Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre

State of Creative Further Education / Report launch 17 July / 3pm BST Join us online or in person at The RSA (The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce) for the launch of our latest State of the Nations research report with a focus on creative further education. The research delves into the steep decline in participation in creative further education with industry guests discussing the implications for the UK's growing creative economy. Researchers and Co-Directors at Work Advance Lesley Giles and Heather Carey will introduce the findings with Chair Lilli Geissendorfer inviting insight and reflections from Sara Whybrew from British Film Institute (BFI), Paul Moore from Future Screens NI and Catherine Sezen from Association of Colleges. Register for your in-person place (followed by networking reception - all welcome) or join online: https://lnkd.in/eWqbdHf4

"We have the opportunity to accelerate one of the UK’s high growth sectors through a renewed and ambitious approach to Creative Further Education” - Head of Policy Bernard Hay says as new Creative PEC research published today points to a looming creative economy skills shortage. As revealed in this Channel 4 News exclusive there has been a ‘severe’ drop in creative further education over the last decade suggesting a pipeline shortage for the UK’s growing creative economy - which is predicted to create 300,000 new jobs over the next five years.  As demand for skills and a diverse workforce grows this is not being met by growing participation in creative learning.    Download the new report: https://lnkd.in/eNuKdZ2S Read & watch the Channel 4 News exclusive:  https://lnkd.in/eN5EiQDA Read more from report authors Heather Carey and Lesley Giles, Co-Directors at Work Advance in today’s FE Week https://lnkd.in/exntgUev See The Stage Media Company Ltd for more on the decline in performing arts participation https://lnkd.in/eu63HuWK Final chance to register for online or in-person launch at The RSA (The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce) at 12 noon Wednesday 17 July – all welcome. With industry guests Sara Whybrew from British Film Institute (BFI), Catherine Sezen at Association of Colleges, Paul Moore FutureScreens NI, Co-Directors of Work Advance, Lesley Giles and Heather Carey & Deputy Director of Creative PEC Lilli Geissendorfer. The Creative PEC is funded by the UK Research and Innovation via the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

Care about the future of the UK's creative industries? Want to know what is causing a massive decline in participation in creative further education? Next week we are launching our latest State of the Nations report, with an expert panel discussing the findings in person at the RSA House in London. Wednesday 17th at 3pm. Sign up for your free ticket, or register to watch online: https://lnkd.in/evSW3nfn #Event #CreativeIndustries #FurtherEducation

SPECIALIST CREATIVE EDUCATION / RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY INVITATION TO TENDER Specialist creative education provision in England for 14 - 19 year olds: demand and impact analysis. Deadline: 16:00 BST / Friday 19th July 2024 Creative PEC is commissioning new research to investigate how specialist creative education supports career pathways into the creative industries. The focus is on understanding student access, demographics, and outcomes. The Creative PEC is funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and led by Newcastle University Business School with The RSA (The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce) Invitation to tender: https://lnkd.in/e68xJpYg

Come and work with us! Our comms team is growing and we need a new person who can be based in either our London or Newcastle office. This is a great organisation to work with …looking to do good things for arts, culture and the creative economy across the UK.

OPPORTUNITY / WE ARE HIRING! A wonderful opportunity to join the growing Creative PEC Comms team! We are looking for a Communications and Events Officer - to be based in either our Newcastle or London office. With thanks to Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) for funding. It’s an exciting time to join the team - we’ve recently worked with Channel 4 on a research exclusive: https://lnkd.in/emQCGBNu Set out our ambitions with Arts Professional https://lnkd.in/eNvXz8AZ Launched our Global Creative Economy Council with British Council https://lnkd.in/eXayZZAS ...and are getting ready for our State of Creative Education launch event with The RSA (The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce) https://lnkd.in/evSW3nfn If you are a comms all-rounder and want to join a friendly team that is passionate about the creative economy – from art to advertising and fashion to film then we want to hear from you. Apply: https://t.co/0eUEf7NK9N The deadline is fast approaching – Sunday 7 July. 

There's 1 week left to apply to this #paid research opportunity into 'the future of local cultural decision making'. If you or someone you know, works in the UK’s #creative #cultural & #heritage sectors, then we’d love to hear from you! Apply to take part in one of these Creative Workforce Workshops by next Wednesday, 29th May! Details & eligibility here: https://lnkd.in/ei3kY99Y #FutureLocalCulture #CreativeWorkforce #ResearchOpportunity Partners! Please share this opportunity 👇 From places across the UK: Local Government Association Belfast City Council  Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority  Durham County Council Greater Manchester Combined Authority Harlow Council South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority Sheffield City Council Wigan Council In research centres!: Centre for Cultural Value  Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre University of Dundee University of Leeds Heseltine Institute for Public Policy, Practice and Place University of Kent University of Warwick   And, the creative, culture and heritage sector partners!:    Association of Leading Visitor Attractions Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales Art Fund Arts Council England  #Sheffield Culture Collective Creative Industries Council Historic England  Libraries Connected The RSA (The royal society for arts, manufactures and commerce)   Funding partners:    Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (UK Branch)  Paul Hamlyn Foundation

We’re #hiring for a new economist, with strong analytical and quantitative skills, who is motivated by the desire to use academic research to make an impact on society. You will join the Creative PEC as a Newcastle University Academic Track fellow (NUAcT) designed to bring the research leaders of the future to Newcastle. Fellows receive an outstanding package of support, including up to £50K research expenses and a PhD studentship, as well as 5 years of dedicated time for research. Apply on the University of Newcastle's website: https://lnkd.in/eUDMR_uj

Our new research on Arts, Culture and Heritage: Audiences + Workforce - by Dr Mark Taylor with Dr Siobhan McAndrew, Dr Ruoxi Wang from The University of Sheffield and Professor Dave O'Brien from The University of Manchester - shows the likelihood of someone working in these sectors still varies significantly depending on factors including gender, disability, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, or geographic location. Viewed together the report shows we will have a long way to go to address social inequalities in many parts of the sector.  Discussion on these important findings continued in the press: Channel 4 News produced by Michael Saliba https://lnkd.in/emQCGBNu The Guardian by Rachael Healy https://lnkd.in/eST-zUUW Arts Professional with thanks to Ruth Hogarth for the opportunity for a longer piece. https://lnkd.in/e6fYXh-T The Independent https://lnkd.in/eEqjqf-K    NME https://lnkd.in/edGeQsjM The Stage Media Company Ltd - by Katie Chambers https://lnkd.in/eXFAHyUq Download the report: https://lnkd.in/ejcu-yJB It adds to growing evidence from the Creative PEC and others making the case for strategic action to address Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) barriers. This includes: The Good Work Review - https://lnkd.in/e3QXMGSE The Creative Diversity All Party Parliamentary Group Creative Majority report and policy recommendations- https://lnkd.in/gDTGcmyU The House of Lords' At risk: our creative future’ report https://lnkd.in/evFKah-P

As ever, it was a pleasure to work with Tate & Clayburn, who provided high quality and speedy proofing and editing for this report.