GoLive Industry Takeover

WHAT CAREER LIVE

NEC BIRMINGHAM
FRIDAY 3rd & SATURDAY 4th MARCH

As a prequel to Careers Week, find out more about your future options at this event in Birmingham. Learn more about options after college. Expert speakers cover everything you need to know including student life, getting employed and access to support. Benefit from one-to-one advice with expert advisors and get the support you need to take your next step with confidence.

WORK OPTIONS
NOT GOING TO UNI

LIVE WEBINAR
MONDAY 6th MARCH 09:00-10:00

This live webinar from NGTU will include outlining the different options available when entering the working world (Traineeships, Apprenticeships, Gap Years, Entry Level Jobs and Courses); an overview of the NGTU website and the best way to use it for your career search; an insight from their ambassador, Keira - Procurement Associate at Multiverse; an insight from their ambassador, Lucy - Food Science Degree Apprentice at Avara Foods, plus a Q&A session.

FAILURE FOR FUEL
PUSH

LIVE WEBINAR
MONDAY 6th MARCH 14:00-15:00

Failure for Fuel uses real rejection emails to help you reflect and develop from 'failure' and change their perception on it. The aim is to build a more resilient attitude and focus going forwards. The session is delivered by comedians/actors/writers for Push, a not-for-profit organisation that supports school-leavers and students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds to make well informed decisions about their futures and to have the skills and resources to make their choices a reality.

WANT TO WORK IN  THE CREATIVE INDUSTRIES?
STEPHEN PAGE,
FABER & FABER

LIVE WEBINAR
WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH 13:30-14:30

Stephen Page is Executive Chair of the independent publishing house Faber & Faber. He tells his story from being a musician and working in marketing to getting into book publishing. It will explore confidence, flexibility and seizing opportunities. It will end with a practical workshop in investing in a book project and deciding on a cover design.

HE & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
UAL

LIVE WEBINAR
WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH 15:30-14:30

Considering university as an option for a career in the creative industries? As part of National Careers Week join University of the Arts London to find out about the creative industries and how studying a degree can launch you into the creative sector. There will be a live Q&A with UAL students/graduates so come prepared with some questions.

CREATING A SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE
ADRIAN ASHTON

LIVE WEBINAR
THURSDAY 9th MARCH 11:00-12:00 

The future is going to be greener and you can do your bit by creating a sustainable business  and using creativity to make a difference. This interactive practical session will cover how you can use your creative skills and design to set up a business that will make a difference to the future sustainability of the planet. This session is delivered by Adrian Ashton, a sustainable sole trader and freelance advisor in association with Founders4Schools.

SHOWCASING & NETWORKING
CREATE BRITAIN

LIVE WEBINAR
FRIDAY 10th MARCH 10:00-11:00 

This session supports Create Britain's national tour of ACC campuses. It will cover showcasing your creativity and getting that first foot in the door. Richard Woods, Co-founder of CREATEBritain.com and expert recruiter will share advice on how to launch your creative career - explaining the importance of a discoverable online profile, how to showcase your skills, and will demonstrate how their new free platform could be used to get your first foot in the door with potential employers.

PITCHING TO A LABEL
ADAM BERWICK -dBs

LIVE WEBINAR
MONDAY 6th MARCH 13:00-14:00

The Creative Project for music is on pitching your music to a label. To get you started, this session will cover some useful tips on what labels are looking for and how to go about creating your pitch. It's delivered by Adam Berwick who is responsible for Industry Liaison at ACC's partner HE provider, dBs Institute.

CREATING LIBRARY MUSIC
KAI WHISTON & SAM ORGAN

WEBINAR
TUESDAY 7th MARCH 11:00-12:00 

A joint-presentation masterclass in creating music for sample libraries. It includes a broad definition of 'sampling', the physical manipulation of second-source audio but also 'referential sampling', teaching the approach of taking inspiration from a range of mediums in creating new musical & creative ideas - weaving that into our own experiences in our work within the industry. Kai Whiston is one of the UK's most exciting experimental pop producers, featuring extraterrestrial storytelling and emotive genre-hopping. Samuel Organ is a multi-disciplinary creative, working primarily with live instruments and sound design. His recent collaborators include Caroline Polachek, Sega Bodega, Danny L Harle, Iglooghost, BABii, as well as sound design projects for Gucci, Somerset House, WIRED Magazine, Nickelodeon.

PRODUCING A TRACK ON A BUDGET
CHANTELLE SCOTT

LIVE WEBINAR
TUESDAY 7th MARCH 12:00-13:00

You don't need to have lots of kit to get great results. This session explores how to produce a track on limited budget. It goes through how to take your ideas and turn them into potential award-winning masterpieces using whatever technology you have. It is delivered by Chanelle Scott who has performed on many stages in and around the UK and abroad and worked on projects in theatre, circus, short films and art galleries. Chantelle is signed to a label and has released several of her own albums.

