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Closing date for applications: 27th October 2025 Are you looking to start your career in TV production? This programme offers tailored career advice, networking opportunities and valuable insight into how shows are made.The 2026 lifted entertainment work experience programme is now open. With access to our programme for&nbsp;one year, this exciting opportunity is aimed at entry level &amp; junior candidates looking to start a career in TV.This programme offers:&nbsp;&nbsp;<ul><li>Free career and CV advice throughout the year</li><li>Access to a variety of&nbsp;power hours with industry professionals</li><li>The ability to&nbsp;network at career events</li><li>Gain a greater understanding of how the industry works&nbsp;</li></ul>Partnering with our ITV Academy, this programme also offers you the chance to apply for a possible&nbsp;1 week shadowing placement on one of our shows, shadowing our teams and giving you first-hand insight into how a production comes together in a busy TV environment.&nbsp;Our work experience programme is now in its sixth year running and we are very proud to watch many of our members go on to successful careers within the industry. Lifted Entertainment makes some of the most popular shows on TV, including Love Island, Love Island Aftersun, Love Island All Stars, I’m A Celebrity, The Royal Variety Show and many, many more! Being part of the programme will enable you to gain an invaluable insight into TV production and how shows are made. Who can apply<ul><li>Must be aged 18+</li><li>Must have the right to live and work in the UK</li><li>Must be entry / junior level (a few runner credits is acceptable, as is anyone wishing to move onto a slightly different career path)&nbsp;</li></ul>Any shadowing opportunities are predominantly London based but we are open to accepting applicants from across the UK.&nbsp;Please note : This opportunity is an invitation to express your interest in joining our 2026 Lifted Work Experience talent pool. This is not an active, open, nor paid vacancy. If you are selected as a programme member, you are able to participate around your other work/education commitments.&nbsp;Whilst we would love to reply to everyone, we are also only able to give feedback to those who make it through to the final stage of the process unfortunately due to volume. Lifted Entertainment is committed to increasing the diversity of its workforce and we strongly encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from Deaf, Disabled and neurodivergent people. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria (as listed above) and you have declared that you are disabled, your application will go to the next stage of the process (although please note, there may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications). We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during the process, as part of our reasonable adjustments. Find out more about applying with a disability <a href="https://www.itvjobs.com/blog/joining-itv-with-a-disability" target="_blank">here</a>.Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Lifted entertainment work experience programme 2026

Closing date to sign up: Tuesday 18th November 2025, 5pmEvent date &amp; time: Wednesday 19th November 2025, 1–2pm (via Zoom) Curious about scientific publishing but not sure where to start?Did you know scientific publishing isn’t just about journals?It’s a dynamic, global industry at the heart of sharing discoveries with the world. From editing and peer review to author engagement and open science, there are many exciting career paths where your skills can make an impact.Creative Access is teaming up with leading scientific publisher <a href="https://ioppublishing.org/" target="_blank">IOP Publishing</a> to host a free webinar, where our panel will demystify the world of scientific publishing and share insider tips on how to build a career in the industry. IOP Publishing is committed to advancing knowledge through high-quality journals and digital content.&nbsp;Join us to hear from professionals at various stages of their publishing careers as they share their journeys, from what a typical day looks like to practical advice for breaking into the industry. You’ll learn what publishing really involves, the different routes in, and how to make your applications stand out. This event is perfect for:<ul><li>Anyone considering publishing as a career path</li><li>Researchers curious about careers beyond academia&nbsp;</li><li>Science communicators and aspiring editors&nbsp;</li></ul> Meet the panel:&nbsp;<ul><li>Shalini Menon – associate editor, IOP Publishing</li><li>Alex Toporkov – research integrity officer, IOP Publishing &nbsp;</li><li>Rob Freeman – associate editor, IOP Publishing</li><li>Aswathy Girjia – subject commissioning editor, IOP Publishing&nbsp;</li></ul> In this session, you’ll discover:&nbsp;<ul><li>What scientific publishing is and why it's important</li><li>The many career opportunities within publishing (and how to find the right fit for you, whether you’re switching careers or just starting out)&nbsp;</li><li>Top tips and advice from publishing professionals who’ve made the leap themselves&nbsp;</li><li>The skills and experiences that will help your application stand out&nbsp;</li><li>How IOP Publishing supports the global scientific community&nbsp;</li></ul>This is the ideal event for anyone looking to explore publishing, gain insider knowledge, and feel confident about taking their first step into the industry. About IOP Publishing&nbsp;IOP Publishing is a leading scientific publisher committed to advancing knowledge through high-quality journals and digital content. Working at IOPP means being part of a global community of scientists and editors who make research accessible, impactful, and visible to the world. We welcome and encourage attendees who are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds, or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people, people with the characteristic of gender reassignment, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.&nbsp;

