About the BBC Academy
Tuesday, 19th April 2011 12:12 GMT
The BBC Academy is the BBC's centre for training. It houses the Colleges of Journalism, Production, Leadership and the Centre of Technology.
The BBC Academy puts training and development at the heart of the BBC and also works with the wider broadcast industry, equipping people with skills they need for a lifetime of employability in the ever-changing media landscape.
The Academy focuses on providing a portfolio of high-quality training and development. This includes face-to-face courses, online programmes and a variety of development initiatives, and ensures that training is relevant and effective for both the individual and the business.
As well as training our own staff, we have a remit under the terms of the BBC's Charter Agreement to train the wider industry. We aim to share as much of our training as possible with the wider UK broadcasting industry for free. We also offer some of our courses on a commercial basis, both within the UK and abroad.
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The College of Journalism's website, www.bbc.co.uk/journalism, is a unique resource with over 2,000 pages of text and around 1,000 videos and interactive exercises, making it one of the largest online resources of its kind in the world. It's free throughout the UK, or available by subscription outside the UK.
The College of Production focuses on core editorial, creative and production skills, together with production management, health and safety and multiplatform training and development. The College of Production website, www.bbc.co.uk/academy/collegeofproduction/, provides practical advice on all aspects of TV, radio and online production and is available to the production community and general public for free.
The College of Leadership focuses on building leadership and personal effectiveness skills across the corporation; it also takes the lead in the development of business and professional skills.
The Centre of Technology provides training in broadcast engineering and technology, as well as all relevant business systems, and is developing training in software engineering. A range of the Centre of Technology's programmes are available to the wider industry on a commercial basis.
If you would you like to receive regular updates from the BBC Academy, please email us on bbcacademyupdates@bbc.co.uk
