The library contains downloadable research publications from Creative & Cultural Skills and other organisations with an interest in the creative and cultural industries.
Creative & Cultural Skills Publications include reports on skills, workforce development an training issues associated with the industries, as well as impact assessments and evaluations of industry specific interventions
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Evaluation of the SPFP Creative Apprenticeships Project
Creative & Cultural Skills, Wavehill Research Evaluation Services, 2012
This report provides an evaluation of a one year project to pilot Creative Apprenticeships in Wales. Over 50 apprentices were placed with businesses in Wales, allowing detailed evaluation of their activities.
London’s Creative Industries: 2011 update
GLA, 2011
This paper provides the latest data for London's creative industries from the GLA.
Assessing the Return on Investment, Evaluation and Impact of Creative Apprenticeships
Creative & Cultural Skills, Baker Tilly, 2011
An independent evaluation of the Creative Apprenticeships programme, which has seen over 900 young people employed since 2008.
Scoping Study into the Economic Impact of the Arts and Creative Industries in Scotland
Creative Scotland, 2011
Creative Scotland commissioned a scoping study to review existing impact studies, scope the extent and quality of available data and recommend an approach for conducting a Scotland-wide economic impact study (EIS).
The Qualifications Blueprint: A Qualifications Strategy for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Creative and Cultural Skills, 2011
The Qualifications Blueprint provides an investigation into the qualifications which support the creative and cultural industries, and recommendations for future development.
The Creative Industries: Background, Definitions and Recent Policy Development.
NI Assembly, 2011
This report summarises the current state of the creative industries, sets out recent policy developments in this area, and provides an analysis of government strategies in relation to the sector in Northern Ireland, across the UK, and in Ireland.
Supporting Growth in the Arts Economy
Arts Council England, 2011
This paper explores the relationship between the arts ecology and creative economy. It introduces the core elements of cross-over while highlighting the complexity in over-enforcing direct connections between different areas of the arts and creative industries.
A Plan for Growth in the Knowledge Economy
The Work Foundation, 2011
The report argues that while the government has taken some positive steps – such as creating Technology and Innovation Centres – it has yet to establish a coherent approach to the knowledge economy.
Access to Finance for Creative Industry Businesses
DCMS, BIS, 2011
This report examines whether creative industry businesses face greater difficulties accessing finance compared to SMEs in other sectors.
Sector Skills Agreement for the Creative and Cultural Industries: An Analysis of the Skills Needs of the Creative and Cultural Industries in Scotland
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2011
Published in 2011, this provides the latest and most comprehensive Scotland-wide analysis of demand for skills in the creative and cultural Industries.
The Music Blueprint: An Analysis of the Skills Needs of the Music Sector in the UK
Creative and Cultural Skills, 2011
Outlining the economic and demographic features and skills needs of the UK's music industry
The Entrepreneurial Dimension of the Creative and Cultural Industries
European Commission, 2011
This report responds to the growing importance of the creative economy as tools to tackle Europe's current and future challenges.
Regularly Funded Organisations: Key Data from the 2009/10 Annual Submission
Arts Council England, 2011
Each year arts organisations that receive regular funding from Arts Council England are invited to complete an annual submission. This report provides data for 2009/10.
Sector Skills Assessment for the Creative Industries of the UK
Creative & Cultural Skills and Skillset, 2011
With Skillset, the report provides a comprehensive analysis of skills needs across the creative, cultural and media industries in the UK.
Audit of Training Available for Artists working with Children and Young People
Creative & Cultural Skills, Arts Council England, 2011
Working with the Arts Council, the report audits the qualifications and training for those working with children and young people.
Make a Job, Don’t Take a Job: Building the Creative Society
New Deal of the Mind, Arts Council England, 2011
This manifesto outlines how the creative industries can lead the way in entrepreneurialism and innovation, particularly in time of economic turmoil.
Risky Business
DEMOS, 2011
Risky Business argues that a first step for government should be to develop a better understanding of the creative industries, through dedicating more civil servants to the sector and regularly publishing data on trends within it.
