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BFI Film Academy Training Courses
Apply for funding to run training courses for young people looking to break into the screen industries. Applications close on 20 April 2026.
The National Film and Television School (NFTS) today announced the launch of two brand new specialist courses in Costume Design and Hair and Makeup, marking a significant expansion of the School’s world leading training for behind-the-scenes screen craft.
The courses are the first entirely new programmes to be housed in the recently announced The Cubby Broccoli Building, currently under development at the School’s Beaconsfield campus and slated to open its doors in January 2027. The building forms the centrepiece of the School’s expansion and will provide accessible new facilities, designed to support the next generation of creative talent working across film, television and games. APPLY
WFTV (UK) Finance and Operations Manager
Reports to: CEO
Salary: £32,000 per annum (flat rate)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part time (2 days per week)
Start date: At your earliest availability
Location: The WFTV office is currently based in a shared workspace in Somerset House, London. We operate on a hybrid basis and staff are required to come into the office a minimum of two days a week.
Apply by: Monday 20 April, 10am
Interviews: TBC
https://www.wftv.org.uk/careers
IMPACT BURSARIES https://www.thetvfestival.com/impact-bursaries/
VISIONARIES https://www.thetvfestival.com/tv-foundation/career-development/visionaries/
THE BFI NATIONAL LOTTERY IMPACT FEATURE FUNDING is a production fund for high-impact, original live-action and animated fiction feature films. It targets projects from experienced directors at any budget level, or debut directors with production budgets exceeding £3.5 million
- Rolling Basis: You can apply at any time throughout the year.
- Lead-In Requirement: You must submit your application at least 20 weeksbefore your project’s proposed first day of principal photography.
BFI FILM ACADEMY TRAINING COURSES
Apply for funding to run training courses for young people looking to break into the screen industries. Applications close on 20 April 2026.
SKY UP ACADEMY STUDIOS – BOOKINGS OPENING
With sessions available from April through to the end of May.
Sky Up Academy Studios is an immersive learning space where young people explore both fact and fiction, stepping into real‑world media roles to create exciting digital content. In our bespoke TV studios, students use cutting‑edge technology and work alongside our expert team to produce a news report, trailer, or film pitch idea—while building confidence and essential future skills like Creativity, Communication, and Collaboration
A range of time slots will be available, and we may be able to offer flexibility—so if a time doesn’t quite suit, please get in touch.
The Edit – in partnership with Adobe
If you’re unable to visit us in person, we also offer a teacher‑led, in‑classroom experience. Students use Adobe Express to create a news report or digital poster, developing storytelling, creative, and digital skills.
To sign in or register, head to skyup.sky to view all available slots and find out more.
ITV ARE HIRING AN ASSISTANT DIGITAL PRODUCER!
Love creating content? This role is all about producing engaging videos, photos, graphics and written content for Coronation Street across ITV.com and social platforms – including:
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook & X
If you’re passionate about storytelling, social media and entertaining audiences, this could be your next role.
Apply through the ITV Careers website
RTS BURSARIES https://rts.org.uk/rts-bursaries
See our roundup of the latest creative jobs and opportunities in the UK. It’s all part of our mission to help young filmmakers and creatives get into early careers in TV and film production.
Creative Jobs UK ( last updated 29th September 2025 )
MAMA YOUTH
Are you aged 19–30, living in Greater London, and ready to break into the TV & media industry? This is your chance to get trained by the BAFTA-winning MAMA Youth Project & LicklemorProductions, with real career opportunities at places like Disney, BBC Studios, Warner Bros, ITV, and more.
Choose from roles like:
* Trainee Researcher
* Camera & Lighting Operator
* Video Editor
* Sound Recordist
* Production Coordinator / Manager
Deadline: Monday 27 Oct, 11:59PM Training based at Garden Studios (NW10) Travel + lunch provided
Apply now: www.mamayouth.org.uk
JUNIOR DIGITAL COMMISSIONER CHANNEL 4
https://4people.my.salesforce-sites.com/recruit/fRecruit__ApplyJob?vacancyNo=VN2542
THE NATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION SCHOOL IS LOOKING FOR TALENTED FILMMAKERS aged 16-19 years old to join our NFTS Academy residential course. If you’re ready to take on a key role on a film you help create, then this could be for you! https://nfts.co.uk/nfts-academy?utm_content=440654030&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkedin&hss_channel=lcp-1968772
NETFLIX ASSISTANT PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT TRAINING SCHEME 2026
BROADCAST TECHNICAL ASSISTANTS SKILLS BOOTCAMP
Free two-week training introducing you to the fundamentals of Broadcast Engineering and live production.
