Tag: creative industries

DMA calls on creative industries to support youth employment

Stuart Mitchell

The Data & Marketing Association (DMA) is calling on the creative industries to step up recruitment and support for entry-level marketing talent. At 11.7%, the UK’s youth unemployment rate remains worse than many other countries, and today more than one in eight (12.6%) of the UK’s under 25s are neither working nor in full-time study. Talent has become of increasing concern to the data & marketing industry, and society more widely since the pandemic began. According to the DMA’s latest research insights, which asked 220 senior marketers what they believed…

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Allan MacKillop appointed Disability and Access Ambassador for the creative industries

Stuart Mitchell

Allan MacKillop, the BBC’s Disability Workforce Strategy Lead, has been appointed the Disability and Access Ambassador for the creative industries. The appointment was announced by The Cabinet Office Disability Unit on behalf of Justin Tomlinson, the Minister for Disabled People, Health And Work. Allan is one of 12 new Disability and Access Ambassadors helping to ensure that businesses are doing all that they can to support their disabled customers and employees. Allan is responsible for developing and driving forward disability workforce-related strategies across the BBC to support both disabled staff…

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UNESCO reports persistent gender inequalities in cultural and creative industries

Stuart Mitchell

Gender & Creativity: Progress on the Precipice, a report launched by UNESCO, highlights the need for policy measures to reach gender parity in the cultural and creative industries, despite recent progress in promoting gender equality. The report explores existing, and at times widening, gender gaps in the field, notably in the context of COVID-19, and calls for a new commitment and transformative actions to promote gender equality. It also highlights innovative gender policies, measures and programmes from around the world that can serve as a model for policymakers. The digital divide…

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UNESCO funds initiatives to boost creative industries and urges decision-makers to include culture in their recovery plan

Stuart Mitchell

The Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions is meeting this week. This meeting occurs as COVID-19 has caused a crisis in culture that is both profound and unprecedented. The pandemic has revealed fundamental challenges, particularly the precariousness of artists, and the risk of standardization of cultural products if cultural diversity is not promoted. In 2021, as the world celebrates the International Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development and recovery plans are being negotiated around the world, UNESCO called…

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Culture in crisis – UNESCO publication offers tips for resilient creative industries beyond COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

The health crisis has had a profound impact on the culture sector and its workers. Due to the often-informal nature of their employment, cultural professionals are often excluded from conventional social or economic safety nets, making measures tailored to workers in the creative sector vital for their survival. In the new publication Culture in crisis: Policy guide for a resilient creative sector, UNESCO provides guidance to policymakers on how to effectively address culture in COVID-19 recovery plans and rebuild the creative industry stronger. At the onset of the pandemic, UNESCO began…

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