Changing Business Models in the Creative Industries: The Case of Television, Computer Games and Music
Intellectual Property Office, 2011
This report analyses the changes to business models identified as a consequence of a move toward digital media in television, computer games and music.
Creative Industries Economic Estimates for Northern Ireland
DCAL, 2011
This report provides economic estimates of the creative and cultural industries in Northern Ireland.
Sector Skills Assessment for the Creative and Cultural Industries: An Analysis of the Skills Needs of the Creative and Cultural Industries in Northern Ireland
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2010
Published in 2010, this provides the latest and most comprehensive Northern Ireland-wide analysis of demand for skills in the creative and cultural industries.
A Creative Block?: The Future of the UK Creative Industries
The Work Foundation, 2010
Looking at the effect of major long and short term trends on the creative industries’ ability to assist the UK recovery from recession.
The Literature Blueprint: An Analysis of the Skills Needs of the Literature Sector in the UK
Creative and Cultural Skills, 2010
Outlining the economic and demographic features and skills needs of the UK's literature industry
Sector Skills Agreement for the Creative and Cultural Industries: An Analysis of the Skills Needs of the Creative and Cultural Industries in the UK
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2010
Published in 2010, this provides the latest and most comprehensive UK-wide analysis of demand for skills in the creative and cultural industries.
Sector Skills Agreement for the Creative and Cultural Industries: An Analysis of the Skills Needs of the Creative and Cultural Industries in England
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2010
Published in 2010, this provides the latest and most comprehensive England-wide analysis of demand for skills in the creative and cultural industries.
Sector Skills Agreement for the Creative and Cultural Industries: An Analysis of the Skills Needs of the Creative and Cultural Industries in Wales
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2010
Published in 2010, this provides the latest and most comprehensive Wales-wide analysis of demand for skills in the creative and cultural industries.
Creative Industries Economic Estimates: 2010
DCMS, 2010
This bulletin from the DCMS provides estimates of the contribution of creative industries to the economy.
Endowments in the Arts
The Arts Council England, 2010
This report contextualises the use of endowments in the wider landscape of philanthropy and fundraising on the one hand, and an organisation's capital structure on the other.
Digital Audiences: Engagement with Arts and Culture Online
Arts & Business, Arts Council England, MLA, 2010
This report describes how people engage with arts and culture online, and attitudes towards using online technology to engage with the arts.
Creative Clusters and Innovation: Putting Creativity on the Map
NESTA, 2010
This study uses the concept of creative clusters as a starting point to examine the role that the creative industries play in local and regional innovation systems.
Employment in the Creative Industries
The Work Foundation, 2010
This report sets out to analyse the employment, growth and international performance of the creative industries.
Bigger Thinking for Smaller Cities: How arts and culture can tackle economic, social and democratic engagement challenges in smaller cities.
Arts Council England, Regional Cities East, 2010
This report outlines how arts and culture are playing a pivotal role in tackling the issues of local economic growth, community cohesion and public engagement in civic life.
Making Value: Craft and the Economic and Social Contribution of Makers
Crafts Council, 2010
A qualitative research study commissioned by the Crafts Council to explore the characteristics of portfolio working makers and appraise their contributions to a range of industry sectors and community and education settings.
Regularly Funded Organisations: Key Data from the 2008/09 Annual Submission
Arts Council England, 2010
Each year arts organisations that receive regular funding from Arts Council England are invited to complete an annual submission. This report provides data for 2008/09.
Adult Participatory Arts: Thinking it Through
Arts Council England, 509 Arts, 2010
This report provides information about key London-based arts organisations with participation and engagement at their hearts.
Arts Engagement in England 2008/09: Findings from the Taking Part Survey
Arts Council England, 2010
This publication provides detail of the Taking Part research, a large-scale survey of cultural participation among adults in England that has been running since 2005.
