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Wednesday 19 June 2013
Thursday 15 December 2011
Win over £5000 worth of advice & support to help your company grow internationally
The Exporting for Growth Prize - UK Trade & Investment is looking for the UK’s best new export ideas and on 10 November launched ‘The Exporting for Growth Prize’ competition.
Tuesday 22 November 2011
Arts Council England Invitation to Tender
WE PLAY, the North West’s cultural legacy project for London 2012 and the Cultural Olympiad and the Northwest Steering Group for the 2012 Games wish to commission the design and build of a single destination website, that consolidates the London 2012 offer for the England’s North West.
The website will increase public awareness of all official 2012 activity in the region, with a special emphasis on the diverse and high quality cultural offer made possible through the Cultural Olympiad. More specifically, the site will bring together audiences from a variety of backgrounds and interests to engage them in Cultural Olympiad events and other official London 2012 activity.
For full details and downloads of tender documents click on the link.
Northern Soho launches innovative Mentor Match scheme
Following extensive consultation with its members, Northern Soho will be launching an innovative Mentor Match scheme on Thursday 24 November 2011.
The scheme will give members the unique opportunity to work with experienced mentors working in the creative industries, who have earned their stripes in organisations varying from the largest agency group in the North of England to the smallest freelancers working on their own.
Click on the link to find out more and get involved.
Tuesday 1 November 2011
Creative England receives Regional Growth Fund investment
The Government has announced Creative England as one of the successful bidders to receive investment through the second round of its £1.4 billion Regional Growth Fund.
Creative England has secured c.£5 million RGF funding for ‘Digital Champions’, a private sector-led scheme providing development funding and market expertise to small creative and digital businesses working in cross-platform content and services.
‘Digital Champions’ will provide match funding and additional support to creative and digital SMEs in the North and North West, Birmingham and the West Midlands, and the far South West, areas identified as vulnerable to public sector job losses and with lower levels of enterprise and private sector growth.
Funding will help high potential businesses in these areas overcome market barriers and gain competitive advantage from the continued explosion in demand for cross platform content.
Thursday 27 October 2011
Film Culture Fund now open
Creative England’s Film Culture Fund is now open for applications, with a total of £490,000 delegated Lottery funds from the BFI to distribute in its first round.
The Fund is looking to support the provision and interpretation of both specialised and mainstream film in England, by investing in: - audience development within the film exhibition sector- film education activities which are linked to and support film exhibition infrastructure (e.g. cinemas, film festivals, film societies and other platforms)
- the acquisition, preservation and conservation of and access to regional screen heritage
Applications are invited from cinemas, film archives, film festivals, mobile cinemas, film societies and other eligible organisations working in the English regions outside of London.
Awards will range from £2,000 - £50,000 depending on the project. Funded activity can include programming, education, reaching under-served audiences and regional screen heritage.
Tuesday 11 October 2011
IP and Copyright - what do you need to know?
The last in the series of 'essential media law advice' seminars takes place tonight. Has copyright reached its sell by date? What is Creative Commons? and 18 other frequently asked questions will be answered by Keith Arrowsmith in his introduction to arguably the most valuable and flexible of the intellectual property rights. Click on the link for more information.
Thursday 6 October 2011
Sheffield's Sensoria festival calls for submissions
Now in its fifth year, Sheffield’s festival of film, music and digital is calling for submissions.
Sensoria, the UK’s festival of film, music & digital, will be back for nine days of fun and festivities from 21 – 29 April 2012. The festival crosses musical genres and has celebrated everything from Americana/folk, indie and electronica through to rockabilly.
Sensoria is now looking for exciting new work in the realms of music, film and digital – this can include fiction features or short films with an innovative soundtrack or score, music related biopics, music documentary and truly exceptional music video. Films should have been completed after 2009.
A very secret CING Lecture
CING has announced that their second CING Lecture will be taking place in November.
The inspirational speaker they have chosen for this lecture has gained vast experience building up her highly successful company over 26 years, overseeing its growth from a family business into a global leader with 30 offices worldwide.
They are keeping her identity secret for the time being but will be releasing a different clue to her identity every day. Keep checking their event page for the clues, or follow #CINGsecret on twitter!
Creative England opens for business
Creative England is now open for business, announcing its first seven Board members and three key Senior Management appointments, and outlining details of new funding available for filmmakers in the English regions outside London.
