WHAT’S HOT IN CAREER EDUCATION

👑 FREE stuff to help career leaders, advisors & teachers…

• 📟 Apply to become a Digital Schoolhouse (deadline 25th April) - Digital Schoolhouse together with Nintendo UK, uses play-based learning to engage pupils and teachers with Computing. You'll join a network of over 50 Schoolhouses and 70 Lead Teachers who are passionate about Computing education. They’ll help you harness your own creativity for a lasting impact on pupils, and to challenge perceptions of computing through exploration and innovation within their lead teacher community.

• 💼 FREE course for Creative Entrepreneurship - This unique course will provide school leavers with an opportunity to cultivate employability in the creative industry by developing creative enterprise skills, expanding contacts and developing a start-up project and professional practice. This course is perfect for young creatives who want to go into business for themselves and set up their own unique creative companies or freelance services.

• ✍️ Samsung Solve for Tomorrow: Next Gen is back - Once again, Samsung is calling on the next generation of innovators to make the world a better place using tech. It’s a ready-to-play video lesson and competition that takes students through the Design Thinking process – from idea to prototype in 45 minutes. Aimed at future changemakers aged 11–15.

• 👟 Creative mentoring for 16-25s in Kent & Thanet (deadline 25th April) - Foundation Futures is our brand new programme with the UK Creative Festival and Creative Foundation with mentors from some of the top advertising and creative agencies in the UK. You don’t have to have any experience in these areas to apply, just an interest in them and a passion to do more.

Industry of the Week… VFX 🖥

Every newsletter we give you information about a creative industry your students should know about.

Students who would be interested in VFX careers:

• 🧞 Students who are good at computer science, maths and creativity

• 🍿 Students who love films or TV

• 📲 Students who are interested in technology

• 📚 The best GCSEs are anything computer-related, art-related and maths

VFX Labour Market Information:

• 📈 It’s growing quickly: The growth in spending of the whole UK VFX sector was 24% over the years 2016 to 2019.

• 🇬🇧 The UK is a big competitor: The most important VFX hubs in the world are in London, Vancouver, Montreal & Los Angeles.

• 🏘 It employs a lot of people: The VFX industry supports 27,430 jobs.

• 💰 VFX and Film make a lot of money together. Every £1 spent on VFX & Film generated £8.30 of value for the UK economy.

Want to know more about careers in VFX? Get your students to check out the VFX section on The ERIC App. We have loads of podcasts, videos, articles, events about careers in VFX and obviously VFX employers listed. The app is free for anyone and everyone to use!

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