Into Film
Rob Martin has extensive experience in education and digital skills. Rob currently works as an Employment & Skills Manager - Digital Skills at Leeds City Council. Prior to this, Rob was a CPD Practitioner at Into Film and a Partner at Beta FilmWorks. Rob has also held roles involving curriculum development and leadership at organizations such as Datacable Ltd and Education Leeds. Rob's background includes teaching history and managing youth development programs at Leeds Metropolitan University. Rob holds a PGCE in History from Leeds Trinity University, an MA in The Social History of Art from the University of Leeds, and a BA (Hons) in Visual Cultures from the University of Derby.
Into Film
Into Film is a charity supported principally by the British Film Institute (through the National Lottery), Cinema First and Northern Ireland Screen. Into Film aims to put film at the heart of children and young people’s educational, cultural and personal development. More than half of UK schools engage with Into Film’s programme of Into Film Clubs, special cinema screenings, educational resources and training to support classroom teaching. Into Film aims to provide 5- to 19-year-olds with opportunities to learn about and with film and develop a passion for cinema In June 2021, Into Film launched Into Film+, the UK’s first streaming platform dedicated to film and designed for all school settings, created in partnership with Filmbankmedia, who are Into Film’s principal content, licensing and streaming technology provider. Allowing UK schools to safely stream a wide range of classic and new release films in the classroom and extra-curricular settings for free (provided they have the appropriate licence to do so). All films are digitally secured and will only play in the user’s licensed location.