Work placement case studies
Creative Skillset has worked with Creative & Cultural Skills and Arts Council England to produce the first ever Guidelines for Employers offering Work Placement Schemes in the Creative Industries.
These guidelines have been developed to provide clarity over the different terms associated with work-based learning programmes, including Volunteering, Work Experience Placements, Internships, Traineeships and Apprenticeships, and a set of best practice guidelines for employers.
Below you can find case studies to illustrate how these different routes work in best application.
Volunteering: Manchester Museum case study
Manchester Museum, which specialises in Egyptology and archaeology, botany and live animals, runs two volunteer programmes - find out more here about how the museum manages these schemes
Read MoreWork Experience: BBC case study
BBC work experience offers the chance to gain an insight into the industry, to learn about different job roles and to gain transferable skills that are attractive to potential employers - find out more here
Read MoreInternships: Pearson case study
Every year Pearson runs a Summer Internship Programme aimed at attracting talented final year students and graduates from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Read MoreWork Experience: Trent Editions case study
See how work experience helped one Marketing Assistant get where she is today.
Read MoreWork Experience: Edinburgh Napier University and STV case study
In 2009, STV established an exciting partnership with Edinburgh Napier University (part of the Edinburgh Skillset Screen and Media Academy) to support emerging creative talent in Scotland
Read MoreStudent Internships: Global Radio case study
Global Radio offers the opportunity to get hands on experience working in commercial radio through its work experience programmes. In early 2009, Alex applied for a three month internship - find out about her experiences here
Read MoreStudent Internships: Rare case study
Rare offers a paid internship programme for students to gain experience of the working environment in the art and software fields. Find out here more about the scheme and the experiences of two previous interns
Read MoreStudent Internships: Framestore case study
Framestore offers a paid Summer Internship programme for undergraduate students from across Europe who are about to go into their final year of study - find out here about the experiences of Emma, a Junior Animator intern
Read MoreGeneral Internships: Number 9 Films and Slingshot case study
As part of the Skillset Film Trainee Network, Roisin McCarthy successfully took part in two Graduate Internship Schemes at Number 9 Films and at Slingshot - find out about her experiences here
Read MoreGeneral Internships: Channel 4 case study
Generation Next is an initiative designed by 4Talent as a programme to provide a three month, paid, in-depth work experience opportunity for a group of around six individuals - find out about Claire Newman's experiences of Generation Next here
Read MoreTraineeships: Cinesite case study
Cinesite aims to identify and encourage talented people starting out in visual effects and one of the ways it does this is to offer an internship at their Soho facility between July-September each year
Read MoreTraineeships: ITV case study
The ITV News Trainee Scheme offers the opportunity for enthusiastic and committed people to develop skills in broadcast journalism in one of ITV's regional newsrooms, with a blend of formal courses and on the job training
Read MoreTraineeships: Cyfle case study
Cyfle's new entrant training schemes provide a structured route into the film industry for talented people, increase their knowledge and access to working in the film industry and ensure that the workforce has current skills which keep pace with changing technologies
Read MoreTraineeships: Northern Ireland Screen case study
Screen Skills, funded by the Skillset Film Skills Fund and Skillset Television Freelance Fund, offered six paid placements to junior freelancers with at least one year's experience. Find out here about the experiences of a range of trainees
Read MoreApprenticeships: Pinewood case study
In December 2008, Skillset, Pinewood and the Skillset Screen Academy at London College of Communication (LCC) and the Ealing Institute of Media (EIM) launched a joint initiative to tackle skills gaps in UK filmmaking - find out more here including an apprentice's experiences
Read MoreApprenticeships: Thinktank case study
Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum, took on its first Creative Apprentice in October 2009. Jennifer Harris,17, is on a one-year Creative Apprenticeship in Cultural and Heritage Venue Operations
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