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- Introducing the ENVY Academy 6:43am Apr 13
- 2012 - taking advantage of the Games 2:41am Mar 25
- The Newspaper Education Trust’s ‘Save the NET’ campaign 6:43am Mar 23
It’s often easy to think of the Skills Agenda as being about thedynamics ofthe education sector needing to be primed and adjusted to supply relevant and up to date skills. ...
On Monday we brought together a number of companies that went on a trade delegation to Beijing and Shanghai at the tale-end of the Games...
I visited The NET last year. Tucked away ina national print works in Docklands,they’re an educational charity thatprovides a real-life newsroom for pupils so they can be a journalist for the day. ...
Neil Garner is a professional trainer I have known (and respected) for over a decade. He used to train the trainees I looked after at the BBC - and was a perfect judge of character as well as a wonderful communicator, enthuser and sage...
I always find it fascinating to see how our reading habits are affected in an economic slowdown...
As promised, another guest blog - this time from Mike Kelt of Artem, another industry member of the Facilities Skills Council. “Skills - is it time to define them? We all work in an industry that has, by and large, made no attempt to define the skills and competencies within it. W...
Today sees the start of a new series of guest blogs. It’s from David Peto, ex of Unit, now looking at something new. He also sits on the Facilities Skills Council. ...
Just a quick post to wish everyonea Happy New Year and to remind those involved in journals publishing to take part in the National Occupational Standards Review and Scoping to incorporate Journals Publishers...
Skillset has provided funding for aNational Occupational Standards Review and Scoping of Project to Incorporate Journals Publisherswhich is being project managed by The Publishing Training Centre in conjunction with the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers...
First off, I owe you an apology for my air silence. I’ve been away on holiday for a couple of weeks and then straight back into a frenzy of conferences. While I was away, the news for the publishing industry has been pretty grim. ...
Two links today - - one on a Soho Editors (and chums) seminar that I attended last week on the future (and present!) of digital workflow, and the other on news from BBC Post Production on the loss of nearly 200 jobs. I won’t talk too much about the content of the seminar - see this [...]
As you know, Skillset works with and on behalf of your industry to support skills and training for people and businesses to ensure we maintain our world class position...
Yes - see earlier posts for background - but I am please to announce that we now have a fledgling group of industry leaders that will help shape Skillset’s work, help steer collaborative action, and be beacons in the industry for skills. Excellent news! ...
Last night saw me give a speech at MITA AGM - the “Moving Image Training Alliance” - a group of 30 or so professional training companies supporting the screen-based industry. It...
Simon Ferguson, Publishing Director from Reed Business Information Travel division presented an interesting session on ‘Chances in Second-Life.’ Now I don’t know about you, but I’ve never really got my head around Second Life and other virtual worlds (if you struggle as well, there’s a decent de...
