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News Job Opportunity Freelance Opportunity: Course Director, GEM GEM in partnership with AHI (Association for Heritage Interpretation) is looking for an inspirational course director to develop, organise and deliver its Intermediate Course: Heritage Interpretation News Job Opportunity Bring your museum to life with the Streetspeare Schools Project Host a live Shakespeare performance staged by schoolchildren. News Job Opportunity Connecting with Culture List your museum so simple way for schools and children & young people’s organisations can connect with you! News Job Opportunity Sharing learning from Share Academy: The Future of Collaboration II Disseminating learning about museum:university partnerships. News Job Opportunity The Elridge Trust offers grants to museums and galleries for school trips The Trust makes a limited number of grants to museums and galleries for projects aimed at encouraging young people up to university age to enjoy and appreciate art. These grants may be up to some £5,000 a year for several years running. News Job Opportunity Cultural Education Challenge Resources The Cultural Education Challenge is Arts Council England's call for the art, culture and education sectors to work together in offering a consistent, and high quality, art and cultural education for all children and young people. News Job Opportunity The Extend Leadership Programme 2016-17 The Extend Leadership Programme is open to applicants working in learning and education roles in the arts, museums and libraries who meet the eligibility criteria. Now in its sixth year, Extend was developed in response to the under-representation of lear News Job Opportunity Specialised training for museums to work with 0-2 year olds and families is now available! Open Sesame is an early years creative learning programme for young children working with early years settings, cultural organisations and artists News Job Opportunity Call for Papers: 'Objectively Speaking - the value and practice of object based teaching' A free conference and debate to be held at the British Museum, is now looking for papers. News Job Opportunity People United launch their Schools Hub This new site explores how the arts and creativity can bring people together, break down barriers, encourage empathy and inform the way that we view the world around us. News Job Opportunity Are you up to date with Cultural Education Data? The Cultural Education Data Portal aims to bring together and provide easy access to a wide variety of data sources relating to children and young people, demographics, arts, culture and education. News Job Opportunity Artswork launch www.connectingwithculture.com Connectingwithculture.com has been created by Artswork as a simple way for schools and children & young people’s organisations to connect with arts and culture. Artswork’s mission is... News Job Opportunity Arts Council England launches Cultural Education Challenge The Cultural Education Challenge was launched yesterday at the Barbican in London. It challenges sector leaders across the arts, education, local authorities, schools, higher education institutions and others to create new ways of working. It encourages t News Job Opportunity The Huge History Lesson has been launched On Tuesday, the British Museum and TES are launched the Huge History Lesson. This ambitious new partnership links the world’s largest network of teachers at TES with museums around the country. The Huge History Lesson is a unique creative competiti News Job Opportunity Paul Hamlyn Arts-based Learning Fund The purpose of the Fund We want to encourage the development, use and sustainability of effective arts-based activities in education, through arts organisations working with schools, further... News Job Opportunity LAINet news from Eileen Clegg: planning the future programme News update from the Hampshire Solent museums Learning, Access and Interpretation Network. Get involved! News Job Opportunity Teaching History with 100 objects Museums across the UK and the British Museum have been working on the partnership project to help equip teachers to teach the new national history curriculum in England through the provision of high quality resources News Job Opportunity 2015 Discover Heritage Awards The Association for Heritage Interpretation has today launched the 2015 Discover Heritage Awards – for excellence in cultural and natural heritage interpretation in Britain and Ireland, sponsored by Geosho. News Job Opportunity South Region Conservation Network visit to Royal Armouries Fort Nelson The South Region Conservation Network chose 'Conservation for Military Collections' as the topic of its Spring 2015 meeting on 12 March, which was attended by... News Job Opportunity Schools & museums can make a documentary using free resources from 'Into Film' Into Film is a film education charity that puts film at the heart of the educational and personal development of children and young people aged 5-19 across the UK. News Job Opportunity Apply for The Extend Leadership Programme 2015-16 Applications are invited from colleagues working in learning and education roles in the arts and cultural sectors to participate in the Extend Leadership Programme 2015-16. News Job Opportunity Museums from across Kent & Medway 'create a school workshop' On Tuesday 3rd February, a group of staff and volunteers from across Kent & Medway museums and heritage sites got together to find out how to create an effective and enjoyable workshop for schools. News Job Opportunity Opportunity for Kent museums to work with Belgium partners Kent County Council, with their Belgium parnters, the West Flanders Regional Government, are looking to submit an application for European funding to develop a Great War project that brings schools and museums together through the use of digital technolog News Job Opportunity Prince's Foundation Start Programme for Chidren and the Arts The Prince’s Foundation for Children & the Arts has announced that it is accepting invitations from UK-wide arts venues to take part in the Start programme, working to foster new... News Job Opportunity Adult Learners' Week Awards 2015 Have you started getting ready to nominate for the 2015 Adult Learners’ Week Awards? The deadline this year