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The Crown © Netflix 2020/ Des Willie Cap on industry contributions to increase The cap on industry contributions to the Film and High-end TV Skills Funds will be raised in April to £61,000 in line with the RPI, plus an additional £2,000 as agreed with industry. At the same time,  the maximum contribution to the Animation and Children’s TV Skills Funds will be raised to £44,500. We are able to invest in training for professionals working in screen across the UK thanks to the productions that pay into our Skills Funds. We thank them for their continuing support. Read more Educators and industry at ScreenSkills Select congress What are the big challenges in the UK screen industries and what can be done to prepare students for them? We are bringing industry and education together at our inaugural ScreenSkills Select congress to talk about this and more. Read more and apply © Northern Film School/Leeds Beckett University ScreenSkills invests in Unreal Engine bootcamp  The Film and High-end TV Skills Funds are supporting a 14-day bootcamp that enables professionals with a background in VFX to work with Unreal Engine, a real-time 3D creation platform for photoreal visuals and immersive experiences that was originally developed for games. Read more and apply Check out our latest free online training We continue to run free online events, including seminars for first ADs who work with children, sessions to help talent managers engage with disabled talent, a panel discussion on writing children’s animation and training to help Covid supervisors support the wellbeing of crew. Find all training here. Golden Globe nominations for Skills Fund contributors A string of ScreenSkills Skills Fund contributors, including The Crown and The Father, are in the running for honours at the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards. We congratulate all nominees and thank them for their support. Read more Other activity... Recruitment for a small cohort of Trainee Finder accountancy trainees has begun. The entry-level paid placement programme, supported by the High-end TV Skills Fund, places trainees on high-end TV or children's TV productions to ensure a continued supply of talent. Read more and apply ScreenSkills offers bursaries to help screen professionals at all career stages, across the whole of the UK, step up in their careers. See how financial support helped Derbyshire-based Rebecca Sherburn. Or read more and apply for a bursary. Do you have relevant, current industry experience and want to help the future workforce develop? Become a mentor and help another professional by sharing your knowledge. Nearly 53,000 people have completed our free basic coronavirus awareness on production training since it first launched and more than 4,000 people have already re-taken the course to stay up-to-date. Join them today In addition to support from industry for contributions to the skills funds, ScreenSkills also receives support from the BFI, awarding National Lottery funds as part of its Future Film Skills strategy. We thank them for their continuing support.   Were you forwarded this email by someone else? Subscribe Copyright © 2021 ScreenSkills, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you previously opted in to receive Hiive or ScreenSkills newsletters. Our mailing address is: ScreenSkills 94 Euston Street London, NW1 2HA United Kingdom Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. View our privacy policy here. Charity no. 1015324. Scotland SCO39556. Registered company no. 2576828.