Screen Careers Across the Curriculum

Start learning from 5 November

It is a common misconception that careers in the screen industries are just for creatives. In reality, skills and knowledge developed through studying STEM and humanities subjects are equally valuable.Connecting the curriculum to careers can enthuse disengaged students, encourage take-up of a subject, and strengthen a careers programme. 

About the course
Aimed at educators and careers professionals supporting 11-18 year olds, this course will help you to make unexpected connections between school subjects and job roles in film, TV, animation, VFX and games. We’ll explore hidden roles and skills with applications that extend across and beyond the screen industries, and take you on a journey through a games studio in Northern Ireland to see how they have put some of those subjects into practice. 

You’ll come away armed with guides, a plug-and-play quiz, video content for use with students and posters to display in your learning environment. 

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to: 

Meeting careers benchmarks and standards 

Take a peek
Watch a quick, sneak preview of one of the videos made exclusively for this course, where games designer Thomas Hislop, from Saltstone Studios, discusses the surprising connections between school subjects and screen careers.

This self-paced course is available on-demand to give you the flexibility to learn whenever you want, wherever you are in the UK.

Start learning for free today.