Training

Following our meeting (Quality Saga pt 6) this response was received on 28 November from Anne Morrison,  Director of the BBC Academy. Subject: Re: Institute of Professional Sound : Meeting 6th November 2012 Dear Louise, It was good to meet you and Simon and discuss some of the skills shortages in this area. I am…

Very shortly after our letter (Quality Saga pt 5) was received by Director General, George Entwistle, and despite the ‘Savile’ and Newsnight turmoil going on at the time, our Secretariat was contacted requesting an urgent meeting between the IPS and the Director of the BBC Academy, Anne Morrison. Chairman, Simon Bishop, and EC member, Louise…

Simon Bishop, Chair of the IPS, wrote to George Entwistle, the new (albeit short-lived) Director General of the BBC, on 16 October 2012 in response to Mark Thompson’s letter (published on this website – see Quality Saga pt 4.) This is what IPS Chairman’s letter said: The Director General British Broadcasting Corporation White City Wood Lane…

Creative England is joining forces with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and the Skillset Craft and Technical Skills Academy to launch BAFTA Crew, a major new skills development and networking programme for experienced craft and technical crew working in film and television in England. BAFTA Crew is designed to develop the…