Discover! Creative Careers inspires and informs young people interested in gaining an insight into the roles that exist within the UK's Creative and Cultural Industries. It helps young people and their teachers, parents/carers discover the range of jobs and entry routes.
Below you will find resources to demonstrate the breadth of roles available including:
Below you will find resources to demonstrate the breadth of roles available including:
- recorded conversations based around unique roles, entry routes and exploring how these industries are impacting on climate change
- profiles from individuals exploring their specialist roles and their journeys to get where they are today
- tools, lesson inserts and plans
- additional resources from key partners
discover! Creative careers: educator toolkit
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Click the image opposite to download the Discover! Creative Careers Toolkit.
Educators can select to work through all of the resources in the toolkit, insert them into lessons or support their young people to learn about the industry, in bite-sized chunks. |
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Discover! cREATIVE cAREERS: In conversation
Here are three conversations with a variety of our industry partners, including apprentices, to provide a broad understanding of the sector, the opportunities within it, entry pathways, and real insight of what it is like to work in this exciting industry.
Discussion starters and activities to use with these films can be found in the Discover! Creative Careers, Educator Toolkit.
Discussion starters and activities to use with these films can be found in the Discover! Creative Careers, Educator Toolkit.
Discover! Creative Careers: profiles
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Individuals currently working with our partners within the Creative and Cultural Industries share insight and experiences from their career pathways demonstrating there is #NoWrongPath Click on the image opposite to explore the full Discover! Creative Careers Scotland Career Profiles Pack and classroom activities that can be inserted into lessons or download them in smaller themed packs below. |
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Below are links to Discover! Creative Careers tools and resources from Creative & Cultural Skills. They feature virtual tours of leading UK creative businesses, interviews with employees, experiential lesson resources and tools to navigate and raise awareness of the breadth and wealth of careers available.
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By filtering searches according to individual interests, the website produces a personalised selection of potential roles. It then directs young people to job descriptions and case studies on the websites of the expert partners in the initiative and to live opportunities for work experience or workplace visits where available. Young people can save their unique results page, personalised to their own interests and talents, as their own learning resource.
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People who work in the creative industries explain what it's really like in 90 seconds in this series of films.
Each video explores a common myth about working in the creative industries by those who have found the reality to be quite different. |
Use this suite of videos and lesson plans to introduce students to careers in the creative industries.
Created for students in key stages 3-5 (England, Wales, Northern Ireland) or in S1-S4 (Scotland), the resources are designed to be flexible. They range from three-minute videos celebrating the creative sectors to activities that can take a whole morning or afternoon. |
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Designed for all secondary students, this one-hour lesson explores what the term ‘creative industries’ means and the types of sectors, opportunities it represents and reflects on perceived barriers to entering the industry.
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Designed for all secondary students, this one-hour lesson introduces the concept of skills and competencies within the world of work, explores career options in the creative industries and outlines the next steps to take on the path to a creative career.
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Discover! Cultural Heritage Careers
Below are links to tools developed by Historic Environment Scotland and other heritage sector organisations to support careers education. This includes careers films, a lesson plan and links to further information.
Aimed at S2-S4 students and links to the 3rd and 4th level of the curriculum. This interdisciplinary resource has been developed to provide activity over two 50 minute lessons, but content can be used separately to support in class learning and extracurricular sessions. It uses interactive activities to broaden students awareness of what the heritage sector is, the diversity of job roles within it and the skills required to do those roles. Students will be able to use this knowledge in the 'design a visitor centre' activity.
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Designed for all secondary students, this short video explores what is heritage and the diverse range of careers in the heritage sector.
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A collection of films to showcase job roles as diverse as joinery, stonemasonry and digital.
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Information on apprenticeships and training opportunities with Historic Environment Scotland.
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More detailed information on how to gain the skills for a career in historic building craft.
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Additional SUPPORTING RESOURCES
The following resources are suitable for teachers or young people to learn about, access opportunities within or use to raise awareness of the Creative and Cultural Industries.
for young people
Explore current opportunities and jobs uploaded
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Click the icons below to for an overview of the Creative Industry or to explore My World of Work Live 'Meet the Expert' sessions, including Creative and Cultural Industries from My World of Work, Live.
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Our work supports the delivery of the Young Person’s Guarantee, you can find more information HERE or connect with your Regional DYW Group to discuss how you can get involved.
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