Our Creative Skills Academy for Higher Education connects and equips students and graduates who have traditionally been under-represented in the sector. We are helping them with opportunities for placements, work experience, employment and freelance work.
The demand for screen content has never been greater: this is creating thousands of jobs and a significant need for skills development, with 70% of the 24,000 businesses operating in London and the South East. The screen sector currently has an acute shortage of technical and general skills across all areas including production, post-production, animation, games, costume, hair and make-up as well as accounting, legal, set-building, electrics.
Vacancies exist at all levels from new entrant to management.
If you want to find out more about working in the screen sector, the Academy partners can provide information, careers advice and guidance and tailored employability workshops.
Whether you are thinking about starting your career in the screen sector and you are wondering what training and qualifications you need, you have just completed a university programme or are about to, you want to know how to set up as a freelancer or you are wondering whether the skills you acquired working in other disciplines such as business, finance, or legal, could be transferred, the Creative Skills Academy can help.
As part of the Academy, we have been working with London Higher, Film London’s Equal Access Network (EAN) and the Capital College Group (CCCG) to provide practical training which is directly linked with leading industry employers and vacancies.
Being a great freelancer is more than being great at working ‘in’ the work you want do – you need to be great at working ‘on’ your freelancing. In this six-week programme you’ll learn from author of The Freelance Bible, Alison Grade, how to work ‘on’ your freelancing and prepare yourself so you are best positioned to find the work you want to do. You’ll learn why freelancing is like dating and how you can use this knowledge to be strategic when winning new clients.
The workshop programme, combining a week of intensive in-person training, will give you a framework which you can use to build a successful and sustainable freelance career. It is essential for anyone looking to gain work in the creative industries
If you would like further information about this course, please contact e.mccaffrey@mdx.ac.uk.
Designed to give you a broad overview of the health, safety and environmental issues to be considered when making programmes or films. Run by training provider First option and delivered online (via Zoom), the course will explain why risk management is needed in production and give practical methods of how it should be tackled.
This training is open to those living in London who are not in full-time education and currently unemployed or on a low wage (e.g. minimum wage).
For further information and registration details please contact Adeesa Fahim (a.fahim@mdx.ac.uk)
Run by training provider First Option and delivered online (via Zoom), this course is intended to give a very practical understanding of the risks involved and control measures required for lifting and carrying activities.
This training is open to those living in London who are not in full-time education and currently unemployed or on a low wage (e.g. minimum wage).
For further information and registration details please contact Adeesa Fahim (a.fahim@mdx.ac.uk)
Run by training provider First Option and delivered online (via Zoom), this course equips Fire Wardens with the necessary information and training to perform their role effectively.
This training is open to those living in London who are not in full-time education and currently unemployed or on a low wage (e.g. minimum wage).
For further information and registration details please contact Adeesa Fahim (a.fahim@mdx.ac.uk)
We will be adding details of further training courses to this page in due course so please do continue to check back. In the meantime, please sign up to our LinkedIn Group here, to find more information and resources.
In addition to these courses, our Academy partner Film London is running practical training that helps participants secure work in the Film & TV industry. The training is run by Film London’s Equal Access Network (EAN) and you can find details here.
