Cyber Fringe Festival (23 – 27 November 2020)
Five days of Strategic, Operational and Technical sessions.
Monday : Grand Opening Announcing the Cyber Centre and the Cyber Threat Landscape
Tuesday : Defence and Blue Light Day Armed Forces Covenant Signing
Wednesday : Diversity in Cyber
Thursday : Government and Public Sector Funding support for digital business and entrepreneurs
Friday : Skills and Opportunities in Cyber Sector Emerging skills and opportunities to retrain
More details and free registration can be found at https://cyber-fringe- festival.digileaders.com/
Creative Black Country: 20 x 20 Talks
The ongoing season of talks with local creatives, who describe their work in just 20 slides with only 20 seconds to speak about each one, can be accessed via https://www.creativeblackcountry.co.uk/blog/2020/9/13/20×20-storytelling-from-walsall
Creative Black Country: Shine A Light
Read more about Creative Black Country’s inclusive art and culture project linked to the Commonwealth Games: https://www.creativeblackcountry.co.uk/blog/2020/9/18/200000- awarded-to-black-country-art-and-culture-project-through-spirit-of-2012-collaboration- with-birmingham-2022
Walsall Minecraft
Explore, discover, and create: https://www.minecraft.walsall.online/
What does recruitment look like in the cultural sector?
Anthony Skates and colleagues at CCskills are currently undertaking a recruitment survey for the sector. While it may seem like a strange time to be undertaking such work, CCskills thought it would still be useful to add some data to the current picture of the state of the sector: https://www.ccskills.org.uk/news/what-does-recruitment-look-like-in-the-cultural- sector
Please note that this survey closes on 11th November.
Museums + Heritage Sessions: The Autumn Series
Brought to you by the Museums + Heritage Show, the Autumn Series is a FREE programme of talks, webinars and videos designed to give practical advice, support and inspiration both now and for the future.
New content will be added throughout November and December. Sign-up today to receive your FREE access on 9 November when the programme goes live: https://show.museumsandheritage.com/the-autumn-series/
Artsmark Celebration Week 2020, 9 – 13 November
The Artsmark Team at Arts Connect invites you to join them, virtually, to celebrate arts and culture in settings and organisations across the West Midlands.
Artsmark Celebration Week will honour the 41 West Midlands settings that have been awarded the Artsmark this year.
The celebration will be launched across the Arts Connect Facebook and Twitter feeds and on the Artsmark Celebration Week Hub, which will be on the Arts Connect website.