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Closing date for applications: 26 October 2025 Are you looking to develop your skills as a novelist but lacking the resources to do so? Don't miss this exciting opportunity to join an upcoming three-month novel writing course.&nbsp;We are thrilled to announce that this Breakthrough Novel-Writing Scholarship will provide the full course fee for a talented writer with limited financial means to study on our three-month online <a href="https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writing-your-novel-three-months-online" target="_blank">Writing Your Novel</a> course led by Andrew Michael Hurley. The scholarship is open to writers over the age of 18, who fulfil our low-income eligibility criteria.<ul><li>Unmarried&nbsp;and not co-habiting with a partner,&nbsp;with an annual (gross, pre-tax) income of less than £25,000 and personal savings of less than £5,000.</li><li>Married or co-habiting with a partner, with a total annual (gross pre-tax) household income of less than £35,000 and personal savings (jointly or individually) of less than £5,000.</li></ul>If you don’t quite fit our financial criteria but are nonetheless financially challenged, then do apply, explaining your circumstances in the form. Our form asks you to make a statement about your financial income and the reason you deserve this fully funded opportunity. Term &amp; conditions<ul><li>Applicants to&nbsp;the Breakthrough Novel-Writing Scholarship for Writers with Low Income must fulfil our eligibility criteria. Our form asks you to make a statement about your financial income and the reason you deserve this fully funded opportunity.</li><li>With respect to the earnings thresholds set out in our eligibility section: for salaried applicants, your&nbsp;current salary at date of application must be under the threshold. For self-employed applicants, your gross pre-tax profits (average figure for the last two financial years) must be under the threshold. State benefits such as jobseeker’s allowance should be counted as income.</li><li>Applicants may be asked to provide proof of their financial circumstances in support of their scholarship applications.</li><li>Because the scholarship is open only to those who do not have the means to attend the applicable course without financial assistance, applicants should bear in mind that their application will be considered only for the scholarship places and not for other fee-paying places on the courses.</li><li>Applicants to this scholarship must not be currently represented by a literary agent.</li></ul> Ready to apply?Curtis Brown Creative offers places on our courses on the basis of proven writing ability. Please apply with the first 3,000 words of the novel you’d like to work on during the course, and a synopsis of no more than a page (both need to be in the same document, as you can only upload ONE file in the application below). Please note that those with the financial means to attend our courses should not apply to this scholarship.This scholarship will be awarded to the applicant whose submission material shows the greatest potential and promise in our view. The decision will be made by the Curtis Brown Creative team.Our application process is simple, and we encourage all writers meeting the eligibility criteria to apply. Don’t worry if you have little or nothing to say in response to questions about e.g. writing experience or employment. Just fill out the form, upload your work and we’ll be in touch soon. The deadline for applications is&nbsp;Sunday 26 October, and we will respond to applicants by&nbsp;Thursday 31 October. Please state in your application that you found this opportunity through Creative Access.

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Breakthrough novel-writing scholarship for writers with low income

Closing date for applications: 2 November 2025 This exciting opportunity offers four talented disabled writers nine months of mentoring from a published author, plus a tutorial with a literary agent.This nine-month mentoring programme is part of Curtis Brown Creative's <a href="https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough-writers-programme" target="_blank">Breakthrough Writers' Programme</a> – our outreach initiative for under-represented authors. Mentoring will run from November 2025 to August 2026 and seeks to support four aspiring authors through one-to-one guidance from a published author-mentor, plus a tutorial with a literary agent.Mentoring sessions will take place via Zoom or phone calls. We are able to make accessibility adjustments to the programme if required. For example, by providing a British Sign Language interpreter. Mentors include renowned authors Polly Atkin, Lisette Auton, Nydia Hetherington, Chloe Timms and Claire Wade.You can apply to be mentored for a project at any stage of writing (from just starting to redrafting) and written in any of the following genres/categories:<ul><li>Novel written for adults</li><li>Novel written for children (older than 7) or young adults</li><li>Collection of short stories</li><li>Memoir</li><li>Narrative non-fiction</li></ul> EligibilityThis mentoring is open to all disabled writers over the age of 18.Applicants must have a disability, as defined by the Equality Act 2010. You’re disabled under the Equality Act 2010 if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.Our form asks you to make a statement about why you should be awarded this mentoring opportunity.<ul><li>Applicants to the Breakthrough Mentoring Programme for Disabled Writers must fulfil our eligibility criteria.</li><li>Applicants must not be currently represented by a literary agent.</li></ul> To applyCurtis Brown Creative offers mentoring places on the basis of proven writing ability. We ask applicants to send us the first 3,000 words of a novel/memoir/short story/narrative non-fiction project in progress, with a one-page synopsis, and to fill out our application form. Mentoring places will be awarded to applicants with submission material that shows the greatest potential and promise in our view. The decision will be made by the Curtis Brown Creative team.Our application process is simple, and we encourage all writers meeting the eligibility criteria to apply. Please state in your application that you found this opportunity through Creative Access.