Creative Jobs UK ( last updated 18th May )
JOBS AND WARNER BROTHERS
BREAKTHROUGH BAFTA PROGRAMME
https://www.bafta.org/programmes/bafta-breakthrough
4SKILLS SUPPORTS A MASTER’S IN INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM AT DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY, WHICH has been created to equip you with the skills and experience you need to succeed. We also offer a number of scholarships and bursaries to help you with your studies.
With an academic team of current award-winning journalists and filmmakers, this industry-facing course has been designed to help you navigate through the early stages of your journey and has over 100 graduates pass through the program.
Many of our alumni have gone on to secure high-profile assignments as well as winning industry awards – From going undercover for Channel 4’s youth documentary series ‘Untold’ and the BBC’s Panorama strand to winning national and regional recognition from BAFTA, The Royal Television Society, and The Regional Press Awards.
Applications for our October 2025 intake and scholarships are now open: https://www.dmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduate-courses/investigative-journalism/investigative-journalism-ma-degree.aspx
COMMONWEALTH GAMES INTERNSHIP
https://teamengland.org/jobs-and-volunteering
Interviews are likely to take place week commencing 2 nd June, preferably in person at the Commonwealth Games England Office in London. Virtual interviews can be arranged and for questions about accessibility or to request adjustments, please contact Commonwealth Games England via the email address above.
To apply for the role, please send a CV and covering letter to recruitment@teamengland.org
Please also complete the anonymous Diversity monitoring form via this link.
https://teamengland.org/media/docs/Communications%20Intern%202025_.pdf
JUNIOR COMMISSIONING EDITORS – CHANNEL 4
Bristol / Leeds / Glasgow
Part of the 4Skills Programme
You’ll develop practical skills, gain valuable industry insights and build lasting professional connections to take your career next steps and receive mentoring by a Senior Commissioning Editor
Junior Commissioning Editor – Documentaries & Factual Entertainment
Bristol
https://shorturl.at/FbFX7
Junior Commissioning Editor – Lifestyle Department
Leeds or Glasgow
https://shorturl.at/apd07
Junior Commissioning Editor – Lifestyle Department
Leeds
https://shorturl.at/8MF5Q
NFTS SCHOLARSHIPS
https://nfts.co.uk/scholarships
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL BURSARIES
We’re delighted to announce that this year the Edinburgh TV Festival has been able to offer 60 Impact Bursaries funded by Fremantle, for people from working class backgrounds working in TV to attend the Festival for free.
This is part of our work to make the Edinburgh TV Festival more accessible to all. Over 200 bursaries have been offered to people from across the industry for the 2025 Edinburgh TV Festival. The TV Foundation’s ongoing work on class and social equality is supported by Fremantle and also Rough Assembly.
https://www.thetvfestival.com/tv-foundation/class-social-equality/
UNSCRIPTED TV DEVELOPMENT RESEARCHER TRAINING PROGRAMME
Dream of becoming a presenter and interviewing famous faces from the world of film, games and TV? Our Young Presenters competition is for you. Every year BAFTA runs a competition to find aspiring young presenters to host our events and content for children and young people. Two lucky winners, one aged 10-14 and one aged 15-18, then have the chance to front content for the Young BAFTA YouTube Channel and represent BAFTA at special events around the country.
The 2025 BAFTA Young Presenters competition is now open. Deadline for entries is 5pm on Thursday, 17 April 2025.
https://www.bafta.org/programmes/young-presenters
MEDIA TRUST
Programme Manager (Under-represented Talent Team)
Remote, but some travel to Central London will be required for programme activity, events and meeting https://mediatrust.org/about-us/careers-at-media-trust/programme-manager-underrepresented-talent/
BFI FUNDING – Producers can apply for between £5,000 and £25,000, for stand alone fiction short films in live action, animation or immersive/virtual reality, that have directors based in England. If your director is based in Scotland, Northern Ireland or Wales, or your project is a documentary, use our funding finder page to find relevant opportunities.
