1. Shaping Scotland's Talent Dr Lisa Kelly Dr Katherine Champion Centre for Cultural Policy Research

2. Externally-Funded Research in CCPR The UK Film Council (UKFC): A Case Study of Film Policy in Transition (AHRC) Supporting Creative Business: Cultural Enterprise Office and its Clients (AHRC) Multi-platform media and the digital challenge: Strategy, Distribution and Policy (ESRC) Public Understanding of Business: Television, Representation and Entrepreneurship (AHRC) Shaping Scotland’s Talent: Change Flexibility and New Pathways in the Screen Industries (RSE)

3. Rationale Developing ‘talent’ is a key aspect of the Scottish Government’s Strategy for the Creative Industries (2011) Scotland’s screen industries are strategically important in terms of economic benefits and cultural impact Key problem in ‘retaining and sustaining talent once it has been trained and developed’ (Creative Skillset 2013) ‘Creativity’ and ‘talent’ central to unlocking economic success within the creative industries Do current definitions and understandings of ‘talent’ reflect the reality and complexities of a changing industry?

4. Key Questions 1.Conceptualising Talent –Definitions and discourses –Understandings 2. Best Practice –Supporting different stages of talent development –Examples of innovative approaches 3. Talent Clustering –Importance of place and mobility –Attracting and retaining talent within the Scottish Screen Industries 4. New Pathways –Gatekeepers of talent –Barriers to entry –Opportunities of digital technology –Ensuring a diversity of voices both onscreen and off

5. Workshop One (March 2014, Glasgow) ‘Conceptualising Talent: Privileging Change and Flexibility Onscreen and Off’ Focus: –Conceptualising talent –Issues of diversity –Stimulating talent in the nations and regions. Participants: –BBC Scotland, STV, Channel 4, Edinburgh International Film Festival –Creative Skillset, Women in Film and TV, Highlands and Island Enterprise, Screen HI –University of Roehampton, University of South Wales, Glasgow Caledonian University, University of East Anglia

6. Workshop Two (May 2014, Edinburgh) ‘Identifying and Nurturing Talent: Best Practice and New Pathways in the Screen Industries’ Focus: –The role of higher education and development bodies –Specific initiatives in place to identify and nurture talent –New pathways opened up due to digital technology Participants: –Creative Scotland, Screen Academy Scotland, BECTU Vision, New Danish Screen, Digicult, Distrify –UC Santa Barbara, Stony Brook University New York, University of the West of Scotland, Kings College London, Edinburgh Napier University, University of St Andrews

7. Knowledge exchange opportunities Before the day –Early engagement with potential collaborators and participants On the day –Short position pieces addressing the research questions –Roundtable discussion –UK wide and International comparators – Wales, US and Denmark –Audio recording Immediately following –Web page – presentations, podcasts and papers –Written reports on each event will also be available via the project webpage –Promoted via social media Longer Term –Conference presentation and academic journal article –AHRC bid –Opportunity for future collaboration

8. Thank you! Lisa.kelly@glasgow.ac.uk katherine.champion@glasgow.ac.uk http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/research/ccpr/