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🎬 Ok… you really wanted this one. 👀

Applications for our September Production Assistants Skills Bootcamp are already closed after a huge response. If you missed it, October is your next chance 👇

If getting into Film & TV has been on your mind, our FREE Skills Bootcamp gives you a real insight into working in production, alongside the practical skills, confidence and industry knowledge needed to get started.

📅 19th Oct - 3rd Nov
📍 Chesham | In person
💸 FREE (Funded by @buckscouncil )
🔗 Apply via the link in bio

September filled up quickly, so maybe don’t leave this application sitting in your saved posts.
*This cohort is open to Buckinghamshire residents only.

#productionassistant #filmandtv #filmcareers #skillsbootcamps #screenindustry

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📡 Want to explore a career in broadcast?

Applications are now open for our Broadcast Technical Assistants Skills Bootcamp, delivered in collaboration with Sky Studios Elstree and funded by @buckscouncil

Designed for people with a genuine interest in how technology works, including new entrants, early-career technicians and those with transferable experience from IT, AV, sound, live events, streaming or technical production. No formal broadcast qualifications are required.

📅 2nd - 13th November
📍 Sky Studios Elstree | In person
💸 FREE (Funded)
🔗 Find out more and apply through our link in bio!

*This cohort is open to Buckinghamshire residents only.

#skillsbootcamps #broadcasttechnology #broadcastengineering #filmandtelevision #freetraining

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I’m looking to discover UK-based emerging contemporary artists to feature on The Exhibition Edit.

I’m interested in discovering artists with distinctive practices, interesting ideas and work that offers something engaging to explore.

Know an artist who might be a good fit?

Please tag them in the comments or send me a message with their Instagram account.

I’ll be looking through the recommendations and reaching out directly to artists I’d like to feature. Artists featured will need to be happy to share some details about their practice and open to discussing the ideas, themes and influences behind their work.

If you know an emerging artist whose work deserves sharing, I’d love to hear your recommendations.

Tag them below 💜

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A-Level results day always makes me think about the version of me who thought one envelope was going to decide the rest of her life.

I was a high achiever at school. I left with 11 GCSEs and started four A-Levels with very clear plans for medicine or paramedicine. Then my mental health completely unravelled. I didn’t even finish Year 12. While my friends were getting results, going to prom and heading off to university, I was back in a CAMHS inpatient unit.
For years afterwards I kept trying to force myself back onto the “right” academic path - starting courses, trying to prove I was still clever, still capable, still worth something.

And then eventually I stopped.

I spent five years in and out of psychiatric hospital, found theatre almost by accident, auditioned for drama school having never trained before… and this summer I graduated with a first. 🎓✨

But that isn’t really the point.
The biggest achievement wasn’t replacing the A-Levels I never got with another qualification. It was realising that my grades were never the measure of my worth in the first place.

My life might have looked completely different if I’d opened that results envelope in 2018. Maybe I would have become a doctor. Maybe I would have loved it.
But I also might never have discovered the creative activism, performance, advocacy and storytelling that now make me feel so unbelievably alive.
There is more than one way to build a life.

So if today brought celebration - I am SO proud of you. And if today brought disappointment, confusion, no results at all, or a future that suddenly looks nothing like the one you had planned… I promise there is still so much life out there for the taking.

Sometimes the path changing isn’t the end of the story.
Sometimes it’s where your story actually starts. 🤍
Sending so much love to everyone opening envelopes today xx

(This post was partly inspired by @romitchell ‘s beautiful post today 🤍)

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A career in design is not built on technical ability alone. It develops through experience, shared knowledge and a better understanding of the conditions in which design happens.

But access to this knowledge should not depend on having the right contacts or being in the right room.

The new Creative Industries Skills Audits, produced by the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (@CreativePEC) and Work Advance, point to a sector ready for growth, but at risk of being held back by persistent skills gaps.

Closing those gaps requires action across education, industry and the wider design sector. We have brought together some of the tools, films and platforms available to support designers at different stages of their careers.

Which resources have helped you develop your practice as a designer?

Discover our resources on designcouncil.org.uk or sign up to the Design Council newsletter for the latest, research, resources and opportunities. Link in bio.

#CreativeIndustries #Youngdesigners #NewDesigners #DesignSkills

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Join our weekly Friday Zoom calls to stay up to date with what’s going on in Cumbria’s arts & culture scene!

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Finding creative opportunities often means knowing where to look. These organisations help make that search a little easier for young people across the UK 👏

#TheatreCareers #CreativeCareers #Opportunities #CareerPathways #GetIntoTheatre

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Why aren’t people engaging your services? 🤔

I teamed up with @theericapp and spoke about the common mistake freelancers make of focusing too much on their skills and services, rather than the value they bring to clients.

🎥 Watch the full video via the link in our bio.

#NationalFreelancerWeek Freelancing FreelancerTips

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In case you missed it, this week is #NationalFreelancerWeek! 🎉

It’s got us reflecting on the work we’ve been doing to support freelancers and the role we can play in the future.

Swipe through for a quick recap of our freelancer related advocacy work 👉

Founded by @theericapp, National Freelancer Week is all about helping creatives understand, start and grow their freelance careers. Take a look at their resources and tools 🔨📱

You can also explore more of our advocacy work via the link in bio 🔗

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First ever CULT x Steampunk After-Work Run Club went AMAZINGLY!!!

Thank you to everyone who turned out ❤️🙏 - and those who couldn’t make it, don’t worry! We’re positive there will be another soon 😍

Sign up to find out when the next one is via link in our bio!!

#northberwick #runclub #scotland

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𝗡𝗘𝗪𝗦 𝗛𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗟𝗜𝗚𝗛𝗧𝗦 from this month's Creative Economy Digest, published last week:

𝗗𝗔𝗪𝗡 𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗬 𝗖𝗕𝗘 𝗔𝗣𝗣𝗢𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗜𝗥 𝗢𝗙 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗖𝗜𝗟 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗗
The former Chief Exec of Channel 5 will start her term in August. Dawn is also Board Deputy Chair for C4, and Chair of National Youth Theatre.

𝗟𝗜𝗦𝗔 𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗬 𝗔𝗧 𝗦𝗫𝗦𝗪 𝗟𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗢𝗡
Speaking to Steven Knight, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy admits the government “got it wrong” in its approach to AI and copyright in creative industries.

𝗖𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗦𝗣𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗘𝗥𝗦: 𝗘𝗥𝗜𝗖 𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗜𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗦 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗦 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲-𝟮𝟳
Can you support ERIC’s calendar of events, providing creative industries careers advice to around 200,000+ young people around the UK? Online events focused on Creator Economy, CreaTech, Immersive Tech, AI Tools for Creatives and more.

𝗙𝗜𝗥𝗦𝗧 𝗙𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗟𝗘 𝗙𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥𝗦: 𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗥𝗢𝗗𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗜𝗡𝗩𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧 𝗖𝗢𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗧
Creative Enterprise introduces its first Female Founders: Introduction to Investment cohort, supporting women in the screen industries to better understand funding.

Creative Economy Digest is independently produced each month, for those working at the intersection of culture, research, and emerging technologies.

Get 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 monthly copy - subscribe in out bio!

#creativeindustries #creativeeconomy #innovation #createch #culture

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