Breakthrough mentoring programme for disabled writers

Closing date for applications: 26 October 2025 Do you have an idea for the next big TV drama? This 3-month course offers the chance to develop your script with help from industry experts.This screenwriting scholarship will enable a talented writer of colour with limited financial means to join Curtis Brown Creative's three-month online <a href="https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/course/writing-tv-drama-three-months" target="_blank">Writing TV Drama</a> course led by Jamie Nuttgens. This scholarship is part of our <a href="https://www.curtisbrowncreative.co.uk/breakthrough-scholarships" target="_blank">Breakthrough Writers’ Programme</a>, a major outreach programme which offers opportunities to under-represented writers.&nbsp;We are keen to promote diversity in our student groups and to enable talented writers to join our courses who we might not otherwise have heard from.You don't need a degree or any experience of the TV industry to apply for this scholarship: If you a have good idea, the desire to write television drama and to learn – and if you’re a writer of colour without the financial means to attend a Curtis Brown Creative course, this scholarship opportunity is for you. EligibilityThis scholarship is open to writers of colour over the age of 18, who fulfil our low-income eligibility criteria.&nbsp;Applicants must have one of the following categories of ethnicity: East Asian (Chinese; Japanese); South Asian (Indian; Pakistani; Bangladeshi); Southeast Asian (Vietnamese; Korean; Filipino); any other Asian background; Black African; Black Caribbean; Black Other; Mixed – White and Asian; Mixed – White and Black Caribbean; Mixed – White and Black African; any other mixed background from more than one group; or any other background by which you identify as a person of colour.Applicants must fulfil our financial criteria:<ul><li>Unmarried&nbsp;and not co-habiting with a partner,&nbsp;with an annual (gross, pre-tax) income of less than £25,000 and personal savings of less than £5,000.</li><li>Married or co-habiting with a partner, with a total annual (gross pre-tax) household income of less than £35,000 and personal savings (jointly or individually) of less than £5,000.</li></ul>If you don’t quite fit our financial criteria but are nonetheless financially challenged, then do apply, explaining your circumstances in the form. Our form asks you to make a statement about your ethnicity, your financial income and the reason you deserve this fully funded opportunity. Terms &amp; conditions<ul><li>Applicants to the Breakthrough Scholarship for TV Screenwriters must fulfil our eligibility criteria. Our form asks you to make a statement about your ethnicity, your financial income and the reason you deserve this fully funded opportunity.</li><li>With respect to the earnings thresholds set out in our eligibility section: for salaried applicants, your&nbsp;current salary at date of application must be under the threshold. For self-employed applicants, your gross pre-tax profits (average figure for the last two financial years) must be under the threshold. State benefits such as jobseeker’s allowance should be counted as income.</li><li>Applicants may be asked to provide proof of their financial circumstances in support of their scholarship applications.</li><li>Because the scholarship is open only to those who do not have the means to attend the applicable course without financial assistance, applicants should bear in mind that their application will be considered only for the scholarship place on the relevant course and not for other fee-paying places on the course.</li><li>Applicants to this scholarship must not be currently represented by an agent for their screenwriting.</li></ul> How to applyThe Breakthrough Scholarship for TV Screenwriters of Colour will be awarded to the applicant whose submission material shows the greatest potential and promise in our view. The decision will be made by the Curtis Brown Creative team. Our application process is simple, and we encourage all writers meeting the eligibility criteria to apply. Don’t worry if you have little or nothing to say in response to questions about e.g. writing experience or employment. Just fill out the form, upload your work and we’ll be in touch soon.Please apply with the opening of your pilot script (up to fifteen pages – maximum 2,200 words) in industry standard format, 300 words synopsising your entire pilot episode and 300 words synopsising the rest of your serial. All of these materials need to be in the same document, as you can only upload one PDF file. The CBC team will select applicants based on the quality of the writing sample provided. The deadline for applications is midnight, end of day Sunday 26 October, and we will respond to applicants by Thursday 30 October. Please state in your application that you found this role through Creative Access.

