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Oscar for Skills Fund-contributor The Favourite

Congratulations to The Favourite for winning the Oscar for actress in a leading role

25th February 2019

2019 calendar for Open Doors career events released

Learn how to get into the industry by coming to one of our Open Doors career events

15th February 2019

ScreenSkills partnership gives help to diverse talent

Screen professionals from groups under-represented in the industry to benefit from new ScreenSkills partner...

13th February 2019

Film exec training scheme Inside Pictures opens for applications

Applications for Inside Pictures 2019 open following graduation of class of 2018

12th February 2019

Skills Fund contributors win at BAFTA film awards

Congratulations and a big thank you to The Favourite and Beast, and to all Skills Fund contributing-nominees

11th February 2019

New cap on contributions to boost HETV skills

The cap on contributions to the High-end TV Skills Fund is to rise to tackle skills challenges

8th February 2019

Help us improve National Occupational Standards for apprenticeships in screen

We are looking for industry feedback on our NOS updates

7th February 2019

Creative Careers Programme to give careers advice to 2 million young people

Creative & Cultural Skills and the Creative Industries Federation are collaborating on new initiative

4th February 2019

ScreenSkills welcomes strong production figures

ScreenSkills hails importance of skilled workforce to £3.1 billion production spend

1st February 2019

New research highlights training barriers HETV crew face

On-the-job training and peer support could tackle some career progression concerns of crew

31st January 2019

Welsh writing talent supported in new writers scheme

ScreenSkills is delighted to support two promising Welsh writers

30th January 2019

New DfE campaign champions apprenticeships

27th January 2019

Congratulations to the winners of the National Television Awards

Productions and broadcasters that support ScreenSkills have won at the NTAs

24th January 2019

Seven Skills Fund contributors nominated for Oscars

With 10 nominations in nine categories, The Favourite is a leading contender

23rd January 2019

Children’s TV Make a Move scheme expanded

The Children's TV Skills Fund launches new Make a Move strand targeting production management roles

16th January 2019

Thanks to our BAFTA nominees

A string of films that have supported skills and training have earned BAFTA nominations

9th January 2019

Skills Fund contributors win at Golden Globes

Congratulations and a big thank you to the Skills Fund-contributing winners

7th January 2019

Government working with ScreenSkills on apprenticeship problems

UK screens' problems with the new apprenticeship system have been acknowledged by the Government.

3rd January 2019

New producer mentorship programme launched

Five alumni from the New Producer programme will be mentored by an experienced producer for a year

2nd January 2019

Media Xchange Advanced Writers programme visit LA

Fourteen writers have been given the chance to visit Los Angeles to further their showrunning knowledge

2nd January 2019