Strategic Skills Assessment for the Digital Economy
Creative & Cultural Skills, Skillset and E-Skills UK, 2010
This collaborative report sets out a compelling vision for a digitial future for the UK. It also identifies the action needed to drive the digital economy forward.
Industry Insights 2010
Design Council, 2010
This report provides analysis of the biggest design survey conducted in the UK for five years.
Design and the Public Good: Creativity vs the Procurement Process?
Associate Parliamentary Design & Innovation Group, DBA, 2010
This report describes the findings of the Parliamentary inquiry into public sector procurement of design and creative services.
Consuming Craft: The Contemporary Craft Market in a Changing Economy.
Crafts Council, 2010
This report provides evidence of the craft sector’s economic impact from a market perspective, and supports craft retailers, galleries and makers in assessing the complex and evolving markets within which they work.
Born Creative
DEMOS, 2010
Born Creative brings together the experiences of creative practices in early years education, to show the importance of cultures, environments and networks in the enrichment of the early years learning and interrogates the role of leaders, policy and parents in creating them.
CASE Regional Insights: Yorkshire and Humber
DCMS, Arts Council England, English Heritage, MLA, Sport England, 2010
This report provides data on CASE (Culture and Sport Evidence) sectors in Yorkshire and Humber.
CASE Regional Insights: West Midlands
DCMS, Arts Council England, English Heritage, MLA, Sport England, 2010
This report provides data on CASE (Culture and Sport Evidence) sectors in the West Midlands.
CASE Regional Insights: South West
DCMS, Arts Council England, English Heritage, MLA, Sport England, 2010
This report provides data on CASE (Culture and Sport Evidence) sectors in the South West.
CASE Regional Insights: South East
DCMS, Arts Council England, English Heritage, MLA, Sport England, 2010
This report provides data on CASE (Culture and Sport Evidence) sectors in the South East
Case Regional Insights: North West
DCMS, Arts Council England, English Heritage, MLA, Sport England, 2010
This report provides data on CASE (Culture and Sport Evidence) sectors in the North West.
CASE Regional Insights: North East
DCMS, Arts Council England, English Heritage, MLA, Sport England, 2010
This report provides data on CASE (Culture and Sport Evidence) sectors in the North East.
CASE Regional Insights: East of England
DCMS, Arts Council England, English Heritage, MLA, Sport England, 2010
This report provides data on CASE (Culture and Sport Evidence) sectors in the East of England.
CASE Regional Insights: East Midlands
DCMS, Arts Council England, English Heritage, MLA, Sport England, 2010
This report provides data on CASE (Culture and Sport Evidence) sectors in the East Midlands
CASE Regional Insights: London
DCMS, Arts Council England, English Heritage, MLA, Sport England, 2010
This report provides data on CASE (Culture and Sport Evidence) sectors in London.
Supporting UK Musicians Abroad: Funding and development opportunities for British musicians and music organisations to export and develop international markets.
Arts Council England, British Council, 2010
This publication explores the funding and development opportunities for British musicians and music organisations to export and develop international markets for their work. This is the executive summary.
Cultural Capital: A Manifesto for the Future
Arts Council England, 2010
Some of Britain's leading cultural and heritage organisations join forces to launch their vision for the future.
Creative Survival in Hard Times
New Deal of the Mind, Arts Council England, 2010
This report investigates policy options for helping young people wishing to enter the creative industries to develop the necessary creative and entrepreneurial skills.
Design in the Knowledge Economy 2020
Design Council, The Work Foundation, 2010
This report describes the factors by which the design industry plays a crucial role in the knowledge economy, and how it can lead the UK out of difficult economic conditions.
Liberating Creativity
UK Music, 2010
This manifesto outlines plans for how to maximise the economic impact of the music industry. It also sets out a series of recommendations relating to themes such as education and skills.
The Performing Arts Blueprint: An Analysis of the Skills Needs of the Performing Arts Sector in the UK
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2010
Outlining the economic and demographic features and skills needs of the UK's performing arts industry
After the Crunch
Creative & Cultural Skills, Counterpoint, 2009
Artists, entrepreneurs, commentators, analysts, policy-makers, policy-sceptics, academics, financiers – and citizens – set out their hopes and fears for the future in the aftermath of the global economic crisis of 2008.
