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Youth Arts Management 6 Day Non-Accredited Course
Designed for people working in the arts and cultural sector wanting to manage projects for young people, our six-day course will leave you fully equipped and inspired to successfully deliver your very own youth arts projects.
Young People in the Criminal Justice System: How Can the Arts Respond?
Young People in the Criminal Justice System: How Can the Arts Respond?
We’re delighted to announce our 2019 annual conference theme: Young people in the criminal justice system – how can the arts respond? Join us at The Crescent Theatre to discuss how the arts can take up the challenges facing young people across the criminal justice system. Performances, speakers and workshops will be announced shortly.
GEM Fundraising and Income Generation 2019
GEM Fundraising and Income Generation 2019
This course will equip learning professionals with the tools and skills that will enable the building of well-funded, resilient and sustainable learning programmes in the short, medium and long-term. The course will combine a one-day workshop with personal work and ongoing peer discussion to give you the most beneficial learning experience possible. The workshop will […]
GEM Intermediate Course: Fundraising and Income Generation
GEM Intermediate Course: Fundraising and Income Generation
This course will equip learning professionals with the tools and skills that will enable the building of well-funded, resilient and sustainable learning programmes in the short, medium and long-term!
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Managing Young People in the Workplace
Managing Young People in the Workplace
Do you have young people as part of your workforce or would you like to? This course delves into the logistical challenges but amazing benefits of having young people (under 25) as part of your team. Explore who your potential young employees may be and gain line management tools and techniques. Get top tips around […]
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Learning By Design
Take time out to share and reflect on current gallery and arts education practice and research with colleagues from across the UK and beyond. Find out about new developments in design and craft education from our hosts: the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Design Museum, and the Crafts Council.Run by Engage, the National Association for […]
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Meeting the needs of teachers and schools
Meeting the needs of teachers and schools
The Council for Learning Outside the Classroom is delivering a day of practical training for providers who offer educational programmes and learning experiences. This workshop aims to support providers to engage effectively with schools. Delegates will look at what teachers want and what schools need, thinking about what their setting can offer to support schools […]
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Women & Power: Redressing the Balance conference
The conference will be held on the 6-7th March, 2019 at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. We have an impressive programme of 47 speakers from a wide range of academic, heritage and public history organisations, and will be exploring the representation and interpretation of women’s histories through new research initiatives, creative responses, academic partnerships, community collaborations, […]
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Spring Forum: Learning & Engagement on a Shoestring
Spring Forum: Learning & Engagement on a Shoestring
This event, which is free for South West Fed members, will provide a unique opportunity to gain advice, ideas and practical solutions for providing learning and engagement opportunities on a small budget. GEM will be running a workshop in the afternoon, so we hope to see some Gemmers there! Learning and engagement is integral to […]
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Supporting Young People: Workplace Health and Wellbeing
Supporting Young People: Workplace Health and Wellbeing
Equip yourself with the tools and understanding required to promote good mental health in the workplace. Designed to help you negotiate legal frameworks and highlight best practice, this new course places a specific focus on the needs of young people in your workforce. Through resources, information and practical activities, you will learn how to risk-assess […]
Workplace Wellbeing for Young People
Workplace Wellbeing for Young People
Learn how to nurture young people within your workplace and create conditions to help them reach their true potential.
