I'm very pleased to see the NSA has launched their Apprenticeship Training Service. This will enable small organisations to look at employing apprentices for short periods. Until now employers were expected to commit to employing apprentices continuously for 2 years. Please click here for their article.

Sebastian Barnes

March 2010

External News

The Mailbox: BBC must respond to avoid more strike action
BECTU has followed successful strike action at BBC Birmingham with a further appeal to management to suspend plans to move large parts of production away from The Mailbox.

Funding secured for creative skills training
Creative and Cultural Skills (CCSkills) and the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) have welcomed the news that up to GBP60 million per year has been approved for providing key skills training.

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Welcome to Midland Offstage Skills Consortium

MOSC is an employer led organisation, made up of representatives from arts organisations, suppliers, training providers and freelancers, in live theatre and music across the Midlands.

We have been meeting regularly since May 2007, discussing the formation of the National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills, and common training issues and developments. We are following the common need to ensure our organisations continue to be staffed by skilled and competent people.

Brod Mason, Technical Director, says "I think it is great that the industry is taking practical steps towards acknowledging the great skill base UK theatre technicians possess".

Annual Membership Rates

Now including National Skills Academy, for Creative & Cultural Skills Membership

(from September 2010)

Individuals; £79.00 (equivalent to £6.59/ month)

Organisations with 2 to 49 employees; £169.00 (equivalent to £14.08/ month)

Organisations with 50 to 99 employees; £290.00 (equivalent to £24.17/ month)

Organisations with over 100 employees; £580.00 (equivalent to £48.34/ month)

Joining MOSC now includes membership of the NSA (National Skills Academy, for Creative & Cultural Skills) and a Midlands perspective on training. Direct NSA membership is currently a single rate. Our variable rates favour individuals and smaller organisations.

Interested? Please use the "Join Us" link at the top of the page

Current organisations involved include;

Wolverhampton Grand Theatre; Royal & Derngate, Northampton; Dudley Council Halls; Birmingham Rep Theatre; New Vic Theatre, Newcastle-under-Lyme; Acquismedia, Worcester; Palace Theatre Redditch; BECTU; Wolverhampton Arena; Warwick Arts Centre; New College, Nottingham; Royal Centre, Nottingham; Playhouse, Nottingham; Skillscene; mac, Birmingham;

Supporting MOSC

National Skills Academy, for Creative & Cultural Skills; http://nsa-ccskills.co.uk

Skillscene; www.skillscene.com

Arts Council England www.artscouncil.org.uk

BECTU www.bectu.org.uk/home

Creative & Cultural Skills; www.ccskills.org.uk

Offstage Choices 2010

The National Skills Academy for Creative & Cultural Skills have arranged several opportunities for students to spend a day at an arts venue, talking to staff about work and career in our industry. This year, with the help of Founder Colleges, they've arranged 25 events around the country between 1st October and 8th December.

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