Northern Cultural Skills Partnership

Research

SKILLS FOR FESTIVALS AND EVENTS IN THE NORTH EAST REGION

Commissioned by Northern Cultural Skills Partnership on behalf of ONE NE and carried out by David Taylor Partnerships Ltd in association with Gecko Ltd.

The report of this research was launched at Live Theatre on March 17th 2008. The research considers whether the regions workforce has the optimum skills to develop and grow a broad and sustainable festival and events portfolio. The report outlines the desk-based research, the findings from a telephone survey with 31 events and detailed case studies. It goes on to set out the conclusions and make recommendations.

There are three documents associated with this work:

• Executive Summary
• Full report
• Notes from workshop sessions held at the launch on March 17th

OVERVIEW OF CURRENT RESEARCH RELEVANT TO CULTURAL SECTOR SKILLS

Carried out in 2008 by NCSP on behalf of the Arts Council North East, this is

an overview of regional and national research conducted over the last four years. Much of this is unpublished but still accessible by arrangement with the commissioning body. download here

NORTH EAST CULTURAL SECTOR SKILLS ACTION PLAN

During 2005 NCSP led a consortium comprising the regional bodies of the Arts Council, Museums Libraries and Archives, English Heritage and Culture North East to develop the first skills action plan for the sector in the region. A mapping exercise was conducted on behalf of the consortium by Bowman Solutions which produced labour market information. A second phase of
consultation was conducted involving over 100 employers and freelance workers and in May 06 a report was producedwhich remains the single overarching view of skills needs acrossthe arts and heritage sectors. Download here .

FRAMEWORK FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH TRAINING

A report of findings from original research conducted by NCSP and published in 2003. This was the first synoptic review of the skills needs of the cultural sector in the region and remains a relevant introduction both to the issues that need to be addressed, and the context in which actions need to be located. download here.

LINKS

CCSKILLS - Visit for stats and up-dates including a monthly e-bulletin. CCSkills is the sector skills council for advertising, design, crafts, cultural heritage, music and performing literary and visual arts

CREATIVE ECONOMY STRATEGY. Creative Britain - New Talents for the New Economy - is a strategy document outlining how Government will take action to support the creative industries.The report is available here.

SUPPORTING EXCELLENCE IN THE ARTS McMasters review download here

ONE NORTH EAST COMMERCIAL/CREATIVE REPORT

This report was commissioned in 2007 by One North East and Culture North East as an independent assessment of the creative sector. It covers; sub sector trends, barriers to growth, added value and strategic account management. the report is available here

REGIONAL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS TOOLKIT

This toolkit is designed for people in the North East who currently organise festivals and events, or who are thinking of setting up new activity and aims to provide practical information and guidance.
The toolkit is available here

WORK PLACEMENT TOOLKIT (Launched 2008)

TOOLKIT was commissioned by ACE and developed by LCACE in collaboration with a research team of Professor Mustafa Ozbilgin (University of East Anglia) and Dr Ahu Tatli (Queen Mary, UoL) in consultation with the arts and cultural sector and with the Higher Education sector.
It has been developed to provide a much needed source of guidance and
support for:

Arts and cultural sector organisations who host or wish to host work placements to students in higher education

Universities who endorse work placements as part of formal and informal learning processes

Students who wish or are required to undertake work placements in arts or cultural sector organisations as part of their university course.

Download the reports here

NORTH EAST HIGHER SKILLS NETWORK; SUMMARY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AT WORK

A summary of the DIUS report (published April 08) including proposals for HE collaboration with employers. The consultation period ends on July 7th download here

MEETING THE CHALLENGE (2008)

This is the report of the Cultural leadership Programme. It looks at the learning from the first two years of the CLP and indicates future priorities. download here

HERITAGE CRAFT SKILLS

Two reports by the National Heritage Training Group (NHTG) launched on Tuesday 29 April 2008 at The Prince of Wales’s Foundation for the Built Environment, highlight serious skills and knowledge gaps affecting specialist workers in England and building professionals working across the UK built heritage sector. For more information download here