Showcasing Success

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01 INTRODUCTION

For two years from summer 2013, the Honeycomb – Creative Works programme has targeted the digital content sector across the INTERREG IVA region of Northern Ireland, the six border counties of the Republic of Ireland and the western seaboard of Scotland.

Through the partnership led by Ulster University, with Dundalk Institute of Technology (DkIT) and Creative Skillset, all key aims have been delivered:– Intelligence Gathering: 19 research reports

have been produced by Honeycomb covering film, animation, music, games and interactive content.

– Developing Networks of Scale: a comprehensive networking programme now exists across the Honeycomb region.

– Skills Development: sector-specific training for the digital content sector has been developed with 82 elearning courses now available.

– Enterprise Development and Project Finance: the Honeypot Fund was established for early stage digital entrepreneurs with three Awards, Cog, Create and Captivate.

The outcomes of the programme can be viewed in this booklet and online at thehoneycomb.net

03 AREAS COVERED02 PROGRAMME SUPPORT

£3.58mSUPPORT PROGRAMME FOR

Film and Broadcast

Animation Games Development

Interactive Media

West of Scotland

Northern IrelandExcept greater Belfast

Six border counties of Ireland

Music Technology

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05 ENGAGEMENT04 HONEYCOMB ACTIVITIES

Research Networking Skills Training

Seed Funding

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06 RESEARCH

0908

5 SECTOR DEVELOPMENT REPORTS

3 INTERDISCIPLINARY REPORTS

4 SKILLS GAPS REPORTS

2,500 REGISTERED WEBSITE USERS

4 FUTURE OF THE INDUSTRY REPORTS 3 INTERNATIONAL STUDY

VISIT REPORTS

1 ONLINE SKILLS DATABASE

07 NETWORKING

1110

£350K

120

IN CONTRACT WORK SECURED

NETWORKING AND BUSINESS SUPPORT EVENTS HELD

SALES OPPORTUNITIES SECUREDAT HOME AND ABROAD

8 INTERNATIONAL EVENTSINCLUDING

– SEATTLE– AUSTIN, TEXAS– DUBLIN– LONDON– TALLINN, ESTONIA

12 TRADE SHOWS ATTENDEDINCLUDING

– OFFSET, DUBLIN– goNORTH, INVERNESS– SOUND AND VISION, NORWICH– FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL, DERRY

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EVENTS DEVELOPEDINCLUDING

NETWORKS SUPPORTEDINCLUDING

– PULSE CAVAN– NICHE EXPO, ENNISKILLEN– DICE NORTHWEST,

LETTERKENNY– TECH TALKS, DROGHEDA– INTERNATIONAL FILM

FORUM, CAVAN– FOYLE FILM FESTIVAL– 48 HOUR BOOTCAMP– SONG CAMP– LOST IN AUSTIN– HONEYCOMB EXPO– VLOG IT

– DIGITAL DUNDALK– REFRESH BOYNE– GENERATOR NI– DIGITAL CIRCLE NI– CultureTECH– goNORTH– GAMES NI– HONEYCOMB CREATIVE

WOMEN– OBAN CREATIVE NETWORK– THE WEE CUPPA TEA

NETWORK

08 SKILLS

3000+ 82 48PARTICIPANTS IN SKILLS

E-LEARNING COURSES

CPD COURSES TO 650 PEOPLE

10 GUEST SPEAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD09 PROGRAMME SUPPORT

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POSTGRADUATE MODULES DEVELOPED6

– Management and Leadership: Developing Creative Entepreneurs

– Leadership in the Creative Industries

– Copyright and the Information Society

– Game Music Composition

– Exploring Transmedia Production

– Working with Location Sound

FINLAND

DENMARKLONDON

NEW YORK

LOS ANGELES

SAN FRANCISCO

BOSTON

GLASGOW

11 KEY SPEAKERS

Colin Macdonald, Games Commissioner

Channel 4

Jason Lopes, VFX Engineer,

Legacy Effects

Tim Wheeler, Musician, Ash

Lucy Campbell, Head of Digital Marketing RTE

Pat Loughrey, Warden, Goldsmiths University of London

Jess Hurd, Campaigning

Photjournalist

Wayne Denner, Digital Ninja

Tom Robinson, BBC Radio 6

Andrew WK, Rock Musician

Henry Bull, Double Negative SFX

Emma Davie, Documentary Maker

Philip Bloom, Cinematographer

Sandra Scott, Executive Producer

Huw Stephens, BBC DJ

Anita Stokes, Sony Computer Entertainment

America

Duane Hopkins, Film Director

Oliver Jeffers, Illustrator and Artist

Neishaw Ali, VFX Director

Dr. Maureen Gaffney, Psychologist and

Author

Geoff Gilmore, Tribeca Enterprises

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12 INSTITUTIONS

TOP 20CREATIVE MEDIA GRADUATES FROM:

DUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

NORTH WEST REGIONAL COLLEGE

QUEEN’S UNIVERSITY SOUTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGE

ULSTER UNIVERSITY

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14 SEED FUNDING13 HONEYCOMB BUZZ AWARDS – WINNER

2120

Ashling GruffertyDUNDALK INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 37

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6£235KAWARDED PROJECTS FUNDED

COG AWARDS

CREATE AWARDS

CAPTIVATE AWARDS

15 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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Staff and Management Committee

David Brown, Scottish Programme Coordinator, Creative Skillset Dr Paul Beaney, Project Director, Ulster UniversityDeirbhile Doherty, Finance Assistant, Ulster University Professor Sarah Edge, Skills Director, Ulster University Kevin Fearon, Networks of Scale Coordinator, Dundalk Institute of Technology Professor Nick Higgins, Research Associate, University of West ScotlandIan Kennedy, Management Committee, Creative Skillset Northern IrelandCamilla Long, Skills Coordinator, Ulster University Irene McCausland, Management Committee, Dundalk Institute of Technology

Fiona McElroy, Programme Manager, Ulster University Stephen Michael, Web Developer, Ulster University Dr Colm Murphy, Intelligence Director, Ulster UniversityAisling Murtagh, Research Associate, Ulster University Dr Douglas Nanka-Bruce, Research Associate, Dundalk Institute of TechnologyCaroline O’Sullivan, Skills Coordinator, Dundalk Institute of TechnologyMaria Prince, Programme Administrator, Ulster UniversityAlasdair Smith, Management Committee, Creative Skillset Scotland Agnieszka Walsh, Project Administrator, Dundalk Institute of Technology Dan Wilks, Research Associate, Creative Skillset London

Project Partners

Ulster UniversityDundalk Institute of Technology Creative SkillsetUniversity of the West of Scotland

Delivery Partners Creative ScotlandLetterkenny Institute of TechnologyMG AlbaScreenHIThe Nerve Centre

The Honeycomb – Creative Works Team

Honeycomb is part-financed by the European Union’s European Regional Development Fund through the INTERREG IVA Cross-border Programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body.

About Honeycomb

The Honeycomb – Creative Works programme is a collaborative project led by Ulster University, in partnership with Dundalk Institute of Technology, Creative Skillset and the University of the West of Scotland.