TU Dublin and Screen Ireland Sign Partnership to Strengthen Links Between Higher Education and Screen Industry Skills Development
Partnership will expand the co-development of accredited talent development programmes and pathways to support industry growth.
Technological University Dublin signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland (Screen Ireland), the state development agency with responsibility for skills development to support the Irish screen industry. The MOU builds on a deep history of collaboration between Screen Ireland’s skills development team and TU Dublin’s School of Media, including targeted postgraduate programmes in Advanced Producing, Creative Leadership and a Computer-Generated Imagery Technical Artist apprenticeship.
In July 2022, Screen Ireland published the Competency Framework for Crew, to support the ongoing development and expansion of the sector’s workforce. The framework which was the first of its kind in the screen sector globally was created through deep engagement with Screen Guilds of Ireland and crew guilds and serves as a comprehensive tool to help third-level and other education providers to enhance their current provision, developing new curricula that is better aligned to the actual job roles as they operate within the industry.
The Creative and Cultural Sector was identified as one of seven key sectors for Convene, a Human Capital Initiative project designed to transform university-enterprise engagement led by TU Dublin in partnership with UCD. The recently launched TU Dublin Enterprise Academy, a product of Convene, facilitates university-enterprise collaboration, and supports Irish-based enterprise in their talent development initiatives and long-term skills strategy. The Enterprise Academy’s team of sector-facing professionals, academics and educational designers have been working closely with Screen Ireland and the School of Media to provide partnership and programme development support, as well as the co-development of relevant models in areas such as Work-Based Learning, Recognition of Prior Learning, micro-credentials and transversal skills.