is very early, so don’t miss it! Nominations must be received by 5pm on... News Job Opportunity Museums pick up tips on how to work with schools On Thursday 20th November 2014, a group of museum staff and volunteers came together for the 'Working with Schools' training day (as part of the Kent-wide 'Building Engagement' Programme). News Job Opportunity Our Future is in the Making: An Education Manifesto for Craft and Making The Crafts Council has launched a national Education Manifesto for Craft and Making. It’s begun well, with this letter in the Times; please follow the link (or read below) for further details,... News Job Opportunity South Region Conservation Network news from Karen Wardley: visit to Southampton City Art Gallery and SeaCity Museum Karen Wardley, Collections Manager (Access and Care) at Southampton City Council Arts and Heritage and a member of the South Region Conservation Network, provides an update on the network's... News Job Opportunity LAINet news from Clare Barnes: 'Museums for All' seminar at Basing House Clare Barnes, Learning Officer at the Mary Rose Museum and a member of Hampshire Solent LAINet (Learning Access and Interpretation Network) steering group, provides an update on the latest LAINet... News Job Opportunity Working with Young People in Museums - toolkit from the National Museum of Scotland The National Museum of Scotland has developed a Tool-kit for Working with Young People in Museums which draws on their experience of a two year national project, Scotland Creates: A Sense of Place,... News Job Opportunity Add your learning offer to a new website initiative Developed in partnership with the South East Grid for Learning, the Royal Opera House Bridge, and the South East Museum Development Programme, the 'Engaging with Museums' website aims to... News Job Opportunity Changes to the history curriculum - your views sought Patrick Steel, Website Editor at the Museums Association, is researching a piece for the next issue of Museums Journal about the impact of the changes to the history curriculum. He would like to... News Job Opportunity Foundation Course: Museum Learning - GEM The course is intended for those in their first year or so of their museum education career; or for those already working in a different part of the heritage sector but wishing to take up an... News Job Opportunity Parliament in the Making - get involved in 2015 There are opportunities for museums, libraries and arts organisations to get involved in the 'Parliament in the Making' initiative next year - especially those interested in politics, social... News Job Opportunity LAINet news from Clare Barnes: Kids in Museums Takeover Day sharing event at the Mary Rose Museum Clare Barnes, Learning Officer at the Mary Rose Museum and a member of the LAINet (Learning Access and Interpretation Network) steering group, provides an update on the Kids in... News Job Opportunity University of Kent launches 'Gateways to the First World War' and want to hear from you 'Gateways to the First World War', is one of five Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded centres designed to enhance public engagement to mark the centenary of the conflict.... News Job Opportunity LAINet first winners in the 2014-15 Training Bursary scheme Innovative partnership bid funds study visit and fuels wider learning News Job Opportunity Arts Award: New edition Bronze, Silver and Gold adviser toolkit The 4th edition of the adviser toolkit was made available at Arts Award training in March. If you trained as an adviser before March 2014, you will need to refresh your toolkit with the updated pages... News Job Opportunity A successful start to the 'Building Engagement with Schools' project in Kent The official launch day of the Building Engagement with Schools project, a collaborative project between the SEMDP, the ROH bridge and the SEGfLA kicked off on Wednesday 21st May at the Royal... News Job Opportunity Peer Development Groups launched Three groups underway. Still openings to join 'Collections care' and 'Display and interpretation' News Job Opportunity Hampshire Military Museums Network plans for the future Strong commitment to shared learning, events and collaboration News Job Opportunity New programme to support collaboration between arts and cultural organisations and Teaching Schools New scheme offers museums and other cultural organisations to secure investment from Artswork to develop new and innovative business models with Teaching School Alliances. News Job Opportunity Commonwealth War Graves Commission - new resource for First World War Centenary The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has announced the launch of an exciting new education resource to help teachers engage students in the Centenary of the First World War. Virtual Cemetery... News Job Opportunity Games for Learning - 'A waste of money'? On Monday 24 March 2-5pm, the Digital Learning Network (DLNET) is hosting the second of its monthly series of surgeries, via the DLNET email list (anyone can join for free: instructions... News Job Opportunity New programme to support collaboration between arts and cultural organisations and Teaching Schools New scheme offers museums and other cultural organisations to secure investment from Artswork to develop new and innovative business models with Teaching School Alliances. News Job Opportunity Trinity College announce the 'Artsbox' - your Arts Award space Trinity College London has announced the national rollout of Artsbox, a brand new digital portfolio space for Arts Award. Artsbox enables children and young people working towards an Arts Award... News Job Opportunity New British Museum Project: Teaching History with 100 Objects We have some news about a programme the BM is currently developing. "The project aims to create a set of online resources based on objects to support teachers of the new history curriculum. The... News Job Opportunity Trenches for Teachers! 