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Pauline Tambling notes the number of self-employed people in the creative industries is set to outstrip public sector employees by 2020, arguing for a reform to the national curriculum to empower the next generation of creative people.

Self-employment in the creative industries is tipped to exceed the number of people working in the public sector by 2020. What is going on?

I was speaking at the AQA Creative Education Conference this week and a question from the floor prompted some interesting discussion about the future workforce. Specifically, a lot of the jobs available in the ever-growing creative industries are freelance.

I outlined what the workforce looks like in the creative industries these days:

  •     43 per cent of the current creative industries workforce is self-employed.
  •     Self-employment is where the growth is.
  •     78 per cent of its businesses have fewer than five employees – so not small or medium-sized, but micro

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Freelancing and the future of creative jobs (Creative and Cultural Skills)