suzanne kavanagh skillset syp oxford presentation
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The slides from the Society of Young Publishers Milkround event at Oxford Brookes MA Publishing Studies, Thursday 28 October, 2010TRANSCRIPT
SYP Oxford talk 30/09/10
Skillset
The Industry: demand
Number of People Working in Publishing
News agencies, 7,642, 4%
Other publishing, 35,098, 19%
Other information service activities n.e.c, 8,926, 5% Book publishing,
33,828, 19%
Directories and mailing lists, 2,860,
2%
Newspaper publishing, 50,651,
28%
Journals and periodicals, 41,400,
23%
Book publishing
Directories and mailing lists
Newspaper publishing
Journals and periodicals
Other publishing
News agencies
Other information serviceactivities n.e.c
Source: Labour Force Survey (April 2009 to March 2010)
The industry: demand
Changes in Size of Publishing Workforce
0
50,000
100,000
150,000
200,000
250,000
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Other
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April 2009 to March 2010
2005-2007 quarterly average
Source: Labour Force Survey
The industry: supply
Number of Publishing Studies Students in the UK
-500
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2500
1999
/200
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2000
/200
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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9
Total HE students
FT UGs
FT PGs
PT UGs
PT PGs
Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency
What skills do you need?
What else? Online presence
Continuing professional development
Network, network, network
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How can Skillset help?
How can Skillset help you?
• Information on publishing
http://www.skillset.org/publishing/
www.blog.skillset.org
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