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STEAMing Ahead: How STEAM innovation changes school facilities
STEAMing Ahead: How STEAM innovation changes school facilities
STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts & Maths, is being adopted by growing numbers of schools to provide pupils with the diverse skillsets they need to flourish in their future careers. This event brings together school leaders, educationalists, architects, artists, designers, makers, teachers and technologists, who want to learn about what the innovations in STEAM education […]
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Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults in the Arts and Cultural Sector
Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults in the Arts and Cultural Sector
This new course has been designed for individuals and organisations looking to update their understanding of safeguarding legislation and best practice, specifically when working with vulnerable adults in the creative, cultural and heritage sectors. You will explore what is meant by the term “vulnerable adult” in the context of your work and will develop approaches […]
SW Museum Skills: Plus session – Working With Artists: What You Need to Know
SW Museum Skills: Plus session – Working With Artists: What You Need to Know
South West Museum Development is pleased to announce that on March 14th 2019, we will be delivering a training session in partnership with South West Heritage Trust, as part of SW Museum Skills: Plus Programme, Working With Artists: What You Need to Know at the Exeter Phoenix (within Royal Albert Memorial Museum Offices) in Exeter. […]
AGENTS OF CHANGE: Driving and dealing with change as a freelancer in the cultural sector
AGENTS OF CHANGE: Driving and dealing with change as a freelancer in the cultural sector
A Museum Freelance Network event for freelancers, by freelancers. Join other museum freelancers for this insightful, valuable and practical day of training and networking, aimed at freelancers working across all disciplines in the museums and heritage sector and those considering embarking on a freelance career. Speakers will share their journeys, practical lessons and tips and […]
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Heritage Interpretation (Applied) Course
Heritage Interpretation (Applied) Course
Heritage Interpretation (Applied) will provide practitioners with the opportunity to develop their understanding and application of interpretive good practice. Participants will share skills and explore the principles of interpretation through hands-on learning. The course will explore the background and context for interpretive theory and support participants in putting it into practice in a meaningful way. […]
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Culture, Health and Wellbeing Alliance’s First Annual Conference
The conference is aimed at those working with the arts/heritage and health/wellbeing - or interested in learning more about this work. It will be an opportunity to explore the particular challenges and opportunities presented by a time of unprecedented growth and public interest. Speakers include Neil Churchill, Director for Experience, Participation and Equalities at NHS […]
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Why and How? 2019 Engaging children with special educational needs in creative experiences and making art
Why and How? 2019 Engaging children with special educational needs in creative experiences and making art
This conference will provide a space for attendees to consider approaches and develop ideas around the nature and value of cultural and artistic engagement for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). Join us for a day of talks, workshops, networking and discussion sessions to explore, stretch and question creative approaches to engaging children […]
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Budgeting and Fundraising for Work with Young People in the Arts and Cultural Sector (2 day course)
This practical two day course is designed to help you identify, and apply for, funding for your creative and cultural projects. Our expert trainer will take you through all the steps involved in successful fundraising, from putting together realistic project budgets and identifying key income and expenditure considerations, to finding relevant funding sources and developing […]
Protest! Voices of Dissent in Art and Text
Protest! Voices of Dissent in Art and Text
UCL Special Collections is excited to invite you to the first event in our new series of public evening talks, UCL Special Collections Lates. Protest! Voices of Dissent in Art and Text will be held in the Haldane Room of UCL Wilkins Building on 26th March, 6:15pm to 8pm. The evening’s programme will comprise two […]
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Future of Museums: Learning and Engagement
Future of Museums: Learning and Engagement
Museums Association One-Day Conference This one-day conference will look at the latest understanding of how adults and children learn, examine historical perspectives on museum learning and engagement, and assess how that might work in the future. Twenty years after the publication of the influential A Common Wealth: Museums in the Learning Age, how has museum […]
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War and Peace: Researching how sensitive issues are approached in museum learning
War and Peace: Researching how sensitive issues are approached in museum learning
Presented by Shannen Johnson, Learning and Engagement Officer, The Peace Museum and Emily Elsworth, Education Assistant, Royal Armouries. This event is aimed at museum learning professionals and teachers, with a focus on KS2 learning. Shannen and Emily will present their research into how sensitive issues surrounding war and conflict are approached and presented in museum […]
Evaluation Made Easy
Evaluation Made Easy
Effective evaluation breeds powerful and exciting projects. This training day will support you to build your, and your colleagues’, skills in evaluation so that you can begin evaluating your projects and programmes in a way that is simple, effective and not too time consuming: Develop understanding of how to plan simple evaluation projects Gain skills […]