- Seven Board Members appointed
- Three Senior Managers in place
- Film Culture funding opens on 17 October 2011
- Talent Development funding available from November
- Lottery transfer FAQs available now at www.creativeengland.co.uk/film-support
Tuesday 20 September 2011
Creative England appoints Chief Executive
Creative England has appointed Caroline Norbury as its first Chief Executive Officer. Caroline Norbury’s role will be to develop the new organisation when it starts operating next month, becoming the first dedicated support agency for England’s creative industries outside of London.
From October, Creative England will receive DCMS Grant in Aid monies from the BFI to support the strategic development of film in the English Regions. Creative England will also become the BFI’s delegated body for the distribution of National Lottery funds for film.
Art Fund announces schemes worth £1million
The Art Fund has announced details of schemes worth £1 million, aimed at boosting collections and curatorial expertise across UK museums.
As part of its commitment to boost funding to museums and galleries by over 50% by 2014, the Art Fund today announces that six museums and galleries (including one partnership) have secured a share of £600,000 funding from RENEW – the scheme that will enable museums and galleries to build new collections of fine, decorative or applied art.Design Show - Tickets On Sale Now
Tickets for Design Show, a showcase and selling event at the heart of the Liverpool Design Festival, are on sale now from the Festival website.
Open to the public:
Friday 7 October – 10am to 6pm
Saturday 8 October – 10am to 6pm
Sunday 9 October – 10am to 6pm
Thursday 6 October - Income Generation Workshop
A practical event delivered by Singulier Ltd, supporting Social Enterprises to Start and Stay in Business.
This workshop is aimed at established Social Enterprises, Co-operatives, Voluntary organisations who need support to plan their Transition to Sustainability by researching Income Generation opportunities.
To register for this event please see http://socialenterprise-incomegeneration.eventbrite.com
Monday 15 August 2011
Book now for our essential Media Law Seminars
Manchester Metropolitan University School of Law, in partnership with JMW Solicitors LLP and Innospace, is delighted to present a series of three media law seminars designed to tackle current business issues facing creative companies.
Graphic Designer Needed!
Fragrance Direct, one of the UK’s leading specialist online retailers, is looking for a Graphic Designer to join their team based in Macclesfield.
Fragrance Direct offers an extensive range of fragrances, cosmetics and beauty products direct to consumers through the company’s bespoke website.
They are looking for an ambitious individual with a proven track record and a passion for online retailing, who can demonstrate: • Qualified to degree level in a Graphic Design based discipline • At least 3 years experience working in a fast working environment, either client or agency side • A proven track record of delivering artwork with a high level of creativity • A strong command of the English language and excellent written skills • Fully competent in the following PC based software:o Adobe Photoshop
o Adobe Illustrator
o Adobe Dreamweaver
o Adobe Fireworks
o Adobe Flash
o Microsoft; Excel, Word and Powerpoint • A thorough understanding of digital photography techniques If you are interested please email rachel.mackie@fragrancedirect.co.uk with your CV and examples of relevant work.
Tuesday 2 August 2011
Award-winning editor heads journalism degree
AWARD-winning former newspaper editor Mandy Leigh has been appointed Programme Leader for the new Masters in Multimedia Journalism at Manchester Metropolitan University.
CING Network & JCI Manchester - Summer Social BBQ
It's time for the C-I-N-G Summer Social 2011 - Thursday 4 August 2011
This will be the second event in the series in partnership with Junior Chamber International (JCI) Manchester, and is a chance for those of us lucky enough to still be in Manchester over the summer, to blow off a bit of steam, meet some great new people and eat some great barbecued food!
For for those of you who missed out on the CING/JCI joint speed networking on July 13th, here's your chance to meet some of Manchester most successful young professionals as well as catching up with our regular creative talents from CING.
For more information click here.
My first time to The Children's Media Conference
Ian Wareing from Vision+Media recounts his first experience at The Children's Media Conference on 7th July 2011.
"In the two years or so that I have spent at Vision+Media, children’s content has always been high on the agenda: The Northwest already has a long and rich heritage of producing fantastic children’s programming and the region’s future is set to go from strength to strength following the BBC’s decision to relocate both BBC Children’s and BBC Learning to MediaCityUK here in Salford, demonstrating the broadcaster's commitment to children’s content production in the North. So it was perhaps inevitable that, sooner or later, I would find myself at a conference dedicated to children’s content....."
To read more click here.
Wednesday 6 July 2011
Postgraduate wins UK writing prize
Joining a long line of published authors, postgraduate student Kim Moore has won a national prize for her poetry.
Kim, a student on our MA in Creative Writing, was awarded an Eric Gregory Prize by the Society of Authors, worth £4,200.
Kim's poetry has been published in the Times Literary Supplement, and she has performed her poems alongside Carol Ann Duffy at the Royal Exchange Theatre.