Breakthrough scholarship for TV screenwriters of colour

Closing date for applications: Sunday 26th October 2025 at 11.59pmCompensation: £1,916.67 per month, paid as a tax-free bursary (this is equivalent to a salary of £27,500 per annum).Duration: 3 monthsHours: Monday to Friday, 9am - 5.30pmStart date: November 2025 Are you the 'organiser' in your social group? Do you find yourself thinking that 'a spreadsheet could help with that'? Are you person who can be relied upon to 'make it happen'? Have you ever been to a gig or show and wondered how it all comes about? This could be the internship for you.<a href="https://www.cogsandmarvel.com/" target="_blank">Cogs &amp; Marvel</a> is a creatively led experiential agency with a global footprint. Women-founded and owned in Ireland, it grew and expanded to the UK and the US through servicing large tech brands like Google and Meta. The agency leads with strategic creative thinking to deliver exceptional events and experiences on behalf of clients all over the world. These take the form of conferences, exhibitions, consumer activations, sponsorship activity, launches and more. Cogs &amp; Marvel's work is broadly divided into three skill sets, based on relationship management, creative output and project delivery.The production intern will have the opportunity to learn about and contribute to the production process that's instrumental to delivering events on behalf of our clients. This internship is a taster for a career path that could involve organising large and complex projects on a global scale. It's about organisation but also an appreciation for the thing being organised, a recognition that creativity needs a team of organisers to bring it to life. You will have the opportunity to learn about and contribute to the production process that's instrumental to delivering events on behalf of our clients.This role is remote first, meaning there's no set mandate for in-office working. All employees are encouraged to join occasional team working days in a London office if convenient. Office spaces can also be provided in other parts of the country if needed. What you will learn<ul><li>You'll have the opportunity to shadow our production team as they go about producing several events: joining internal and client meetings to learn how these discussions lead to decision-making.</li><li>You'll have the chance to take on specific project tasks such as research and financial administration to understand their contribution to the wider production.</li><li>You'll also gain first-hand experience of event delivery by travelling with a project team to an event and witnessing how they go about their roles.</li></ul> Key activitiesThrough working with the production team, you'll learn about all the key elements of event production workflow, including:<ul><li>Scoping a project through budget estimating and resource planning.</li><li>Building the necessary team to deliver a project.</li><li>Planning for meetings and agree actions.</li><li>Financial process: finding suppliers, onboarding them, organising their payment.</li><li>Project planning: scheduling a project life-cycle at a high level and detailed scheduling of event delivery itself.</li></ul> Knowledge, skills and experience<ul><li>An interest in events, live experiences, or creative industries, with a curiosity about how they are produced.</li><li>Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritise effectively.</li><li>Proactive problem-solving abilities, showing initiative in tackling challenges and finding solutions.</li><li>Strong communication and interpersonal skills, able to work collaboratively with teams and suppliers.</li><li>Attention to detail, ensuring accuracy in tasks such as scheduling, research, and financial administration.</li><li>Enthusiasm for learning and a willingness to take on new tasks outside your comfort zone.</li><li>A flexible mindset and ability to adapt in dynamic, fast-paced environments.</li><li>Knowledge of Google Workspace is helpful, but not required.</li></ul> To apply<ul><li>Log in to your Creative Access account or register today to apply for this opportunity</li><li>Upload your CV and cover letter as one document (applications without a tailored cover letter will not be accepted)</li><li>Once submitted, you can no longer amend your application, so proof-read carefully</li><li>Do not contact the company directly</li><li>Please email any queries about this role to Creative Access at this address: <a href="mailto:recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk" target="_blank">recruit@creativeaccess.org.uk</a></li></ul> This opportunity is open to individuals from groups that are under-represented in the creative industries. This includes, but is not limited to, individuals who identify as Black, Asian, or from other ethnically diverse backgrounds, or people of any ethnicity who belong to the following under-represented groups: disabled people, people with the characteristic of gender reassignment, individuals from lower socioeconomic backgrounds, carers and asylum seekers.The successful candidate for this opportunity will also participate in a Creative Access support programme that sits alongside workplace training. This includes a programme of induction training, monthly masterclasses, wellbeing support, buddying/mentoring and more.

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