Seminar on Work-Related Learning and the Creative & Media Diploma

Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 10.00am-2.30pm (including lunch)

Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

Arts Inform, on behalf of Arts Council England, East and The National Skills Academy, is delighted to invite you to an important upcoming event. The Seminar on Work-Related Learning and the Creative & Media Diploma is an information event for teachers and arts professionals to explore how arts organisations can engage with work-related aspects of the curriculum.

The half-day event will be followed by an opportunity for networking over lunch. Key representatives from the Arts Council England, East, The National Skills Academy and a selection of other key advisory bodies will be attending, and the Agenda will include the following:

• How arts organisations can put together a sustainable offer to schools to support the CMD and other work-related curriculum issues;
• Research findings, detailing best practice in developing relationships and projects;
• Case studies from schools and arts organisations in the East Region.

There will be a selection of useful resources available to take away and the event promises to be a stimulating and thought-provoking discussion, as well as an important networking opportunity.

We would welcome your valuable input and do hope that you and/or members of your team will be able to join us. Please complete the attached booking form to secure your place and we will then send out further details nearer the time. Please feel free to forward this invitation to anyone else you think may be interested in this event.

How To Book

To request a booking form, please email sarah@artsinform.com.

The Background

In 2009 a research programme was undertaken by Arts Inform, commissioned by Arts Council East through The National Skills Academy, looking at how arts organisations in Cambridge and Norwich were engaging with the Creative and Media Diploma. The Introduction of the Creative and Media Diploma in Cambridge and Norwich: What do the ‘Employers’ think? was completed in September 2009. Many questions and discussion points were generated by this research project, and Arts Council East and The NSA commissioned Arts Inform to undertake a second phase of research between January and July 2010.

For Phase II, two focus groups were formed with a selection of arts organisations in Cambridge and Norwich, to discuss key questions relating to how arts employers can most effectively engage in the delivery of the Creative and Media Diploma in their region. Recommendations from these discussions have formed the basis of a set of resources, highlighting best practice and forming a template for employers / CMD providers, to be disseminated widely via the NSA website. Topics covered by the Focus Group included Understanding of the Creative and Media Diploma and Employer Engagement, Project Content, Communication, Sustainable Financial Frameworks and other relevant issues including Child Protection and Health and Safety. Both Groups have put together a sustainable collective offer, highlighting the CMD opportunities available within each organisation. Additionally, a series of pilot employer engagement projects was run in each region during January to June 2010.  Elements of these projects will also be included as case studies in the NSA resources.