MPA Business Lunches
By popular demand the MPA are re-launching their business lunch programme with a list of dates for your diary – each of the lunch events will be hosted by a relevant part of the media or marketing communications discipline.
Dates for your diary
13th July – Magazines – Hosted by PPA
14th September – Hoted by Outdoor Media Centre
9th November – TBC
Timing
12.30pm - Bar opens for drinks and networking
1pm - Welcome and Lunch
2pm - Speakers and questions
3pm - Finish
Tuesday 28 June 2011
Create the next Family Guy?
Vision+Media is looking for innovative ideas in comedy and animation and has limited development funding to develop short taster tapes maximum 10 minutes.
If you are an SME in the northwest with a proven track record in broadcast or digital/gaming in either animation or comedy (ideally both), willing to work collaboratively with other north west talent, then Vision+Media would like to hear from you.
Deadline for applications is Friday 1 July.
CING Network & JCI Manchester - Speed Networking
A first for CING, this speed networking event will be a great opportunity to meet professional contacts from both within CING and their new partner organisation, the Junior Chamber International (JCI) Manchester.
Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Time: 6:00 PM
Venue: Revolution Bar (rear of Kendal's Deansgate), St Mary's Gate, Manchester
Tuesday 14 June 2011
Beyond Digital – 13 July – exploring the commercial opportunities of digital applications
Announcing Beyond Digital – a full day conference on Wednesday 13 July addressing the increasing spill over of innovation from Digital and Creative Industries to other industrial, commercial and service sectors. This conference represents a first for the North and we are fortunate to have attracted a number of outstanding regional, national and international business leaders, practitioners and academics as speakers on the day.
FutureCommerce2011 - 12 July
Your company’s website is its shop window, but just how well is it working for you and how much better could it work for you? This major one day conference on 12 July brings together outstanding digital professionals from IBM, Microsoft, Apple and others from across the UK, who will provide delegates with an insight into how your website should be the focal point of all business development activity.
Wednesday 25 May 2011
Essential Media Advice for Creative Companies
Manchester Metropolitan University School of Law, in partnership with Ralli Solicitors LLP, is delighted to present a series of three media law seminars designed to tackle current business issues facing creative companies.
DIBI 2011
DIBI (pronounced “dibby”), is the annual Design It. Build It. Conference held at The Sage Gateshead in the North East of England. DIBI brings together both sides of the web coin for an unusual two-track web conference. World renowned speakers leading in their fields of work will talk about all things web.
There will be a total of 13 speakers, 6 on each side and 1 Keynote.
What: Design It. Built It. Conference (DIBI) 2011
Where: The Sage, Gateshead
When: Tuesday 7th - Wednesday 8th June 2011
Transition to Sustainability - Income Generation Workshop
A practical event delivered by Singulier Ltd, supporting Social Enterprises to Start and Stay in Business.
This workshop is aimed at established Social Enterprises, Co-operatives, Voluntary organisations who need support to plan their Transition to Sustainability by researching Income Generation opportunities.
Monday, 6 June 2011, Registration at 8.45 - start: 9am - finish: 12.30
Venue: Innospace
Thursday 5 May 2011
Mediathursday networking event
Recruitment or finding the right people to work with and for you can be expensive. mediathursday is all about finding the right people through a natural mix of networking and introductions in a social environment.
mediathursday is all about being able to meet the right media, digital and creative people in a structured but relaxed environment.
The next event is Thursday 19th May 2011 at tiger tiger Manchester (the Printworks) and starts at 6.30pm, finishing at about 9.30pm.
Tuesday 3 May 2011
CING Creative Meetup - June 6th
Members of CING (Creative Industries Networking Group) meet up on the first Monday of every month (usually) to have a drink and chat about the latest developments and collaborations they are involved in (or even gossip) within the industry. People from any creative background or with a creative interest are welcome.
The format is very simple:
6:00pm - 6:30pm Arrival
6:30pm - 9:00pm Networking
Venue: Rain Bair, Manchester
For more information and to register to attend, please click on the link and RSVP.
Wednesday 30 March 2011
Top marks for accountancy
TRAINEE accountants now have more reasons to choose Manchester Metropolitan University after we retained our Platinum provider status.
The status awarded by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is the top grade awarded and currently held by only a handful of UK providers.
Platinum awards recognise a providers high pass rate, quality of staff and student experience.
Manchester Metropolitan University currently has 250 part-time students working towards ACCA qualifications at its Business School.
