sector. The deadline has been extended to 5pm on Friday 18 October

Meet our newest leadership college

From award winner to awards judge

Blog: Former winner Holly Foskett joins the panel for this year's NI Awards.

Apprenticeship Standards in the Cultural Sector

Guidance on available standards across England

Colleges invited to sign up to this year’s Make Art Not War project

Up to 25 colleges can take part

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Holly's apprenticeship with Black Box helped her to gain entry into the sector. She now works for the company full-time.

From award winner to awards judge

Sarah Jones , 7 October 2019

Holly Foskett won the Northern Ireland Apprentice of the Year Award in 2017 when she was an apprentice with the Black Box, one of the principal arts and entertainment venues in Belfast. We caught up with her to discuss her experience of working in the creative industries and her new role as a judge.

“It's been a pleasure to work at Creative & Cultural Skills and see our work make a huge difference.

Creative & Cultural Skills says goodbye to Jennie Godsalve

Jennie Godsalve , 23 July 2019

Jennie Godsalve is leaving after 11 years

Students have the chance to observe back stage and witness the change over between acts.

Backstage pass to major music festivals

Sarah Laverty , 8 July 2019

A behind-the-scene look for students

Attendees had the chance to try out the technologies and consider how they could be used in their colleges

The potential of immersive in the arts and cultural sector

Melanie Shee , 17 April 2019

New skills will be needed for the future

What's New

The programmes aims to help young people to build confidence, self-belief, teamwork, resilience and communication skills.

Colleges invited to sign up to this year’s Make Art Not War project

Sarah Laverty , 9 October 2019

Last year Creative & Cultural Skills worked with major cultural programme 14-18 NOW to deliver Make Art Not War, in which students in National Skills Academy FE Leadership Colleges were asked to respond to the provocation ‘What does peace mean to you?’ In the second stage of the programme all colleges UK-wide are welcome to take part.