New creative media campus aims to tackle skills gaps in teens

This week, Capital City College (CCC) celebrated the grand opening of a new campus dedicated to training young Londoners in digital skills and creative media, created to tackle skills gaps in these industries.

Welcoming special guest Dame Kelly Holmes, Double Olympic Champion and DEI advocate, Mosaic@Soho aims to address the growing demand for skilled talent in technology, media, and the creative sectors.

This launch comes at a time when the government is calling for clearer vocational pathways for young people. Mosaic@Soho reflects this shift, offering industry-driven programmes that respond to the needs of students and employers.

With high demand from thousands of young Londoners for its courses, Mosaic@Soho is a timely response to the government’s post-16 skills white paper and the London Inclusive Talent Strategy. It reflects how colleges are meeting national targets for addressing skills gaps, and are partnering with businesses to deliver academic programmes that lead to work experience, apprenticeships or further study.

With a podcasting studio, TV production suite and green screen for film and photography, Mosaic@Soho is unlike your average college campus. With courses ranging from content creation, animation, IT, photography, and games design to film and Visual Effects (VFX), students graduating from Mosaic@Soho come away with more than diplomas, they will have the skills they need to succeed.  

Angela Joyce, Chief Executive Officer of Capital City College, said: “It is great to see our Soho campus open again following a £9.4m investment. We now have a specialist centre for creative and digital skills that enables our students to learn in a first-class facility as well as offering spaces that will benefit the industry.  We have already had positive feedback from industry and we will now strive for the students who study at Mosaic@Soho to be the most sought after employees of the future.”

Dame Kelly Holmes praised the college’s long-standing commitment to inclusivity, noting how the new facility reflects that ethos.

Dame Kelly Holmes MBE (mil) OLY said: “For me, it was an incredible experience to come to a facility like this, knowing what the college is doing to upskill young people and anyone with a passion. The facilities – fantastic, second to none. I’ve never seen anything like it.

“But also, you know you’re going to get a great student out of it, because they’ve got everything they want. From support, collaboration, and the facilities, but also the influence of everyone around them, even me, speaking to people who are passionate about what they do. I loved it. The energy here is great. I love that inclusivity is a top priority here. It’s clearly making a huge difference to the college.”

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