Professor Dave O’Brien, University of Manchester, Dr Peter Campbell, University of Liverpool and Dr Mark Taylor, University of Sheffield Inequalities in the film industry have been the subject of much… Read More »Class inequalities in film funding
While the film, TV and games industries are one of the UK’s greatest success stories, new research calls for change from the sector to provide disadvantaged young people with better… Read More »New research calls for change in film, TV and games sectors to improve access and progression for disadvantaged young people
Research shows poorest parts of Manchester have few firms & little/no employment in creative sector 29 September 2022 – Manchester has long been considered a creative industries success story. It… Read More »Press release: Poorest areas excluded from Manchester’s creative industries success story
A call to Government and Industry to adopt a 10-year, 10-point Social Mobility Plan New report from the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre shows the scale of class exclusion… Read More »Press release: UK’s Creative Industries would need to employ 250,000 more working-class people to be as socio economically diverse as the rest of the economy
This report concludes phase 2 of the PEC’s ‘Class in the Creative Industries’ programme. Led by PEC researchers at Work Advance, the University of Edinburgh, and the Work Foundation, and… Read More »Social mobility in the creative economy: Rebuilding and levelling up?
Our new research, supported by ScreenSkills with BFI funding, calls for change in the Screen sector Read the summary of the report The Screen Industries are a vital and vibrant… Read More »Screened out: Tackling class inequality in the UK’s screen industries
New study looks at issues of class diversity in Screen workforce & calls for change in the sector 22nd April 2021 – New research(1) into class diversity in the Screen… Read More »Press release: Class inequalities in the UK’s Screen Industries: New research shows only one in four Screen workers are from working-class backgrounds
Research on class imbalances across creative sector & programme of work for a more inclusive sector – New research from the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) highlights class… Read More »Press release: Just 16% of people in creative jobs are from working class backgrounds and those from privileged backgrounds more likely to shape what goes on stage, page and screen
Authors: Heather Carey, Rebecca Florisson, Professor Dave O’Brien, Dr Neil Lee It was recently suggested that the pandemic poses ‘the biggest threat to the UK’s cultural infrastructure, institutions and workforce in a generation’… Read More »Getting in and getting on: Class, participation and job quality in the UK’s Creative Industries