Workforce development for the Cultural Sector

Skin, ACE Dance and MusicPhoto: Brian Slater

04/07/2011Laura Gander-HoweDirector of LearningArts Council England

Arts Council England

•Arts Council England works to get great art to everyone by championing, developing and investing in artistic experiences that enriching people’s lives

•Currently focused on 6 artforms

•Investing £450m treasure and £150m national lottery

Achieving great art for everyone

10 year vision with 5 goals

Goal 1: Talent and artistic excellence are thriving and celebrated

Goal 2: More people experience and are inspired by the arts

Goal 3: The arts are sustainable, resilient and innovative

Goal 4: The arts leadership and workforce are diverse and highly skilled

Goal 5: Every child and young person has the opportunity to experience the richness of the arts

Wider cultural footprint

Work to integrate Museum and Library functions:

•Museum and Library sector development and improvement

•Renaissance

•Cultural Property and collections functions

•London 2012 – stories of the World

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•Transfer - October 2011

•ACE’s ambition to achieve closer collaboration between arts, museum and libraries

•Increase leverage

•Improve quality of services and increase impact

Work in progress

•An evolving and emerging picture

•Need to prioritise and sequence integration and development

•Work to maximise new opportunities of closer alignment through a wider cultural footprint

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Current focus:

•Future Renaissance

•Integration of staff

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Adjusting Achieving Great Arts for everyone

•Companion piece, reflecting a new, wider cultural footprint

•Focus on museums and libraries

•Identify the benefits and opportunities for ACE and partners in having a role across arts and culture

Goal 4

The arts leadership and workforce are diverse and highly skilled

Priority 1 - Building a network of arts leaders who value sharing their knowledge and skills, for the benefit of the arts and civil society

Priority 2 -Creating equal opportunities to enter the arts workforce

Emerging policy development – can extend across wider cultural footprint

Arts Council England’s approach

The Creative Case for Diversity –

•Focus partnerships

•National Skills Academy

•Sector Skills Councils

•National Portfolio Organisations

•Further and Higher Education

•Government: DCMS, BIS, DfE

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•Awarding bodies

•Apprenticeships

•Code of conduct for internships

•Role of Further Education

•Alternative routes to HE

•IAG

•Kite mark for practitioners

Joint exploration of:

•Renewed commitment to leadership

•Explore what constitutes excellent cultural leadership

•Governance

•Safeguard expertise and development of a wider range of skills

•Champion a collective approach to diversity

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Build on and learn from:

•Cultural Leadership programme

•Renaissance

•Sector Skills Council evidence

Build policy work around Goal 4

•Identify skills needs: specialist, IT, business

•Identify generic and bespoke needs

•Maximise role of partners

•Economies of scales

•Clarity and clear opportunities

•Leverage of BIS resources to support workforce development needs

Thank you

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