Research Aims
1. To identify the opportunities in Bristol’s creative and digital sectors for sustainable employment, both now (2012/13), anticipated and with specific reference to the development of Bristol Temple Quarter Zone (BTQZ);
2. To identify the range of possible routes for potential employees into these opportunities;
3. To identify the entry level skills that future employers in these sectors require of their workforce;
4. To identify the preparation and training needed for employment in these sectors;
5. To identify any gaps in existing training provision;
6. To identify any impediments to young people’s progression into these sectors;
7. To identify existing initiatives, programmes and organisations working to address these issues in Bristol;
8. To identify existing models of good practice elsewhere in the UK and/or internationally that can inform future planning and funding decisions;
9. To examine how existing initiatives, programmes etc might be “joined up” and/or augmented to benefit both employers and job seekers in Bristol, to enable the city to sustainably develop its own workforce in these sectors and to maximise opportunities for young people, and other entry level employees from areas of the city which face particular barriers to employment to benefit from the BTQZ and related opportunities in these sectors.
2. To identify the range of possible routes for potential employees into these opportunities;
3. To identify the entry level skills that future employers in these sectors require of their workforce;
4. To identify the preparation and training needed for employment in these sectors;
5. To identify any gaps in existing training provision;
6. To identify any impediments to young people’s progression into these sectors;
7. To identify existing initiatives, programmes and organisations working to address these issues in Bristol;
8. To identify existing models of good practice elsewhere in the UK and/or internationally that can inform future planning and funding decisions;
9. To examine how existing initiatives, programmes etc might be “joined up” and/or augmented to benefit both employers and job seekers in Bristol, to enable the city to sustainably develop its own workforce in these sectors and to maximise opportunities for young people, and other entry level employees from areas of the city which face particular barriers to employment to benefit from the BTQZ and related opportunities in these sectors.