{"id":959796,"date":"2026-05-14T17:58:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959796\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T17:58:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T17:58:19","slug":"bbc-and-youtube-launch-creator-training-programme-in-birmingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/959796\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC and YouTube launch creator training programme in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">About 13% said they had enough access to studio spaces, and only 9% felt they had enough support in securing filming locations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Alison Lomax, managing director for YouTube UK and Ireland, said the industry had not kept pace with the &#8220;scale or speed of today&#8217;s digital talent&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;By launching this nationwide partnership, we are aiming to bridge that gap &#8211; providing the digital strategies and practical expertise needed to empower extraordinary talent in every corner of the UK,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The scheme, also supported by industry body ScreenSkills, launched at a Create X Connect event in Digbeth on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Organisers said the programme would bring together the NFTS&#8217;s &#8220;world-class technical mastery,&#8221; the BBC&#8217;s reputation for trusted storytelling and YouTube&#8217;s next-generation of talent and access to global audiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They added it represented a &#8220;significant investment&#8221; and a shared commitment to ensuring that everyone, regardless of location, had access to world-class skills and training.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rhodri Talfan Davies, BBC interim director general, added the broadcaster was pleased to be part of a partnership &#8220;championing the next generation of leading content creators and helping supercharge UK storytelling&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Beyond that, the BBC is proud to play our role in supporting jobs, skills and training to help drive creative and economic growth right across the UK,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;We offer hundreds of established apprenticeship and training schemes in broadcast and related areas, and now we are investing in the next generation of talented creators.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"About 13% said they had enough access to studio spaces, and only 9% felt they had enough support&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":959797,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,393,4884,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-959796","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116574231438411792","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=959796"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/959796\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/959797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=959796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=959796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=959796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}