, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with screen industries organisations
Okay. Does anybody else want to come in before I ask my last question?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with screen industries organisations
Most of what I wanted to ask, Chair, has been addressed. I wanted to ask about skills and training opportunities, which have been discussed at length. I'd just like to ask very briefly about the Welsh Government's new creative skills action plan, and whether…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
Okay. And I think the creative skills action plan was announced—this is my last question, Chair, I just want to make sure that we're keeping to time—the creative skills action plan was announced in September, will it sufficiently identify and mitigate those…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
Okay, my last—. Yes.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
And colleges themselves, as well, how do they interact with the industry? I understand that a number of teaching staff would be from the industry, but is there a structure in place to ensure that programmes are developed with that in mind?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
I think there's—. Sorry, go on.
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
But an institution, like a further education or higher education institution would be able to design a programme that would take account of that, but it would need collaboration, wouldn't it?
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
So, if there's going to be an industry input, you need the sector working closely with further and higher education institutions, with schools to develop, particularly, perhaps, vocational pathways. to develop, particularly, perhaps, vocational pathways. Do…
, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Challenges facing the creative industry workforce: Evidence session with Trade unions and employee representatives
Can the panel just give me some opinions on how the education sector can better develop a pathway for qualifications that better reflect a career in the creative industries? That's deliberately broad, by the way—[Laughter.]
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
I put my name down to follow up on this question without realising how many people would also be doing the same, but I would like to add my voice. I've been contacted by a constituent, who plays regularly in an orchestra at St David's Hall. I was going to say…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Okay. I think I've run out of time now, Chair.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Okay. Chair, I think I'm out of time.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Cardiff Metropolitan University.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Can you give me an example of that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
So, with that in mind then, you talk about the journey that apprentices go on, and mature apprentices, do you think that there's a place for degree apprenticeships, and what form should they take, given that, if you're going to have a long-term route out of…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
And with all of this packaged together, do you think it's feasible to say that the Welsh Government's target of 125,000 apprenticeships in this Senedd term is still achievable?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
So, with that in mind, do you think that employers are finding, in this environment—is it harder to engage with employers, or find employers providing on-the-job training, as a result of some of these pressures?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Okay. A question for Lisa now. How are cost-of-living pressures affecting the apprenticeship programmes that your members deliver?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Okay. Yes, I think I got that. Okay, thanks. And the other thing that the evaluation said was that providers are supporting trainees with food and clothing. That pressure is surely going to increase on providers now. Do you have concerns about that?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Does anyone else want to come in? No.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Just a question to the Learning and Work Institute. You said, during the 2015-19 evaluation of Welsh Government's traineeships programme, that Welsh Government should review the range of provision for young people. Do you feel that that is…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
I was going to say that you've identified a supply side issue with the pupils not attending school, but the bigger issue, I think, is the fact that there's that lack of co-ordination below the age of 15—11 to 15 or even younger. Would you agree that that is a…
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Thanks, Chair, no further questions.
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Can I just follow up on that? Can you account for the reason for that gap of information—why does that gap exist?
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Cost of living pressures and the Young Person’s Guarantee
Yes, please. I'd just like to reflect on what was just said, and, having had conversations across the further education sector, some of the frustrations the further education sector has—and this is no criticism of schools, but this seems to be the reality—is…
