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National Careers Week (3-8 March) may have come to an end for 2025, but our screen careers guidance continues year-round.
In this month's edition, we help educators and careers professionals keep the National Careers Week momentum going with essential CPD for teachers, resources that link to the curriculum, virtual broadcasts, podcasts and special events providing insights and encounters with the screen industries. And it's all free, and easily accessible. The wide range of careers in film, TV, games, animation, and VFX still requires your continued support to empower young people to take their first steps in the screen industries.
I think it has definitely helped. I knew I always wanted to do something in the media industry... scriptwriting or creating the characters and their directions, I think that is something I would like to do more of. Listening to the director and the editor and how they put their own emotions into it, and it's not just something standard that they have to do, it's personal.
Young attendee at the Into Film Festival 2024, on whether they had been inspired to think about potential roles in the screen industries
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Explore Story Builder: Unscripted TV - a free learning resource
Empower young people to channel their passion for TV with our latest free careers resource for 11-14 year olds. We've partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery to introduce Story Builder: Unscripted TV, a dynamic resource designed for Key Stage Three educators and learners. This resource explores narrative development through the lens of television while highlighting exciting industry careers.
This engaging resource empowers learners to integrate subject knowledge into creating an unscripted TV pilot episode. Drawing inspiration from game shows, chat shows and Warner Bros. Discovery documentaries, lifestyle programmes, reality, motoring and food shows, students take on various roles in the TV industry.
Through this hands-on experience, learners develop ideas, craft narratives, problem-solve, evaluate, and present their work, all while exploring the exciting world of unscripted television. Packed with story development activities, learners explore a range of roles and responsibilities in the TV industry and plan for their own show/documentary.
New resource: Parent and Carer Guide to Careers in the Screen Industries
As well as educators, when it comes to sparking career aspirations in young people, we believe that parents, carers and other guardians can also play a key role. Who better to inform, inspire and encourage passionate young people to pursue exciting careers in the screen industries?
Our FREE Parent and Carer Guide to Careers in the Screen Industries provides valuable insights into the sector and offers practical advice on how to support and encourage their journey. We want to equip educators and parents alike about the screen careers opportunities available. Why not use this guide as part of your ongoing outreach and activities with parents and carers.
If you're a parent/carer, this guide will help you:
- Learn the basics around careers in the screen industries
- Discover where to find out more about screen industry opportunities
- Feel more confident about supporting your young person in exploring a screen industry career.
If you're an educator/careers lead, this guide will help you:
- Answer parent/carer questions
- Have a handy document to share at information and parent/carer evenings
- Explain where film, media and moving image arts courses can lead
- Show how careers in the screen industries cut across a range of subjects, interests and skillsets
CPD Training to help you meet your targets
Our CPD training is supported by experts from the screen industries and education and careers sectors. It is designed to help you update and develop your knowledge and understanding of film, TV, games, animation and VFX.
The UK's screen industries have seen significant growth in recent years, with its stunning locations attracting productions and a range of new studios that accommodate major feature film and high-end TV productions. With an increasing number of opportunities across the UK, and roles that span the full school curriculum, there is much to discover.
Discover training and CPD opportunities to help you support young people to explore careers in the screen industries. From online courses to one-off webinars, our free training will give careers leads, careers advisers and other educators the knowledge and confidence needed to advise the next generation of talent on screen industry careers.
National Careers Week (NCW) 2025
National Careers Week 2025 (3-8 March) was amazing. We explored screen career options, helped share valuable insights and made new connections. It's an annual event but we are proud to celebrate screen careers all year round. At Into Film, we aim for all our work to be impactful, inspiring and inclusive. Early feedback from our #NCW2025 activities show that they have been all three. Activities took place across the UK and here are some of the comments from participants...
I've learned that even if you don't think you could do a role in creative industries there's always an opportunity.
Y9 student from Media Careers Podcast Live
We travelled from Glasgow at 5am to participate in the BAFTA careers event, and it was a phenomenal opportunity for my students. As pupils with additional support needs, they worried that a career in the film and tv industry was impossible. Thanks to the practical advice from the guests, my pupils left feeling motivated and inspired. Thank you!
Ross Gallacher, Teacher of English and Media Studies, Hollybrook Academy
As part of our National Careers Week 2025 plans, we teamed up with BAFTA to hold a number of special careers panels at their headquarters in Piccadilly, London. Read on to find out more and don't forget to check in with our April newsletter to learn more on this.
New Into Film Ambassador: Sally El Hosaini
During National Careers Week we were also proud to announce the appointment of our latest Into Film Cymru Ambassador: Swansea-born, BAFTA-award winning writer/director, Sally El Hosaini (The Swimmers, My Brother the Devil, Babylon).
The announcement was made at a special International Women's Day event that took place at Willows High School (Cardiff) with pupils from Pen-Y-Dre High School (Merthyr Tydfil) also in attendance.
The event was part of Into Film Cymru's ongoing work to increase access and diversity in the screen industry, supporting more young women and disadvantaged groups to enter the creative industries sector.
National Careers Guidance Shows - meet the team in London
It's not too late to book your free place at the final National Career Guidance Show (NCGS) 2025 on Tuesday 1 April in London.
We're exhibiting at the above event, so please pop by our stand and say hello. You can also join our Careers Lead, Cerys Evans, in the seminar space to hear key messages on how to support young people to navigate careers in the screen industries.
ScreenWorks
If you're working with young people in Northern Ireland, don't miss the latest ScreenWorks opportunities. Funded by the Department for Communities through Northern Ireland Screen and delivered by Into Film, our 3-5 day ScreenWorks work experience placements help young people aged 14-19 learn more about careers in the screen industries with first-hand experience.
Further careers resources
To learn more about how you can educate and guide young people toward their dream careers, browse our Careers Hub for even more resources and training to enhance your careers programme, and discover more opportunities for young people. Be sure to check back again early next month for more top events and resources you can use to support screen careers conversations.
Into Film is proud to be an Affiliate Member of the Career Development Institute (CDI), and a Social Mobility Partner of Speakers for Schools.