'Trenches for Teachers' networking conference at St Edward's School, Sherfield English, Hampshire News Job Opportunity Launch of Arts Award Supporter ‘Arts Award Supporter’ is a way of linking arts, cultural and heritage organisations with young people doing Arts Award. ‘Arts Award Supporters’ are organisations or artists... News Job Opportunity Arts Award and the First World War Over the next four years millions of children and young people will be taking part in projects that commemorate the First World War. Schools and museums, along with arts organisations and... News Job Opportunity Growing Schools Have you registered with www.growingschools.org.uk - a national site for teachers looking for resources, advice and providers who can support learning outside the classroom in the natural... News Job Opportunity LAINet working group first meeting in January Learning, Access and Interpretation Network working group will plan 2014 programme News Job Opportunity Get started with delivering Arts Award Artswork has published a guide to help people working in the museums and heritage sector to get started with delivering Arts Award. Commissioned from Future Creative, the guide is based on real... News Job Opportunity Freelancers needed by Brunel's ss Great Britain Trust The ss Great Britain Trust are seeking freelance support to deliver object-based formal education workshops and to contribute to the administration of their education programmes, to start in January... News Job Opportunity What is the Future of Museum Learning? In the summer of 2013 Arts Council England commissioned Sam Cairns to run an enquiry, 'Future of museum learning for children and young people', with the museum sector in England. The... News Job Opportunity Help BBC Radio Solent to share 'WW1 At Home' stories BBC Radio Solent is seeking local stories for broadcast on local radio and online, deadline Thursday 21 November! News Job Opportunity LAINet goes with a bang! Strong commitment to Learning, Access and Interpretation Network News Job Opportunity Museum Learning - Call for proposals The Artswork Bridge would like to invest in partnerships between the cultural sector and schools that can help change the pattern of school engagement with museum learning and ensure that... News Job Opportunity Looking for art and craft materials for your museum’s activities and events? Southampton Scrapstore collects waste materials for use in the community for arts and craft projects and events. News Job Opportunity Artefact loan collections from the Hampshire History Centre Hampshire History Centre has engaging teaching packs for sale and also loan ‘artefact collections’ for most major historical periods and topics. News Job Opportunity The future for museum learning An Arts Council (ACE)-commissioned report, The Future of Museum Learning for Children & Young People, shows how creating effective partnerships will be important for young people’s learning... News Job Opportunity Arts Award resources for ‘Discover and Explore’ from Trinity College London Trinity College, the assessing organisation for Arts Award, are delighted to see an increasing number of museums and heritage organisations offering Arts Award. New resources are available to support... News Job Opportunity Family Arts Standards: National Badge Scheme From the Family Arts Campaign’s initial research, 79% of families and 75% of arts organisations felt that there was a need for a nationally recognised badge scheme for family friendly arts... News Job Opportunity New National Curriculum for England Published A new national curriculum for England to be taught in all maintained primary and secondary schools was published last week and will be effective from September 2014. The curriculum contains the... News Job Opportunity The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards The Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards Scheme provides one-off donations of between £500 and £4,000 to registered charities and not for profit organisations who are working on local... News Job Opportunity The Hedley Foundation Grants Grants focussed on Young people; their education, recreation, support, training, health and welfare, are the Foundation’s main objective. For more information and an application form,... News Job Opportunity Thomas Wall Trust Grants Grants of up to £1,000 for registered charities undertaking educational or social welfare projects in the UK. Next deadline: 30th September 2013. For more information visit the... News Job Opportunity Funding from the Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme The Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme is designed to support smaller charities in the UK, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field,... News Job Opportunity Marsh Awards for Excellence in Gallery Education – Nominations now Open Do you know someone doing excellent work in gallery education and learning? Engage and the Marsh Christian Trust are delighted to announce the Marsh Awards for Excellence in Gallery Education 2013,... 9 Oct 2017 - 5 Dec 2017 News Job Opportunity GEM's Foundation Course: Museum Learning 2017 Are you in your first year or so of a museum education career or looking to take up an education position in the heritage sector? Or perhaps you have recently acquired managerial responsibility for learning in a heritage organisation? 21 Nov 2017 News Job Opportunity GEM Intermediate Course:Working with Artists in Heritage Settings Book now for the Working with Artists in Heritage Settings course taking place in Bristol, London and Leeds, GEM in partnership with Engage. 22 Nov 2017 News Job Opportunity Artswork Conference 2017: Creativity & Life Chances This one day conference provides opportunities for delegates to see and hear about the impact of arts and culture on the wellbeing of children and young people. 27 Nov 2017 News Job Opportunity GEM Intermediate Course: Health and Wellbeing Book now for the Health and Wellbeing course taking place in Leicester, London and Manchester, GEM in partnership with National Alliance for Museums Health and Wellbeing (NAMHW). 4 Dec 2017 News Job Opportunity GEM Intermediate Course: Essentials of Leadership Bookings now open for the Essentials of Leadership course taking place in Newcastle, London and Bristol, in partnership with Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (TWAM). 8 Feb 2018 News Job Opportunity GEM Intermediate Course: Heritage Interpretation Dscover the background and context for interpretive theory and be supported to put it into practice in a meaningful way. 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