Museum Trainee
Positive action bursaries 2008-2009
Gallery Oldham and the Imperial War Museum North
The Museums Association Diversify programme aims to address areas where black and ethnic minority individuals are under-represented in the museum workforce.
With support from Renaissance - the Museums, Libraries & Archives Council’s (MLA) regional museums programme, is offering two bursaries in the North West, which include:
• A five-month placement at Gallery Oldham or Imperial War Museum North
• Funding for a distance learning masters in Museum Studies at the University of Leicester
• Funding towards essential course expenditure
If you are from the Black African, Black Caribbean, Asian or Chinese communities and would like to find out if you are eligible to apply, and for application details and guidelines, please visit www.museumsassociation.org/diversify.
Or contact:
Joy Thorpe, Education & Outreach Manager at Gallery Oldham on 0161 770 4653 or joy.thorpe@oldham.gov.uk.
Charlotte Smith, Head of Learning and Access at Imperial War Museum North on 0161 836 4060 or cesmith@iwm.org.uk.
The closing date for applications for all the bursary opportunities listed above is Friday 31st October 2008.
Funded by Renaissance - MLA’s regional museums programme
Diversify is a strategic initiative delivered under Section 37 (1) of the Race Relations Act 1976