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I was talking yesterday to a lecturer at Central St Martins, possibly the leadings Arts College in the country. She was telling me how proud she felt working there, of the tremendous wealth of talented students that that were coming through and how she felt we were producing an astonishing new wave of creativity in British Art, Design and Fashion. And yet, she was frustrated. Because on graduation there was nowhere for this talent to go; no jobs sufficiently demanding of their skills, no challenges that could fully engage their creativity. As an economy we are not making any real use at all of the creative and hence commercial opportunities we have. (more…)

One of the striking things that career professionals notice is the number of young people in, or trying to get into, a career in film or broadcast media. The impression that this is a dream environment for so many is borne out by a visit to the BBC where the place is literally swarming with energetic, committed twenty and thirty year olds. But sadly there are far fewer media jobs than there are people to fill them, so getting a job is highly competitive and, for many, unachievable. Yet, with all this talent available, and with the UK economy in dire need of fresh impetus to drive it out of recession, are we being short sighted about the enthusiasm for media careers? (more…)