Jon Kingsbury
Welcome to NESTA's Creative Economy Blog. We'll be commenting on our latest projects in the creative industries, from video games to theatre.
It was inevitable that Michael Gove's BETT speech earlier this week would steal the thunder of The Royal Society's report on computing in schools which was launched today.
13.01.2012Michael Gove's speech at BETT this morning is a big win for Next Gen's campaign for computer science in schools in several ways.
11.01.2012This time last year, we were putting the finishing touches to the Next Gen report, the main output from the Review of Skills for the Video Games and Visual Effects industry led by Ian Livingstone and Alex Hope. The Review's objectives were ambitious, no less than to show how the UK could become the best global source of talent for these two fast-growing, high-tech creative industries.
22.12.2011Next Gen, the independent review of the skills needs of the video games and VFX industries led by Ian Livingstone and Alex Hope, and produced with NESTA, made a total of 20 recommendations for government, industry and educators.
28.11.2011The video games industry is changing rapidly. Established studios are going to the wall and new players, focusing on social and mobile, are getting in on the action. Read on to find out how the landscape is changing, and the challenges that lie ahead for the UK games industry.
28.07.2011
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