Beyond growth: promoting inclusive development of creative clusters in the UK
The UK creative industries have been an economic powerhouse for over two decades, contributing £125 billion to the economy in 2022 and supporting nearly 2.4 mi...
Creative Further Education in the four UK nations
Our fourth State of the Nations report looks at student participation in creative further education (FE) across all four UK nations and shows that there is a se...
Improving young people’s access and progression in work in film, TV and games
Young people can face significant barriers to achieving their full potential in UK society. Disparities in educational and employment outcomes between disadvant...
The Good Work Review
The Good Work Review is the first examination of job quality across the entire creative industries. The Review is based on 40 separate indicators, from evidence...
How to design a creative higher education system that supports economic needs
As the UK emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government is faced with important policy decisions about where and how to direct future interventions and fun...
Growth through skills: Lessons from the Thames Estuary Production Corridor
This discussion paper is a case study for how to drive growth within creative clusters through investment into skills. The project, from researchers at Work Adv...
What does the Skills for Jobs White Paper mean for Creative Industries?
A good start but the devil will be in the detail Last week, after much anticipation, and numerous leaks, we finally saw the launch of the further education (FE)...
A skills monitor for the Creative Industries
Workplace perspectives: skill needs, mismatches and development in the Creative Industries This Creative Skills Monitor (2019/20), written by the PEC’s re...
Skills, talent and diversity in the creative industries: critical issues and evidence gaps
Following a nine-month evidence synthesis and scoping exercise undertaken by the PEC team leading on work in skills, talent and diversity, from the Work Fo...
Driving more successful creative industries through diversity and investing in talent
The creative industries, from film and the wider screen industries to design, advertising and the digital economy, are vital to the UK economy. Dynamic, innovat...