‼️Did you know that 1,180 schools in England have lost more than £1,000,000.00 in real-terms school funding since 2010? It’s shocking and it’s unacceptable. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObI_...

It's #GEMConference2025 eve! The team are busy prepping for and we are so excited to welcome delegates tomorrow! Who is joining us?

Congratulations! I’m excited to be working with these seven museums, or groups of museums, across England for the Inclusive Pathways Action Research Programme on behalf of @gem.org.uk

I had an amazing visit to the V&A East Storehouse today - so much to see as you navigate the three floors of the building. The transparency is carried out throughout the building with open display of the objects and showcases explaining things like interpretation and how numbers are given to objects

This week is #YouthEmploymentWeek and as usual I will be working on career related activities supporting young people into working in museums and creative careers @tate.bsky.social @foundlingmuseum.bsky.social @gem.org.uk

Last chance to apply for this great opportunity with @gem.org.uk for Museums in England - deadline to apply is 7 July. I’m looking forward to reading the applications and working with the organisations given the action research grants 👍🏻

Number of new UK entry-level jobs has dived since ChatGPT launch – research

I’m excited to launch the new GEM Case Studies publication - Career Pathways in Museums. Thank you to #KatyaProvornaya - I loved working on this with you! Thanks to #LouiseMcAward-White for your article on making fairer career pathways, and to the 19 other contributors who have shared case studies

Yesterday I was excited to visit @paraheritage.bsky.social and talk to some of their trainees and work experience students as part of my evaluation work. The highlights for me of the objects on display were work placement student Electra’s Paralympic Mascot’s display and the 2012 Paralympic torch!

Thank you @foundlingmuseum.bsky.social for inviting me to His Majesty’s garden party for those working in education & skills at Buckingham Palace today. The weather was beautiful and the cake was delicious. We got very close to King Charles and he even shook my friend’s hand! 😮

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

I’ll be @museumsandheritage.com on Thursday in theatre 3 at 10.15 as part of a talk for @gem.org.uk on Inclusive pathways in Museums and Heritage with an amazing panel of speakers. It is also #LearningAtWorkWeek @cforlearning.bsky.social so I’ll be listening to other speakers & networking on the day

I am excited to announce I will be speaking at the @museumsandheritage.com Show this year. 14-15 May, Olympia London. Hope to see you there! invt.io/1bxbmqka4v8

The government has ditched one provider of asylum accommodation because of its 'performance and behaviour', only to pass it to three of Refugee Action’s most wanted companies: Corporate Travel Management (CTM), Mears and Serco. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Loved the exhibition ‘Lives Less Ordinary: Working-Class Britain Re-seen’ in the beautiful #TwoTemplePlace Artist Kelly O’Brien’s ‘Cleaner No.1’ & ‘Three Generations of Work CV’ resonated with the conversations I’ve had with underrepresented young people recently about their CVs

Looking forward to working with the #YoungNewContemporaries on Saturday 15 March, 2-4pm at #ICALondon Free event. Everyone welcome #NewContemporaries #InstituteOfEducation www.ica.art/exhibitions/...

Finally got to visit @brunelmuseum.bsky.social We particularly enjoyed going down into the shaft. Loved that Marc Isambard Brunel’s daughter Sophia was interested in engineering - ‘Brunel in petticoats’ - although sadly she was born in Victorian times so no further education as a woman.

Today’s the day - thanks for asking me #ERIC #NCW2025

I’m excited to be back at the M+H show later in the year with @gem.org.uk I’ll be part of a panel discussion on Thursday 15 May focusing on Inclusive career pathways in museums and heritage #NCW2025 #NationalCareersWeek @museumsandheritage.com

Most of my work is with young people looking to work in museums & galleries but people change careers too. I am working with #IdleWomen to support them to set up a paid traineeship for women from local refuge #Humraaz, and I have a new mature student mentee through #UALProfessionalMentoring #NCW2025

It’s #NationalCareersWeek. Katya and I are working on the next @gem_heritage Case Studies publication focusing on Career Pathways in Museums. In the meanwhile take a look at the toolkit I wrote for GEM focusing on Work experience, Work placements & Inclusive pathways 👇 #NCW2025 shorturl.at/9fswP

35,000 students have signed up to the #ERIC talks this week showing how much we need to talk about careers. Excited to be part of Friday’s Arts line up #NationalCareersWeek

Looking forward to talking about my career journey and what I do work wise as part of a series of career talks organised by #ERIC to celebrate #NCW2025 I am part of Friday’s Arts focused talks. To book a free place visit www.meet-eric.com/2025-ncw @careersweek.bsky.social

Excited for National Careers Week! 3rd - 8th March 2025. #NCW2025 a great opportunity to delve into diverse career avenues, gain industry insights, and spark inspiration for all. As you gear up for this event, here's a rundown of steps and ideas to enhance your preparation:

@directferries.bsky.social please can you help me add a trailer to my ferry booking? It’s 2.5m long but no additional height. I cannot see a 0m height option and don’t want to have to pay the same price as a massive motorhome

This week is National Apprenticeship Week - don’t forget to sign up to this event #NAW2025 #SkillsforLife @gem-heritage.bsky.social 👇

Looking forward to presenting at #RethinkingMuseums next week. I will be talking about the Tracing Our Tales Traineeships for care experienced young adults with #EmmaMiddleton from @foundlingmuseum.bsky.social Thanks @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social To book for this conference visit: shorturl.at/SV86n

I’m looking forward to chairing this panel discussion on Inclusive Pathways to Working in the Museum & Cultural Hetitage Sector for @gem-heritage.bsky.social on Thursday 13 February from 10am. Check out the amazing speaker line up & book here - shorturl.at/4iCoD

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