Richard Wallis

Why supportive offboarding matters We offer physical, mental and financial support for everyone working behind the scenes in film, TV, and cinema.

Delighted to see this blog post from @filmtvcharity.bsky.social about our work at @bournemouthuni.bsky.social...
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The eighth edition of Representology: The Journal of Media & Diversity @representology.bsky.social is out now and contains my piece with Dr Christa van Raalte on mythbusting higher education's relationship with screen industries. Download for free - see below.

I'm looking forward to presenting my paper 'Working with industry to develop new practices to support sustainable freelance careers in TV' at the @britsoci.bsky.social BSA Work, Employment and Society Conference 2025, next week.

Peter Strachan: Our governments must stand up for the TV industry OUR televisions and digital devices have become a battleground where the reporting of what’s happening in Gaza is being played out by the…

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Today sees the publication of the full report of @britishacademy.bsky.social Supportive Offboarding project, a research-led intervention to improve how the television industry supports its freelancers as their contracts come to an end. Available here: doi.org/10.18746/shk....

Sustaining freelance careers in TV: Innovative approaches to support CEMP: Talk - with Dr Richard Wallis

Please join us for our next CEMP: Talk webinar on:

‘Sustaining freelance careers in TV: Innovative approaches to support’ with Dr Richard Wallis

21 May 12 noon (UK time)

Register (for free) here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sustaining...?

#careers #freelance #Television #TV #reseacrh

Following our recent position paper about Higher Education and the screen industries in the UK, this new report from @creativepec.bsky.social relates to some of the issues we have been highlighting.
 
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Higher Education and the screen industries in the UK: the need for authentic collaboration for student progression and the talent pipeline The relationship between the UK’s screen industries and its Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) is frequently claimed to be important for creating a sustainable talent pipeline for this sector. Ye...

It’s time to get serious about universities, student progression, and the screen industries’ talent pipeline. Our new position paper cuts through the myths clouding the conversation around media courses.
#HigherEducation #mediacourses #screenindustries
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

CEMP Talk: Striving for Sustainability at ITV A look at ITV’s sustainability work - focussing on how they reduce environmental impact and promote social responsibility

Please join us for our next CEMP: Talk webinar on sustainability in television production:

‘Striving for Sustainability at ITV’

With Jeremy Mathieu, Head of Sustainability at ITV

Thursday 3rd April at 3PM (UK time)

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What Neighbours can teach us about work culture Richard Wallis argues the soap demonstrates a model for better ways of working

What’s good about #Neighbours? My comment piece in today’s Broadcast (MBI) argues that there are important lessons to learn from the soap that Amazon just cancelled.

#TVIndustry #Employment #GoodWork #CareerDevelopment

www.broadcastnow.co.uk/comment/what...

What’s good about #Neighbours? My comment piece in today’s Broadcast (MBI) argues that there are important lessons to learn from the soap that Amazon just cancelled.
#TVIndustry #Employment #GoodWork #CareerDevelopment

www.broadcastnow.co.uk/comment/what...

YouTube video by The Film and TV Charity Break The Cycle

Do view this short film (although ‘naught for your comfort’). Looking forward to working with The Film & TV Charity in the shared work of creating a healthier, happier, and more inclusive industry. #ChangeTheCulture #WellbeingAtWork #FilmIndustrySupport
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm_N...

We cannot afford to be blasé about freelancers leaving the industry A shrinking freelancer pool is seen as inevitable but, Richard Wallis argues, it's an existential crisis

My piece in today's Broadcast argues for a serious industry-wide conversation about the future of the TV workforce www.broadcastnow.co.uk/comment/we-c...

Broadcast Best Places to Work winner revealed Dancing Ledge takes top spot as a host of familiar names feature

Congratulations are in order to Dancing Ledge Productions! And well done to all those setting an example of good employment practices in TV. But... please may we now have a survey in which it is freelancers that determine the best company to work for? 🤨 #TVcareers #Freelancers
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The ‘shelf-life’ of a media career: a study of the long-term career narratives of media graduates Despite scholarly interest in the disruptive changes to have affected media industries, and a growing understanding of how Creative Industries now operate as labour markets, to date there has been ...

That's just before the graduate cohort that I investigated for a study I did a few years ago. I was interested in what happened to BU media graduates in terms of their careers over time. You probably knew some of them! Did you go into media work?
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Indeed so, John. What year did you graduate?

Two years ago, I undertook a study of ways we could better support TV freelancers. This illustration sums-up that proposal. I have since been working on a pilot to develop these ideas into practice. FULL REPORT COMING SOON.
www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/pro... #freelance #TV #creative

Rumours of our demise… The numbers of students opting for specialised courses in Media Studies and English Literature in the UK have been in decline for several years. How might we explain this, and how can we respond?

Important article on the current state of Media Studies in UK schools by Prof. David Buckingham...
davidbuckingham.net/2025/01/21/r...

The BFI, Cultural Diversity and its Faltering Response to Social and Epistemic Injustice | Journal of British Cinema and Television Over its history the BFI since its foundation in 1933 has regularly had to contend with changes in culture and in relation to issues of diversity, from the language used in cataloguing films in its ar...

Fascinating insights from someone who was part of the BFI and responsible for one of the most important studies on work in TV...

The BFI, Cultural Diversity and its Faltering Response to Social and Epistemic Injustice | Journal of British Cinema and Television www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

Supportive offboarding: Developing new practices to support sustainable freelance careers in TV Developing new practices to support sustainable freelance careers in TV

2024 has been an amazing year for me, thanks to @britishacademy.bsky.social and collaboration of super-indie, Fremantle. Early in the new year I will begin sharing insights to emerge from this project into how we can better support our TV freelance workforce.
www.bournemouth.ac.uk/research/pro...

What can Bertolt Brecht’s famous parable, The Good Person of Szechwan, tell us about management in the TV industry?
This article, first published online, is now in print. The Creative Industries for a Better Society edition - Creative Industries Journal 17(2) 2024, pp 254-271.

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I have now bidden farewell to Nunawading Studios and the Melbourne sunshine. Will shortly be heading back to winter!I’m very grateful to the team at #Neighbours for having made me so welcome.

Gregg Wallace allegations again show how vulnerable TV industry is to abusive working practices A number of reports have drawn attention to working conditions within the UK television industry in recent months.

Some thoughts about TV work culture....
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X-Twitter/X. Time for pastures new.