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UK training body ScreenSkills is actioning one of the key recommendations from Jack Thorne’s report into disability in TV by funding the training of Accessibility Co-ordinators. Similar to Intimacy and Covid Co-ordinators, the role will support TV productions in hiring and working with disabled talent and crew and…

ScreenSkills Invests £10M In UK High-End TV The ScreenSkills High-end TV Skills Fund is to invest £10.1M ($13.2M) of industry contributions from UK producers, broadcaster in-house productions and inward investors in the coming year to meet training needs within the booming sector. The 2022-23 investment reps a notable…

Amazon Prime Video has pledged £10M ($13.3M) on UK training initiatives over the next three years to help with the local skills pipeline. The streamer has joined with the UK’s National Film & Television School (NFTS) to fund 75 places for budding craft and technical workers on a course entitled Prime Video…

Nearly three-quarters of disabled people working in UK animation believe that the sector is discriminating against them, according to a first-of-its-kind report from industry training body ScreenSkills. The Accessibility in Animation report, which paints a “bleak picture,” also found the majority of disabled people…

The UK TV skills crisis has been laid bare by research from ScreenSkills showing the vast majority of production companies struggling immensely to find key roles such as Production Manager and Production Co-ordinator on non-scripted shows. ScreenSkills described a “squeezed middle” of experienced crew after more than…

EXCLUSIVE: A former Skins star, a Criminal Defense Solicitor and a TV writer have been selected for training body ScreenSkills  third New Writers Programme delivered by The Responder producer Dancing Ledge Productions. Larissa Hope, Abigail Rolling and Jess Jackson will be paired with New Girl writer Camilla…