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皇冠体育app Council, which is co-chaired by Business Secretary Vince Cable and Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, met for the second time yesterday and was told what needs to be done to realise the full growth potential of the UK鈥檚 creative industries.

皇冠体育app Skillset Skills Group, chaired by Skillset CEO Dinah Caine and made up of major employers and industry organisations, was set up by the Council to look at skills in the sector and they delivered their report to yesterday鈥檚 meeting.聽

It makes a series of recommendations for both industry and Government to improve the training and talent development of people working within the creative industries.

Ms Caine said:

鈥淲e are delighted that, as the Creative Industries鈥� Sector Skills Council, Skillset was asked to lead this group, and has now been charged by the Council with making these recommendations a reality. Our report was developed with extensive input from the creative industries, ensuring that its findings are an accurate reflection of the needs and ambitions of the businesses it seeks to help.

鈥淎t yesterday鈥檚 meeting the Council and Government fully endorsed the report and have charged us with continuing to lead in the implementation of these recommendations, which will help the creative industries remain internationally competitive and a driver of growth in our economy. We now look forward to working with both industry and government in realising these ambitions for our sector.鈥�

皇冠体育app report says the structure of the sector - the prevalence of SMEs and micro-enterprises, freelancers and project-based work - has led to an under-investment in developing skills, fewer training opportunities and a lack of structured career progression.

皇冠体育app working group said this needs to change for industry to fulfil its ambitions for growth.聽

皇冠体育app report made 17 recommendations for improving skills in the sector to drive growth and employment.

皇冠体育app recommendations include:

• Create an online professional learning network for employers and individuals, implement sector-wide management and leadership programmes and establish virtual boards of experienced professionals to provide support and guidance to start-ups and small creative companies.

• Reform the ICT syllabus in schools.聽Computer science, arts and/or a creative subject (music, film, media, and photography) should be included in the National Curriculum as core subjects, and also as options within the English Baccalaureate.

• Establish a single careers resource for the creative industries with authoritative careers information and rich media content, supported by online mentor

• Group apprenticeship approaches should be developed for creative media as well as fashion and textile industries.聽 This would allow groups of employers to take on apprentices collectively.聽 皇冠体育appre should also be a promotional campaign to raise the profile of apprenticeships in the creative industries.

• Extend the Skillset Tick across the sector.聽皇冠体育app scheme provides a kite mark for industry-accredited Higher and Further Education courses and is to be extended to apprenticeship provision.聽 It acts as a guide for both prospective students and potential employers.

• 皇冠体育app impact on the creative industries of all proposed regulatory changes for education and skills must be considered.聽皇冠体育app Government should seek the views of industry organisations on such issues.

皇冠体育app meeting, which was also attended by Creative Industries Minister Ed Vaizey, Skills Minister John Hayes and Schools Minister Nick Gibb, discussed and endorsed the report.

Business Secretary Vince Cable said:

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp UK creative industries have a well-deserved聽world-wide reputation for excellence. This report makes聽a number of聽strong recommendations聽to develop skills and nurture emerging talent in creative industries, particularly through our expanded and improved apprenticeships programme. We look forward to Skillset and others in the creative industries taking this plan聽forward and聽implementing it.

鈥溁使谔逵齛pp Government understands the vital role played by smaller firms, especially in the creative industries. We are committed to providing extra help to enable small employers to hire their first apprentices. We鈥檒l also continue to develop new advanced and higher-level apprenticeships to deliver the world-class skills individuals and firms need to get ahead.鈥�

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said:

鈥淭his is an excellent report. It gives us a clear picture of the issues we face in making sure that those working in our creative industries have the skills needed to drive growth.

鈥淲e need to do all we can to develop the talent in our creative businesses.聽 I urge all involved in the creative industries to take these recommendations on board.鈥�

Notes to Editors

1. 皇冠体育app Creative Industries Council report on skills can be found on the website.

2. 皇冠体育app formation of the Creative Industries Council was announced in the Government鈥檚 Plan for Growth, which was published alongside the Budget in March 2011.

3. 皇冠体育app Council membership consists of representatives from ITV, UK Music, BPI, CBI, British Fashion Council, Karmarama, TIGA, UKIE, NESTA, Warner Brothers, Creative England, PACT, ACE, Square Enix, Microsoft UK, Sorrell Foundation, Ingenious, Aardman, RIBA, Amazon UK, BSkyB, BBC, Google, Telegraph Media Group, Design Council, Harper Collins, Double Negative, 皇冠体育app Advertising Association, Icon UK and Skillset.

4. 皇冠体育app Skillset Skills Group consists of senior representatives from Skillset, Cinema Exhibitors鈥� Association, UK Music, IPA, Design Council, BBC Academy, Mulberry, BECTU, Microsoft, British Fashion Council, UKIE, Pearson plc, NESTA, CBI, CCSkills, e-skills UK, DCMS and BIS.

5. Education Secretary Michael Gove recently announced he was scrapping the existing ICT curriculum.聽 In its place, he will introduce new courses of study in Computer Science.聽 More information can be found on the website.

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