Our Action Plan for Recruitment

We are pleased to publish one of our first outputs from the Curating for Change programme: ‘We Are Not All The Same: Guidance, reflections and actions to encourage more equitable recruitment practices. As report co-author Esther Fox argues, one of the reasons that current HR policy is failing to diversify the sector is that it … Read more

First days at the National Railway Museum

Amy Thraves-Connor talks about her first few weeks as a Fellow I started my fellowship at the National Railway Museum (NRM) in York on September the 12th, so this week, I am just starting my fourth full week. Having been offered the job in July, I had a couple of months before I actually started … Read more

Out of the starting blocks – recruiting for change

What are the forces in play that mean D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people are far less represented across the museum sector than in the UK workforce? When we first started planning the Curating for Change project, we asked focus groups of those already working in museums – and those who would like to, about their … Read more