EVENT BRANDING
ROMANO SIDOLI
& SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOLS 

WEBINAR
WEDNESDAY 15th MARCH 14:00-14:45 

Romano Sidoli is CEO of The Romano Sidoli consultancy, a team of event and brand specialists working in the music and media industries. His clients include FAC (Featured Artist Coalition), MMF (Music Managers Forum), Croydon Council, GUAP, OpenLab.fm, My Runway Group, Americana Music Association-UK, Escape Records & many more. Previously managing director of NME, he led the NME’s brand transformation, which saw the iconic music magazine move to a free distribution model in September 2015.

WORKING AS A MUSICIAN
MATT GRIFFITHS
& SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOLS 

WEBINAR
FRIDAY 17th MARCH 10:00-10:45

Matt Griffiths is the CEO of Youth Music, a charity investing in music-making projects for young people experiencing challenges. Matt originally trained as a percussionist and was a professional musician and music educator. This work included leading workshops and projects in prisons, young offender institutions, and more. In this session, we will hear about how music careers and passion for music can create a vibrant successful, and fulling career and how you don't have to just be a musician. 

YOUNG SONGWRITER
SONG ACADEMY

COMPETITON
DEADLINE 31st MARCH

You have until the end of the month to submit a song for the annual Song Academy Young Songwriter 2023 competition. Your work will be assessed by judges, including Fraser T Smith, Plested, Amy Wadge, Jimmy Napes & Calum Scott. There are fantastic prizes including a Yamaha instrument worth up to £1,000, home studio set-up, a recording studio session with a top producer & performing at The Young Songwriter 2023 showcase.

A LOOK INSIDE UNITY
STEVE McGREAL -UNITY

LIVE WEBINAR
WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH 11:00-12:00

The Unity game engine can be used to create 3D and 2D games, as well as interactive simulations and other experiences. The engine has been adopted by industries outside video gaming, such as film, automotive, architecture, engineering, construction, and the United States Armed Forces. This talk and Q&A from Steve McGreal will give an insight into Unity from someone who works for them. Come prepared with some questions!

SCREENWRITING NOW
PHIL PARKER
& SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOLS 

WEBINAR
WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH 10:00-11:00 

Screenwriting is a vital part of successful games design, creating compelling story lines which develop as the game progresses. This is a screenwriting masterclass from Phil Parker, screenwriter and co-founder of BCre8ive. Phil Parker is also one of Europe’s leading content development consultants – productions include Wallace and Gromit – Curse of the Were Rabbit ; Terry Prachett’s – Hogfather and Bach In Brazil for Disney International. BCre8ive is an online content development network and consultation body and he founded the UK’s most successful screenwriting course.

GAMES & CONSERVATION
UKIE 

WEBINAR
WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH 12:00-13:00 

Ukie’s Sustainability group is hosting a webinar for anyone in games who wants to learn more about supporting climate change and sustainability issues. The session will look at how games businesses can work with and support conservation of the natural world. It will feature three conservation case studies from the games industry.

ARTSTEPS
CREATING A VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

Want to build you own virtual games art exhibition or games demo space? ArtSteps is an innovative, web-based application that empowers you to build exhibitions, events, and brand storytelling concepts by designing realistic 3-dimensional room complexes. An easy-to-use tool accessible via web browser, without any additional software requirements. The 3D virtual experiences built through ArtSteps may include 2-dimensional items (e.g. paintings, photos, and posters), 3-dimensional items (e.g. sculptures or small installations), as well as streaming videos.

YGD AWARDS
BAFTA 

COMPETITION
DEADLINE THURSDAY 16th MARCH

Young Game Designers is an initiative by BAFTA that inspires and supports young people to create, develop and present their new game idea to the world. There are two categories: Game Concept Award for ideas and Game Making Award for working games. You must submit an original game idea or game created by you or with a team of up to two other people. If your game is chosen as a winner, you’ll get to meet top gaming experts who’ll work with you to bring your game to life as you’ve never seen it before! Entries will be judged on gameplay design, creativity and suitability for chosen games platform.

FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHY
GEORGE BENTLEY
& SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOLS 

WEBINAR
TUESDAY 7th MARCH 10:00-11:00 

Suffolk Camera Project founder George Bentley will talk about working as a freelance photographer and the varied career journey he has enjoyed through photography. This started when by opening a shop in a converted double decker bus, moving on to working on freelance projects with marketing agencies.