The Geography of Creativity
NESTA, 2009
This report mapping the presence of creative firms across the UK as a first step towards establishing their impact on regional innovation.
Creative Blueprint Yorkshire & Humberside: A Regional Plan for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Creative Blueprint North West: A Regional Plan for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Creative Blueprint East of England: A Regional Plan for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Creative Blueprint North East: A Regional Plan for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Creative Blueprint South West: A Regional Plan for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Creative Blueprint West Midlands: A Regional Plan for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Shaping Places in London through Culture
Arts Council England, GLA, 2009
A guide to good practice demonstrating how the creative industries, heritage, cultural and sporting activities are integral to shaping places.
Traditional Building Craft Skills: Skills Needs Analysis of the Built Heritage Sector in Ireland
2009
This report provides up-to-date statistical data for traditional building craft skills in Ireland, and measures the effectiveness of strategic planning and tactical delivery in the sector.
Do it Yourself: Cultural and Creative Self-Employment in Hard Times
New Deal of the Mind, Arts Council England, 2009
This publication provides research and analysis about opportunities for young self-employed creative people and the potential implications of the recession on employment.
Using the Arts and Culture to Deliver Positive Activities for Young People
Arts Council England, Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, 2009
A selection of case studies looking at the ways arts and culture deliver positive activities for children and young people.
Beyond Their Walls: Ten Major Arts and Cultural Organisations Share Experience of Working in the Public Realm
Arts Council England, 2009
A series of dialogues focusing on key cultural institutions in London, including the Barbican, the British Museum and the British Library.
Role of Libraries in Supporting and Promoting Digital Participation
MLA, 2009
This report demonstrates the extent of the existing digital offer in public libraries and identifies potential future roles for the library sector in supporting the national plan for digital participation.
Art for a Few: Exclusion and Misrecognition in Art and Design Higher Education Admissions
NALN, 2009
The report looks at art and design admissions practices in the context of widening participation policy, addressing national and institutional concerns to create inclusive, equitable and anti-discriminatory practices in art and design admissions.
All Together: A Creative Approach to Organisational Change
Demos, 2009
For the past three years The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has been working to transfer their "ensemble" way of working out of their acting company and into the rest of the organisation. NESTA's role in this project has been to highlight its innovation nature and to identify a transferable model that can be adopted by other organisations. Read more about Innovation in the arts.The project has been closely followed by the think tank, DEMOS who have produced a report of the key activities and findings.
Company Spending on Design: Exploratory Survey of UK Firms 2008
Design Council, University of Cambridge, IfM (Management Technology Policy), 2009
Company Spending On Design, conducted by the University of Cambridge
Changes in Live Music between 2005 and 2009
DCMS, 2009
An overall statistical picture of the live music industry in the UK between 2005 and 2009
Creative Blueprint South East: A Regional Plan for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Creative Blueprint London: A Regional Plan for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Creative Blueprint East Midlands: A Regional Plan for the Creative and Cultural Industries
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
The Visual Arts Blueprint: A Workforce Development Plan for Visual Arts in the UK
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
The Visual Arts Blueprint addresses the way skills are demanded, developed and delivered for the visual arts workforce across the UK.
The Craft Blueprint: A Workforce Development Plan for Craft in the UK
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2009
The Craft Blueprint addresses the way skills are demanded, developed and delivered for the craft workforce across the UK.
2012 Games - Our Vision: The Cultural Olympiad and Beyond
Arts Council England, 2008
This report outlines the opportunities afforded by the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
The Art of Innovation: How Fine Arts Graduates Contribute to Innovation
NESTA, 2008
This report provides insights into how fine arts graduates contribute to innovation in the creative industries and beyond, and what policymakers can do to support their contribution.
