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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

Tony Hall to stand down as Chairman of Creative & Cultural Skills

04/11/09

At Creative & Cultural Skills’ Annual General Meeting in September, Tony Hall, Chief Executive, Royal Opera House, stood down from his role of Chairman of Creative & Cultural Skills, a position he has held since he founded the organisation in 2004.

Design sector supports Northern Ireland Design Alliance

03/11/09

Members of Northern Ireland’s design sector were out in force supporting the launch of the new Northern Ireland Design Alliance, last week. At the event, organised by the Northern Ireland Design Alliance and Creative & Cultural Skills, designers and educators gathered to discuss how investment in skills training will build a competitive industry in the future.

New ways of working with FE and HE in Scotland and Northern Ireland

23/10/09

Representatives of the creative and cultural departments of Northern Ireland’s local Colleges and Universities met with industry at the first Northern Ireland HE and FE forum, held in Belfast on 23rd October, to discuss collaborative working methods. The Scottish forum will be held in December 2009

National Occupational Standards for Craft

10/10/09

Last week, the craft practitioners in Orkney made their contribution to the development of the National Occupational Standards in Craft.

It was the final stage of a six month consultation process in which Creative & Cultural Skills has met with the representatives from the craft workforce in Devon, Cornwall, Northern Ireland, Loughborough and Scotland.

New investment in apprenticeships

21/10/09

Up to 1,125 new Apprenticeship places will be created to train 16-24 year olds for a career in the creative and cultural industries.

Cultural Leadership Programme celebrates third anniversary

01/10/09

The Government has praised the impact the Cultural Leadership Programme has had in the last three years.

Delivered through a partnership between Arts Council England, the Museum Libraries and Archive Council, and Creative & Cultural Skills, it was launched in 2006 with a budget of £12 million and was awarded a further £10 million to invest in cultural leadership development between 2008 and 2011.

College principals get inside track on developing our 5-year strategy

25/09/09

The Creative & Cultural Skills group of colleges met to discuss the National Skills Academy developments, as well as the wider strategic direction of Creative & Cultural Skills.

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council to fund 25 creative apprentices

22/09/2009

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is to give grants to museums across the country for 25 creative apprentices, through its first round of funding for the Creative Apprenticeship award.

Successful bids have come in from various sized venues and a good representation of regions.

Pauline Tambling to lead National Skills Academy in delivering world-class training

21/09/2009

Pauline Tambling has been appointed Managing Director of the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills (NSA).

The NSA's mission is to establish an industry-led National Skills Academy, initially focussing on Live Music and technical theatre.

Designers collaborate to create National Occupational Standards

16/09/2009

The National Occupational Standards for Design have now been approved by the UK Commission for Employment and Skills, following an extensive consultation period with designers and industry representatives, facilitated by Creative & Cultural Skills in partnership with the Design Council.

The Design Standards are available to download for you to use.

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