Monday 14 March 2011
The Guardian Student Media Awards 2011 has now launched
If you are a NUS card holding student and you want to break into the media why not enter and take the first step in launching a successful career.
Thursday 10 March 2011
Dates for The Media Festival 2011 confirmed
Dates for The Media Festival 2011, the UK\'s leading event for converging digital media, have ...
Tuesday 8 March 2011
Launch of The Marketing Society Northern Awards 2011
After its highly successful debut last year, How-Do is pleased to announce the launch of The Marketing Society Northern Awards 2011, an initiative which will once again highlight the creativity and demonstrable achievement of the marketing industry in the North.
Launched in 2010, The Marketing Society Northern Awards brings together companies from across the region to showcase best practice and acknowledge the current and future successes of leading marketers. In the process, the awards dinner itself on 29 June, is again likely to see the largest single gathering of senior marketers across the North in 2011.
In 2011, the awards will feature a total of 19 categories, covering a wide range of sectors, including leisure and tourism, retail and food & drink. Awards will also be made for specific discipline categories including social media, mobile marketing and low budget campaigns. CSR and Sustainable/Green categories have also been added to this year’s awards list.
Innospace monthly business group - 17 March
Join us on Thursday 17th March for the third Innospace monthly business group to share ideas, talk to the MMU business support network and learn something new.
This session will focus on Finance, with Mark Boyle and Rachael Leighton from HSBC leading the discussion on start-up related issues. HM Revenue & Customs will also be joining the session, looking at what you need to get your business trading.
Come along at 10am for coffee and join in the practical and interactive session, then stay and work with the MMU business support team on your business idea.
To register for the event please click here.
This event has been organised by Innospace and the NW HE Enterprise Champion Project.
Friday 18 February 2011
Innospace presents: Using Social Media for building your business
Innospace presents: An event geared towards enterprising students who want to start their own business.
Bruce Thomas is the MD of modern-english, one of the UKs leading social media development agencies and Innospace company. Working mainly with entertainment brands across the UK, modern-english have recently been appointed as the English Cricket Boards social media agency delivering new ways for fans of cricket to engage with the sport.
Bruce will enlighten you as to the power of social media by mainly looking at Facebook and ways to build a successful user network who engage with your brand. He will also discuss application-led media and mobile applications.
Two further Innospace businesses will be sharing their experiences of starting their business during or shortly after university, the challenges they faced and the rewards (speakers to be confirmed).
Following the event there will be a chance to network and refreshments will be provided.
Click here to register for the event.Tuesday, 22 March 2011, 1:00pm – 4:00pm, Innospace.
Tuesday 1 February 2011
Man Met 'most popular university'
MANCHESTER Metropolitan University is officially the most popular university in the UK with record UCAS applications.
Heatherwick voted Designer of the Year
MANCHESTER MET alumnus Thomas Heatherwick has been voted Designer of the Year by the influential Wallpaper magazine.
Thomas, a graduate of the university’s acclaimed three-dimensional design degree course, was praised for a series of inspiring projects last year including the new design for London buses and the UK Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010.
The 40-year-old, hailed by Sir Terence Conran as 'the new Leonardo' for his ingenious fusion of art and engineering, was made an Honorary Doctor of Arts in July 2007.
Seed Cathedral
In 2010 his ‘Seed Cathedral’ at the Shanghai Expo won the prestigious international Lubetkin Prize from the Royal Institute of British Architects. The six-storey cube-like structure is pierced by 60,000 transparent acrylic rods that each contain a seed.
The Wallpaper judging panel included artist Marc Quinn, composer Michael Nyman, architect Mario Bellini and musician and designer Pharrell Williams.
Tuesday 11 January 2011
Brain Wash Manchester date announced
BRAIN WASH is an independent short film festival which launched in London in November 2009. In October 2010 BRAIN WASH MANCHESTER played to a packed out room in the Northern Quarter's popular Bay Horse Pub.
Now in its second year BRAIN WASH MANCHESTER is pleased to announce a return to the venue, hosting a new showcase of fantastic short films on January 27th 2011 at 7.30pm.
Entry is FREE and the line up has been curated by Mike Scott, a young director from the North West, currently studying Contemporary Film and Video at MMU.
Brain Wash is a platform for up-and-coming UK filmmakers to showcase their work and it offers a programme of innovative, refreshing and simply interesting short films. Since launching just over a year ago, Brain Wash has held events in London, Birmingham and New York.
Thursday 6 January 2011
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Young film-maker's breakthrough
A VIRAL TV ad made for nothing by MMU students has been shown at a Cannes film competition attended by John Landau, producer of Avatar and Titanic.
For more information click on the link.