Arts Audiences: Insight
Arts Council England, 2008
Arts Council England have developed a new arts-based segmentation of English adults comprising 13 distinct groups. The segmentation provides new insight into how and why different kinds of people engage with the arts in England today. It can also be used as a source of insight and ideas for building new audiences for the arts.
Creative Blueprint: Northern Ireland
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2008
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Creative Blueprint: Scotland
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2008
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Creative Blueprint: Wales
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2008
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Creative Blueprint: England
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2008
In 2008 Creative & Cultural Skills completed its Sector Skills Agreement, The Creative Blueprint. Each Blueprint report outlines the skills needs for the industry by sector, UK nation and English region.
Hidden Innovation in the Creative Industries
NESTA, 2008
Working with the Manchester Institute of Innovation Research, this research project uses the tools of 'traditional' innovation research to explore, analyse and compare innovation in four sectors that are critical to the UK's creative future: videogames development, product design, advertising, and independent broadcast production.
The Cultural Heritage Blueprint: A Workforce Development Plan for Cultural Heritage in the UK
Creative & Cultural Skills, 2008
The Cultural Heritage Blueprint addresses the way skills are demanded, developed and delivered for the cultural heritage workforce across the UK.
Beyond the Creative Industries: Mapping the Creative Industries in the UK
NESTA, 2008
This report outlines NESTA's methods for accurately measuring the impact of the creative industries.
Creating Innovation: Do the Creative Industries Support Innovation in the Wider Economy?
NESTA, 2008
This report presents the results of major new research into the role of the creative industries in stimulating and supporting innovation in the UK. Our research investigates and quantifies for the first time how artistic and creative activities link into the wider economy.
Supporting Excellence in the Arts: From Measurement to Judgement
DCMS, 2008
The report examines:
Creative Britain: New Talents for the New Economy
DCMS, BIS, 2008
This report advocates the strength and drive of the creative industries in the UK.
The Design Blueprint: High Skills for High Value
Creative & Cultural Skills, Design Council, 2008
The Design Blueprint addresses the way skills are demanded, developed and delivered for the design workforce across the UK.
Built Heritage Sector Professionals: Skills Needs Analysis of the UK Built Heritage Sector
2008
This report provides up-to-date statistical data for traditional building craft skills across the UK, and measures the effectiveness of strategic planning and tactical delivery in the sector.
Traditional Building Craft Skills: Reassessing the Need, Addressing the Issues - England
National Heritage Training Group, 2008
This report provides up-to-date statistical data for traditional building craft skills in England, and measures the effectiveness of strategic planning and tactical delivery in the sector.
Continuing Professional Development for the Arts and Creative Industries: Literature Review
NALN, 2008
This report identified the barriers facing students, particularly those who are under-represented both in higher education and in the creative industries.
The Challenge of Assessing the Creative Economy: Towards Informed Policy-Making
UNCTAD, 2008
The Creative Economy Report 2008 is the first study to present the United Nations perspective of the creative industries and their economic contribution.
So, What Do You Do?: A New Question for Policy in the Creative Age.
Demos, Creative & Cultural Skills, 2007
This pamphlet explores the crucial role of public policy in supporting the creative economy and how people work creatively.
Boxed In: How Cultural Diversity Policies Restrict Black Artists
A-N, 2007
Boxed in, written as a provocation essay for the Manifesto Club Artistic Autonomy Group, is designed to be a starting point for a public conversation about the impact of diversity policies on visual artists, curators and arts administrators.
Traditional Building Craft Skills: Skills Needs Analysis of the Built Heritage Sector in Wales
National Heritage Training Group, 2007
This report provides up-to-date statistical data for traditional building craft skills in Wales, and measures the effectiveness of strategic planning and tactical delivery in the sector.
Traditional Building Craft Skills: Skills Needs Analysis of the Built Heritage Sector - Scotland
National Heritage Training Group, 2007
This report provides up-to-date statistical data for traditional building craft skills in Scotland and measures the effectiveness of strategic planning and tactical delivery in the sector.