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. |
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. |
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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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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