Projects can be up to 15 minutes in length and teams must be made up of at least two people across the three creative roles of writer, producer, and director (director-producers are not eligible to apply).
The fund is intended to stimulate new ideas and stories, so it doesn’t support adaptations of existing material, apart from of the writer’s own previous work.
We can only accept applications for projects that are scheduled to start production between 1 October 2025 and 30 June 2026.
Closing date for applications: Monday 24th February 2025 at 11.59pm
Start date: 24th March 2025
Salary: £28,000 per annum, pro-rata
Internship duration: 6 months
Hours: 10am-6pm, Monday to Friday
Location: Based in London with at least 3 office days / week.
NFTS SPORTS PRODUCTION COURSE
Deadline 3rd July
This is a practical course in which you will learn about all forms of sports production, including creating your own stories and collaborating with students in other specialisms. You will be equipped with the skills required to produce state-of-the-art sports and live events coverage, highlights content and more so you graduate confident in the skills needed to fill these in-demand roles.
You will have access to the NFTS’ high quality production facilities including our 4K television studio, complete a four-week work experience placement at IMG Studios and visit other major sports production houses.
The NFTS awards more scholarships and bursaries to British students, relative to the size of our student body, than almost any other educational institution in the UK. Scholarships available include an IMG scholarship for applicants from under-represented groups, and a limited number of BBC scholarships. If you’re successful at gaining a place on the course, you will be contacted by our funding team with details on how to apply for one of these scholarships.
https://nfts.co.uk/sports-production
AGED 16-19 AND INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT CREATING WIGS, MAKEUP & PROSTHETICS FOR FILM AND TV? Applications for the free Hair, Wigs, Makeup & Prosthetics course are now open
Deadline 17th Feb 2025
WE’RE LOOKING FOR AN EMPATHETIC AND CONFIDENT LEARNING SUPPORT ASSISTANT TO JOIN OUR STEPPING UP TEAM. Stepping Up is a 3-month programme, expanding on our focused inclusion work. Find out more about this and other jobs. And apply now: http://nyt.org.uk/jobs
Deadline: 7 January 2025
BBC EXTEND
BBC Extend is the BBC’s positive action employment programme for people who are deaf, disabled, or neurodivergent.
Whilst the BBC welcomes applications from disabled people for any of its advertised roles, and we encourage disabled people to apply for any roles, BBC Extend ringfences roles that only people defined as disabled by the Equality Act (2010) can apply for. We recognise that disabled people are underrepresented in our workforce and our goal is to create more opportunities for disabled people at the BBC.
BBC PAID WORK EXPERIENCE – Radio 1
BBC PAID WORK EXPERIENCE – Asian Network
BBC TASTER DAYS /WORK EXP
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
2D ANIMATOR INTERN – BLINKINK
SCREENSKILLS – 16 paid placements up for grabs across the UK! This 3-6 month, entry-level programme could help you get your foot in the door at some of the best production companies and animation studios specialising in making content for children and young audiences. deadline Mon 22nd July
PLIMSOLL IS LOOKING FOR AN EDIT ASSISTANT to work on an ambitious, innovative, fun natural history series for a global streamer that will blend natural history filmmaking through a horror lens.
Contract: September 2024 – July 2025
Based: Bristol office and location
Close date 25th July
Deadline – Mon 22nd July
6 Month Fixed Term Contract
Office Based, London
Hiring range: £27,000 – £29,000
For more information please email Daytimetalent@itv.com
THIRD KIND GAMES, BASED IN LEAMINGTON SPA, IS LOOKING FOR A JUNIOR Programmer with the desire and ambition to build a career in gaming to work with their team.
JAGEX ARE RECRUITING FOR A UX DESIGNER TO JOIN THEIR CAMBRIDGE STUDIO. You’ll work as part of a team supporting live and emerging products, platform, or game development.
