About Screen NETS

Screen NETS is an advanced skills enhancement programme for recently entered practitioners to the film and television industry providing up to 20 weeks of funded on-the-job experience which can be taken over 12 months. The Screen NETS on the job training will have a particular focus for each department and trainees will be expected to contact productions regarding their training placements. 

Building on a legacy of 30 years of the New Entrants Training Programme (NETS), and with investment from Creative Scotland’s talent development strand Creative Futures and the Skillset Film Skills Fund as part of ‘A Bigger Future 2’, the UK film skills strategy, Screen NETS will train five individuals, working in Camera, Production, Art Department, Assistant Directing or Animation through in-depth professional skills training, industry placements and mentoring.

Screen NETS will be delivered by Screen Academy Scotland at Edinburgh Napier University which is based at Merchiston Avenue in Edinburgh.

Screen Academy Scotland, a Skillset Film and Media Academy is one of only two dual-status Skillset Film & Media Academies in the UK. A collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University and Edinburgh College of Art (eca), Screen Academy Scotland is recognised by the industry as a UK centre of excellence in film and media training and education (www.screenacademyscotland.ac.uk).