During economic crises the demand for education increases. Workers spend their time strengthening their skills to get an advantage in their profession - upskilling - or, alternatively, investing in acquiring new skills that will allow them to change their occupation - reskilling.
Previous posts have shown the collapse in working hours and the job losses for workers in key creative occupations. We now need to ascertain whether creative workers are reskilling, to find new jobs, or upskilling, to make sure they are well placed to develop their creative careers as the sector reopens and hopefully recovers.
We find that creative workers have been enrolling in education as a response to the crisis in hours and in jobs. The evidence suggests they have been upskilling, taking arts-related education courses to bolster their skills ready for a return to work.
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Centre for Cultural Value is a national research centre based at the University of Leeds.
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