SUPERMASSIVE GAMES ARE LOOKING FOR A WORKPLACE SUPPORT Assistant to join their Operations team. You’ll be working across their two studios based in Guildford, helping to ensure a safe, productive and comfortable working environment.
AWE INTERACTIVE ARE LOOKING FOR A CREATIVE, MOTIVATED, AND ENTHUSIASTIC QUEST DESIGNER to join their team and contribute to the development of their latest project.
https://lnkd.in/edwJr9kv
ACTIVISION ARE LOOKING FOR TALENTED RECENT GRADUATES TO JOIN THEIR TEAM IN MANCHESTER for a 12-month Programming internship. You’ll be mentored and work with engineers on one of Activision’s award-winning franchises.
MOON ACTIVE, BASED IN LONDON, ARE LOOKING FOR A JUNIOR LEVEL DESIGNER to join their growing company – to create, review and manage world-class designs for their casual puzzle games.
FRIDAY SUNDAE, BASED IN BRISTOL, ARE LOOKING FOR A TALENTED AND VERSATILE JUNIOR UNITY PROGRAMMER to work on a new haunted-house narrative adventure indie game.
ROCKSTAR NORTH ARE RECRUITING FOR PEOPLE TO JOIN THEIR TEAM IN EDINBURGH, with roles available in Development Support and Technical Art to help develop and support their titles.
Development Support: Vehicles:
Technical Artist: Interior Environment (All Levels): https://www.rockstargames.com/careers/openings/position/5790200003
CLOUD IMPERIUM GAMES ARE LOOKING FOR A QA TESTER TO JOIN THEIR MANCHESTER STUDIO, you’ll work with Senior QA staff to coordinate testing efforts on all modules of their Star Citizen’s Persistent Universe.
WOMEN IN FILM AND TV MENTORSHIP SCHEME: https://www.wftv.org.uk/mentoring
Lime Pictures Vacancies, Camera & Sound Internships / Boom Operator (Maternity Cover), Liverpool
Application Closing Date: 5 Jan 2025
Are you interested in working on Hollyoaks, which is filmed in Liverpool? Lime Pictures have a number of great early media career opportunities.
TV Archive Researcher traineeship, ScreenSkills / Jo Stone, Online
Application Closing Date: 12 Jan 2025
Are you interested in exploring a career as an archive researcher for television?
If so, this brand-new archive researcher training programme from ScreenSkills and Jo Stones could be for you.
We’re offering a week-long course which will introduce you to the key principles and practices of archive research for documentary and other programmes that use archive material. You’ll be led by some of the most experienced professionals working in the archive industry today.
This interactive course will enable you to gain the key practical, professional skills so that you can begin your career as an archive researcher.
BFI Academy – FREE Hair, Wigs, Makeup & Prosthetics Course, London
Application Closing Date: 17 February 2025
Learn to create Hair, Wigs, Makeup & Prosthetics for Film and TV.
- collaborate with other young people interested in working in hair, wigs, makeup and prosthetics for film and TV
- deepen your understanding of how hair, wigs, makeup and prosthetics are used to tell stories and watch some great examples of this art form
- experience live demonstrations from established industry professionals in a variety of techniques
- use industry-standard equipment and materials and get your own ‘starter kit’ to take home
- broaden your understanding of career routes in hair, wigs, makeup & prosthetics for film and TV
NFTS Sports Production Course, Beaconsfield
Application Closing Date: 3 July 2025
This is a practical course in which you will learn about all forms of sports production, including creating your own stories and collaborating with students in other specialisms. You will be equipped with the skills required to produce state-of-the-art sports and live events coverage, highlights content and more so you graduate confident in the skills needed to fill these in-demand roles.
You will have access to the NFTS’ high quality production facilities including our 4K television studio, complete a four-week work experience placement at IMG Studios and visit other major sports production houses.
The NFTS awards more scholarships and bursaries to British students, relative to the size of our student body, than almost any other educational institution in the UK. Scholarships available include an IMG scholarship for applicants from under-represented groups, and a limited number of BBC scholarships. If you’re successful at gaining a place on the course, you will be contacted by our funding team with details on how to apply for one of these scholarships.
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