Voicebox: Kickstart your career

What's the best pathway into the arts and media - a creative apprenticeship or a university course? How do I build my experience and contacts, and survive as a young professional? This Voicebox offers ideas about developing your creative career, providing you with insights and opinions from both professionals and peers.
We also have a careers section dedicated to helping you find inspiration on taking that next step!
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26 May 2021
University graduates and the “What Next?" conundrum
From nursery rhymes to higher education, we are constantly advancing to the succeeding stage of our lives, but as you age these steps become more uncertain and fuelled with doubt. Leaving us with the daunting question - what's next?
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24 May 2021
5 Useful Tips on How to Make Your Website More Accessible
5 useful tips on how to make your website more accessible that I learned from the Accessibility Session by Hex Productions, hosted on May 5th, 2021.
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13 May 2021
Music theory app Sonid and its developer Martijn Ensing
“My main reason for developing Sonid was to hand my students a simple way to learn and practice music theory in their own time and space.”
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21 April 2021
H&M offers free suit rental for job interviews
With their initiative One/Second/Suit, clothing retailer H&M are now offering a 24-hour free men’s suit rental for job interviews.
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1 March 2021
Discover! Creative Careers Week 2021
Get involved with Discover! Creative Careers week from 1 - 5 March to unlock all that the creative industries have to offer!
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26 February 2021
Where are they now? with Ceri Davies: Arts Award 15th birthday
Ceri Davies completed her Silver Arts Award in 2012 and went on to become a disability rights campaigner, setting up her own community interest company, More Mascots Please. Find out more about what Ceri's been up to in this video interview.
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8 February 2021
How to get involved with the creative industries
A guide to help you navigate your journey into the creative industries.
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3 February 2021
Five Greater Manchester Artists Selected for MIF21 Creative Fellowships
Manchester International Festival (MIF) has offered five Greater Manchester artists the opportunity to go behind the scenes of this year's Festival.
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2 February 2021
Kids in Museums launches Museum Careers Quiz
The quiz is the latest in a series of resources to help young people discover careers in museums
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15 January 2021
Interview with Evlon De Souza Fellow of Trinity College London and alumni
We catch up with 26-year-old Evlon De Souza, Fellow of Trinity College London, Grade 7 piano player, the youngest Speech and Drama examiner and one of only two Indian examiners!
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14 January 2021
How to be a self-employed (freelance) creative
Emrys answers a few questions about being self employed. There's advice about doing tax returns, getting work and what insurance types mean. And answers to several other questions. So if you're starting out in the big bad world of work or becoming a self employed individual for the first time - this article is to help you get going and through your first tax return.
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15 January 2021
Instaviews with Ava Klass Friday 15 Jan at 5pm
Ava Klass, 13-year-old music prodigy and Myleene Klass' daughter will be joining us for our first Instaviews of the new year.
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4 January 2021
Where are they now? with Sapphire Urwick: Arts Award 15th birthday
Sapphire Urwick achieved her Bronze Arts Award 15 years ago, in Arts Award’s first year in operation! Since then she’s set up a theatre company and worked as an educator and trainer, read on...
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21 December 2020
Jamie Reid, Gold Arts Award
Jamie Reid shared his experience of completing Gold Arts Award during the challenges of 2020 lockdown. He says of his Arts Award: "Overall I found it an enjoyable experience as I was able to explore the arts industry in greater depth than I had previously."
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21 December 2020
Maddie Hinchliff, Gold Arts Award
Maddie Hinchliff shares her Gold Arts Award journey with us. She explored musical theatre at The King’s School in Worcester and has completed her Bronze, Silver and Gold, and impressively, completed her Gold during lockdown 2020.
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21 December 2020
Amy Carter, Gold Arts Award
Amy Carter has completed her Gold Arts Award over 2020 battling the issues of lockdown and having to complete a portfolio online. Find out about how Amy handled these challenges and what she did for her Arts Award.
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18 December 2020
Where are they now? with Becky Lawn, Arts Award 15th birthday
Becky works as a social scientist in public health and lives in Vancouver, but she still remembers the benefits of doing an Arts Award in 2008, when she was 16 years old. We catch up with Becky to celebrate Arts Award 15th birthday.
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14 December 2020
Where are they now? with Hattie Hignell, Arts Award 15th birthday
Hattie Hignell did her Gold Arts Award around 8 years ago and now works as a Senior Print Artist for a children's retailer. We catch up with Hattie to celebrate Arts Award 15th birthday.