Source · Select Committees · Culture, Media and Sport Committee
Recommendation 9
9
Acknowledged
Paragraph: 54
Ensure Cultural Education Plan explicitly addresses digital skills shortages in creative technology sectors.
Conclusion
As we have repeatedly raised, the tech sector and creative industries are experiencing long-standing skills and personnel shortages that have capped the potential for growth. The Government’s forthcoming Cultural Education Plan should explicitly discuss how educators can combine digital skills provision with creative and cultural education to nurture the next generation of digital artists, visual effects professionals and innovators in creative technology to address long-running skills shortages in the sector.
Government Response Summary
The government outlines the objectives of its Cultural Education Plan, including strengthening talent pipelines into cultural and creative sectors, and states the plan will be published in the coming months. However, it does not explicitly commit to detailing how educators will combine digital and creative skills provision as requested.
Paragraph Reference:
54
Government Response
Acknowledged
HM Government
Acknowledged
The scope and objectives of the Cultural Education Plan are set out as part of the terms of reference for the expert advisory panel, published when the panel was announced in July. The five objectives of the plan are to: • support all children and young people to access high-quality cultural education • tackle disparities in opportunity and outcomes in cultural education • champion the social value of cultural education • connect relevant organisations to provide cultural and creative opportunities for children and young people, and • strengthen talent pipelines into cultural and creative sectors The Plan will cover schools and the wide range of partners who play a role in the cultural lives of children and young people, including creative and heritage organisations, charities, youth clubs and civil society, local government, trusts and foundations, early years providers, and faith organisations. As set out in our response to the previous recommendation (para 55), the Plan will also build on the priorities set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision in relation to the talent pipeline for the creative industries. In the round, the Government believes there is more to be done to spread best practice, to identify, amplify and extend cultural education opportunities for all children and young people, and to recognise the range of stakeholders involved. We will publish the Cultural Education Plan in the coming months. We have laid the groundwork conducting internal evidence reviews, undertaking a comprehensive series of nearly fifty listening exercises, and bringing together the necessary expertise as part of the panel.