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Skills and Training 

Skills programme linking education with industry and infrastructure, designed to build a sustainable and innovative talent base.

What is Skills and Training?

University of South Wales is developing and co-delivering an innovative skills programme linking education, industry and infrastructure to build a sustainable talent base for the region’s screen sector. 

The project’s focus is on long term talent attraction, development and retention to support upskilling, business leadership and content creation for new platforms, technologies and markets. 

Explore our Skills and Training opportunities.

Explore Skills and Training

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Research report - Freelancer Focus: Innovation

The first in a series of Freelancer-focused reports for Media Cymru.

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Skills and Training

December 2024: Accessible Futures Summit - Supporting d/Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent Talent in the Screen Sector: By Bethan Jones, Helen Davies and James Davies  

On 10 September 2024, the University of South Wales hosted its inaugural Accessible Futures Summit, supported by Media Cymru and Creative Wales...

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October 2024: The brand-new role heralding a new era in sustainable production

A brand-new training programme funded by Media Cymru is thought to be the first of its kind in the UK to signal a step-change in the industry’s approach to sustainable high-end TV production.

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Skills and Training

September 2024: Welsh media consortium partners join forces to make the media sector more inclusive

A Welsh media consortium has united academic and industry allies to make the media sector more inclusive and diverse – and is now set to host the very first "Accessible Futures Summit".

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September 2024: Wales Screen Workforce Survey

Media Cymru and USW announce the release of the first Wales-wide survey to assess the skills, training needs, attitudes and experience of those working across the screen sector.

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