The United Nations have designated 2021 as the International
Year of Creative Economy for Sustainable Development. Around the world, partly
due to the pandemic, people are drawing on their creativity like never before
to find innovative, creative solutions to the problems and challenges we face.
Creative skills are always in demand, and this applies to many sectors and careers across the globe, including in the fields of research, computing and the performing arts. A study by the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (2021) shows that employment in creative industries is growing at four times the rate of the UK workforce.
