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Heritage Pulse: Spotlight on Skills
Results of a UK Heritage survey focussing on skills in the heritage sector. Respondents were asked about their own skills and levels of confidence in their roles, where they felt there were skills gaps or shortages in their organisations and across the sector, and to what extent heritage organisations are investing in skills.
Published: 2024 | Resource type: Research

Heritage Innovation diary
The Arts Marketing Association (AMA) was one of 35 organisations awarded a Heritage Innovation Fund grant supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Paul Blundell, the AMA’s Head of Digital Research & Development, takes us through key moments in his diary as he explores challenges and pioneering solutions for making the heritage workforce fit for the future. ... Read more
Published: 2023 | Resource type: Article

A Manager’s Guide to Apprenticeships
Apprenticeships are an important route for training and diversifying talent across our sector, offering an alternative progression route into sustainable careers. This guide by Creative & Cultural Skills will help you navigate the sometimes complex world of apprenticeships, and give you the basic tools to help your apprentice grow and perform to the best of ... Read more
Published: 2023 | Resource type: Guide/tools

Five priorities for the creative industries
The House of Lords Select Committee on Communications and Digital published its report A Creative Future on 27 January 2023. It sets out five priorities to ensure the UK’s creative sector can thrive in the face of possible disruption and displacement.
Published: 2023 | Resource type: Research

The AMA Guide to Marketing Job Descriptions and Skills
As part of its role representing arts marketing and audience development expertise in the arts and heritage sector, the Arts Marketing Association (AMA) has produced a set of job description templates for key roles. The guide supports the need to match skills with both expectations and pay. It also seeks to ensure job descriptions are ... Read more
Published: 2022 | Resource type: Guide/tools

New skills for new ways of working
Throughout 2020 the impact of Covid-19 and national lockdown restrictions on local communities, artists and organisations meant that new ways of working and supporting artists in applying for funding for activity was a priority. This case study by MarketPlace looks at the type of commission support and skills development offered and the difference this has ... Read more
Published: 2021 | Resource type: Case studies

How museums can support young people’s employment and employability skills
Kids in Museums wants to see the museum workforce becoming more diverse by creating routes for young people from all backgrounds to work in museums. This comprehensive guide shows how museums can play a central role in helping them develop transferable skills for employment.
Published: 2021 | Resource type: Guide/tools

Cooperative working to save the cultural workforce
The Catalyst Network says now is the time for more inter-team panning and delivery, to look beyond job titles and departments and not forget how organisations work with freelancers.
Published: 2020 | Resource type: Article

Creative leadership – learning on the job
Sue Emmas, Artistic Director, Regional Theatre Young Director Scheme (RTYDS) explains their work addressing the needs of directors from backgrounds currently under-represented in UK theatre.
Published: 2019 | Resource type: Article

A Best Practice Guide to Apprenticeships, Internships and Volunteering
A guide to best practice written by Creative & Cultural Skills to accompany Arts Council England’s ambition to promote a diverse and skilled workforce in the cultural sector. Updated Autumn 2021.
Published: 2022 | Resource type: Guide/tools

Elitist Britain 2019
Social mobility across the UK is low and not improving, depriving large parts of the country of opportunity. This contributes strongly to this sense of distance. This study, conducted for the first time by both the Sutton Trust and the Social Mobility Commission, looks at the backgrounds of around 5,000 individuals in high ranking positions ... Read more
Published: 2019 | Resource type: Research

The career benefits of becoming a mentor
A quick-read guide from Seek detailing the many benefits of becoming a mentor.
Published: 2019 | Resource type: Research

Building a creative nation: Current and future skills needs
This Creative and Cultural Skills report addresses skills gaps and shortages in the creative and cultural industries
Published: 2018 | Resource type: Research

Composer-in-residence scheme nurtures talent
An apprenticeship scheme which gives young composers, fresh out of university, the opportunity to work with a professional ensemble. The composer-in-residence participates in rehearsals and performances, receives mentoring and gains an insight into administrative and marketing decisions.
Published: 2012 | Resource type: article

Arts Marketing Standards, Marketer’s Toolkit
The AMA (Arts Marketing Association) is committed to raising the standard of arts marketing across the sector. We have contextualised the marketing National Occupational Standards (NOS) for the arts and cultural sector and have created an online suite of training needs analysis tools. This means that for the first time the industry will have a ... Read more
Published: 2012 | Resource type: Guide/tools