SCREENWRITING NOW
PHIL PARKER
& SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOLS 

WEBINAR
WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH 10:00-11:00 

Screenwriting is a vital part of successful games design, creating compelling story lines which develop as the game progresses. This is a screenwriting masterclass from Phil Parker, screenwriter and co-founder of BCre8ive. Phil Parker is also one of Europe’s leading content development consultants – productions include Wallace and Gromit – Curse of the Were Rabbit ; Terry Prachett’s – Hogfather and Bach In Brazil for Disney International. BCre8ive is an online content development network and consultation body and he founded the UK’s most successful screenwriting course.

ANIMATION & ILLUSTRATION
BEN WILDS STUDIO
& SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOLS 

WEBINAR
WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH 11:00-12:00 

This session will offer a masterclass in commerical animation and illustration. Ben Wilds Studio is a design and motion company that works with an array of clients all over the globe. Their work can be seen on billboards, print, luxury AD campaigns, TV and film. Clients include FIFA, Manchester City, Diana Ross, Adidas, BBC, ITV, Amazon Prime and Premier League. His works spans different mediums from hand-drawn animation to high-impact illustrations. In this 1 hour Discovery Workshop session, Ben will give an insight into his career journey, discuss training, pathways and talk about how he has carved out a successful creative career since leaving education at 16 years old.

D&AD YOUNG BLOOD AWARDS

DEADLINE FOR ENTRY 5pm 21st MARCH 

With 17 briefs set by top global brands such as Google, eBay, Penguin, IMAX, Barclay's, Sky, Heinz and Gymshark, here is your chance to kickstart your creative career and get your work out into the real world with D&AD New Blood Awards. The Awards is open to advertising, design, digital and marketing students, recent graduates and emerging creatives worldwide. It's your opportunity to land a job in the creative industry by getting a head start while you're still at university or gaining the exposure you need to kick start your creative career. Deadline for submitting work to the industry briefs is 21st March.

GRAPHIC DESIGN
WORLDSKILLS 

COMPETITION
REGISTRATION DEADLINE 24th MARCH 

WorldSkills competitions are designed by industry experts to assess knowledge, practical skills and employability attributes in a competitive timed-environment. You will create an idea that is appropriate to the target market, taking into consideration the impact of each element that is added during the design process. You will respect existing corporate identity guidelines and style guides.

CHARITY FILM AWARDS
CFA 

The Charity Film Awards work to raise the profile of the cause-based films. This is a chance to watch, review and vote on recent charity films. There are around 200 charities involved and they need your support to get their films recognised. This is an opportunity to critique films and make a difference to charities across the world who are making our planet a better and happier place to live.

BUILDING A BOT

LIVE WORKSHOP
FRIDAY 10th MARCH 10:00-15:00

Ever dreamed about building your own robotic sidekick? Do you want to find out what it’s like to be a robotics engineer in Kainos for a day? If so join this virtual RPA (Robotic Process Automation) insights day and learn how to build a bot. No experience is necessary - the code-along sessions and tutorials will ensure beginners and super coders alike gain the tools required to automate a range of processes.

AMAZON CYBER ROBOTICS CHALLENGE

WORKSHOP

Can you code an Amazon Hercules robot to deliver your friend’s birthday present on time? Join this free, 3-hour virtual challenge to learn programming basics. The challenge runs on Chrome. You will also Discover how Amazon uses computer science and robotics daily to deliver customer goods!

BRITISH SCIENCE WEEK

10th-19th MARCH

British Science Week is a ten-day celebration of thousands of events running throughout the whole of the UK with the aim of celebrating science, engineering, technology and maths. With no restrictions on who can organise events, the topics on which they are focused, the audience or the venue, the resulting programme is a hugely varied and eclectic mix suitable for people of all ages and abilities. This year's theme is Connections.

CAREERS IN THEATRE
BIRMINGHAM REP & SPEAKERS FOR SCHOOLS

LIVE WEBINAR
TUESDAY 7th MARCH 10:00-10:45

Working in theatres can be a varied and fulfilling role for event professionals. Hear from Bhavik Parmar (Head of Education) and Molly Taylor (Pathways Manager) from the Birmingham Repertory Theatre to learn about careers in theatre. This workshop will have the opportunity for Q&A.

ESPORTS IN THE UK

CONFERENCE
WEDNESDAY 8th MARCH 10:00-17:00

This event supports the publication of a brand-new report, produced by Esports News UK and Ukie, in conjunction with The Story Mob and YouGov. Both the report and this event will explore the current state of esports in the UK, assessing how the sector could be developed further, balancing the need to develop the next generation of esports talent with the ambition of unlocking the full growth potential of companies operating across the industry today.