The number of people taking creative courses in further education has collapsed over the last decade. Research exclusively given to Channel 4 News from Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre shows a 57% fall in creative enrollments in England, 68% in Wales, 28% in Northern Ireland, and a 20% in Scotland

Lesley Giles How do you make a difference in regard to fairness and diversity in creative education? We need a 5 point plan to make change! Watch more below. thersa.co/3Yq3twT

The UK Government’s commitment to a refreshed industrial strategy with a focus on the creative industries can help to redirect scarce resources to creative education & training? The collapse in creative further education – Channel 4 News channel4.com/news/the-colla…

Great to see Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre referring to and highlighting our "Skills for Success in the UK Screen Industries" report. It shows that technical education and apprenticeships in a range of skill areas can lead to exciting careers in the screen industries. worldskillsuk.org/insights/uk-sc…

Research from the Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre by Work Advance's Heather Carey & Lesley Giles shows that student participation in creative further education in the UK has dropped sharply, raising the risk that skills shortages in the creative industries will intensify. pec.ac.uk/state_of_the_n…

If you missed our State of Creative Further Education launch last week you can watch the full discussion here w/Lilli Geiger Lesley Giles Heather Carey Sara Whybrew Catherine Sezen + Prof Paul Moore from @futurescreensni youtube.com/watch?v=i-FJoI…

With devolution a top priority for the new Government, delighted to publish new research by Work Advance, Paul Sissons, Kate O'Connor & Dr Eun Sun Godwin, PhD, SFHEA examining place-based policies for inclusive development of creative clusters Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre SIGN tinyurl.com/mrtxhahd

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With persistent challenges in the English skills system, Skills England has vital role to really re-establish a strong social partnership and to drive future improvements, drawing from international insights about what works workadvance.co.uk/n-aoc

The creative economy is at risk of falling into a looming skills shortage. Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre has published a report which looks at student participation in creative further education (FE) across the UK and highlights the severe drop in participation. shorturl.at/SpyLj

Graham Hasting-Evans NOCN Group I'm more hopeful at this stage- and we clearly do need to get it right. Lots to draw on from other international examples, as Lesley Giles noted in her excellent report, and in learning from the past, as Jessica Hill notes in her piece.

Great to contribute to this OECD SMEs, Regions, Cities & Tourism study in Glasgow City Region out today. Really interesting to explore ways to enhance the skills system, learning lessons from other countries oecd.org/content/dam/oe…

OECD data finds that socio-economic disadvantage is linked to lower social and emotional skills. Want to know how disadvantage is affecting students in your country? Cities and countries have until the last quarter of 2024 to sign up for the next cycle of the survey. 👇

Fantastic to speak at the launch of the BFI's new WorkWise programme this morning, designed to improve working practices in the screen industries Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre #GoodWorkReview

“You cannot improve what you cannot measure” - Andreas Schleicher speaks on the importance of measuring creativity. The Creativity in Education Summit brings together education leaders from around the world to develop strategies for integrating creativity into education.

Can Skills England really help enhance the international standing of the English skills system? What can we learn from other nations? Check out the latest article by Work Advance's Lesley Giles fenews.co.uk/exclusive/can-…… #SkillsEngland

"We need to make a new argument again for the creative industries... We've got to reposition them as a growth industry to the government" Andy Burnham #CreativeCorridors The RSA Arts Council England

Delighted to have contributed to this important work, examining how to strengthen the governance of the Swedish Skills System. Much for other nations, including the UK, to learn. Check out the full report here: 🔗 oe.cd/SWE