What is it like landing a dream job as a BBC sports reporter? And how difficult is it to break through? Daniel Raza, 23, talks about his climb to BBC TV Sports News and how Creative Access gave him the leg up that he needed. “We don’t see a lot of Asian faces on the […]
Prospects is a platform where you can find graduate jobs, postgraduate study, advice about work experience, internship opportunities and graduate careers. They have featured us in their latest career guide with a quote on diversity in the creative sector from Josie, our CEO: “We know that people from different backgrounds find it harder to crak the […]
As the new university term rolls in, Prospects, a careers and advice platform for students, have recently published a case study demonstrating Creative Access’ role in the development of one student’s television career in her post-grad life… “Creative Access is the biggest support network and I wouldn’t have felt able, or good enough to set […]
Classical Music, the current affairs magazine for the classical music industry, reports that Creative Access employer partner, HarrisonParrott, celebrated its 50th anniversary by taking over London’s Southbank Centre for ’50 Years in a Day’, a day of concerts, talks and pop-up performances. The day also celebrated the launch of the HarrisonParrott Foundation and its work […]
Press Gazette, the media trade magazine dedicated to journalism and the press, reports on the launch of a new fellowship in memory of Maisie Hylton, who spent 20 years on the FT production desk and sadly died of a heart attack in June last year aged 59. The first internship is being recruited via Creative […]
Advanced Television reports that BBC Studios has published its UK Gender Pay Gap Report. This includes an action plan for the forthcoming year highlights specific initiatives designed to boost the diversity of the business. These including working Creative Access to bring under-represented talent into the industry. For the full article, see here.
Hot off the heels of London Fashion week, leading publication, the Business of Fashion reports on British fashion’s ‘odd relationship’ with social class. The article looks at how a career in fashion is both hard work and financially precarious, but also leaves recruits from lower-income backgrounds at a distinct disadvantage. Creative Access Founder and Chief Executive, Josie […]
Book Brunch, the publishing trade’s daily news magazine reports on Creative Access’ latest administration of The Mo Siewcharran fund to Oneworld Publications, the Orange Tree Theatre in Richmond and Theatre Deli in Sheffield. Publisher at Oneworld, Juliet Mabey said: “We are thrilled to be partnering with Creative Access, who have been such a brilliant force working […]
“Being the “first” or the “only” in the workplace is challenging, and for me it was a huge shock to the system.” Former Creative Access intern, Digital Assistant and Contributor to The Sunday Times, Alice Kemp-Habib speaks as one of the newspaper’s first ‘diversity hires’, goes into depth about navigating the ethnic pay gap and discusses the […]
In response to the survey of Creative Access interns and alumni in conjunction with in The Bookseller, Publisher and Creative Access Advisory Board member, Natalie Jerome lays down a challenge for the publishing industry. Calling for more employment from a wider range of backgrounds into positions, she goes on to say: “Creative Access, the social enterprise that […]
