Creative Skillset
"Creative Skillset is the Creative Industries' Sector Skills Council (SSC) which comprises TV, film, radio, interactive media, animation, computer games, facilities, photo imaging, publishing, advertising and fashion and textiles.
"Our aim is to support the productivity of our industry to ensure that it remains globally competitive. We do this by influencing and leading; developing skills, training and education policy; and through opening up the industries to the UK's pool of diverse talent." [1]
Patrons
Accessed October 2012: [2]
- Estelle Morris (Baroness Morris of Yardley) President of Creative Skillset Patrons
- Lord (David) Puttnam of Queensgate, CBE
- Dawn Airey
- Charles Allen, CBE
- Lord (Waheed) Alli of Norbury
- Peter Bazalgette Chairman, Endemol UK
- Lord Melvyn Bragg of Wigton Broadcaster
- Greg Dyke
- Huw Edwards BBC Newsreader and Broadcast Journalist
- Lord (Michael) Grade of Yarmouth
- Clive Jones, CBE Chairman of Two Way TV and of Energetic Communications, and a non-executive director of S4C and S4C Masnachol
- Michael Kuhn Qwerty Films
- Roger Laughton, CBE (Chair of the Audio Visual Industries Training Group, AVITG, 1999-2001)
- John McCormick Chair of Scottish Qualifications Authority, formerly head of BBC Scotland
- Denise O'Donoghue, OBE Managing Director, ITV Studios UK
- Trevor Phillips, OBE Chair, Commission for Equality and Human Rights
- Lord (Chris) Smith of Finsbury Chair of the Environment Agency and former Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
- Joyce Taylor Chair of Skillset/Ofcom Taskforce and Member of Ofcom Advisory Committee for Scotland
- Mark Thompson Director-General of the BBC
- Parminder Vir, OBE Producer and Diversity Consultant