Join us at our #beesofbensham symposium with Northumbria Uni. Friday 26 April at Cafe under the Spire. How can artists and citizen science work with communities to understand habitats and climate change. Key speaker Brigit Strawbridge beesofbensham.eventbrite.co.uk 🐝 🌻🏊‍♀️🐕🐕 🪁Barbara Keating Beewilded The National Lottery Community Fund

Brilliant people always welcome at Manchester Museum. Two big jobs out today. For those who love stuff and data - and connecting them to people with purpose - we’re looking for a Collections Information Manager jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Recent reading: Volunteering & society in the 21st Century. In the category: Oh, bother! I should have known about that! Some of the material is now dated but still lots of insights & questions that remain pertinent & valuable. link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9…

A big thank you to IVR for sending me a paper from the archive of their journal. With inter-library loans being out of operation I was kind of stuck & they kindly responded to my desparate plea.

A big (& very belated) thank you to @portablesound.bsky.social for helping us to incorporate their physical objects collection into a student workshop. It worked really well. museumofportablesound.com/collections/ph…

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An opportunity here for consultants/freelancers in the heritage sector to do some important work for Irish Museums Association (IMA) on pay and compensation levels across the Irish museums sector irishmuseums.org/careers-vacanc…

Learning Assistant with Archaeology Scotland | BAJR Archaeology Jobs bajr.org/Employment/UKE…

I've been exploring the idea that framing museums as hybrid organisations might be helpful. This book was really useful. It has a nice interplay of theory & empirical data.

Just been re-reading the opening chapters of Laurajane Smith's 'Emotional Heritage'. Fantastic stuff: a rich set of clearly & carefully articulated ideas.

In today's radical innovation, I actually read a paper that I saved in my 'worthwhile reading' folder. It was indeed worth reading.

🚨Job Opportunity!🚨Come & join our fabulous team of practitioner researchers ⁦Fitzwilliam Museum⁩ - we are currently recruiting a Practitioner Research Associate with expertise in participatory research with young people & collections - please share! fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/about-us/work-…

🔊 JOB: #Volunteer Experience Lead Together Co. £28-30k pro-rata, 28-30 hours a week. Permanent, based in Brighton. Closes13/5 📝 Apply now: buff.ly/4dbOsDP #HVGJobs #Volunteering #VolunteerManagement #CharityJobs #Volunteerism #VolunteerEngagement

📢Job alert! We're looking for a part-time fixed term Research Officer to start ASAP. You'll be working with our friendly South West and Central teams to champion good research practice & culture and build partnerships. Closes 19th May. careers.nationaltrust.org.uk/OA_HTML/a/?_gl…

I've been trawling literature on #volunteer management & came across this gem. Definitely worth a read: Too Much of a Good Thing? The Emotional Challenges of Managing Affectively Committed Volunteers journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

Reminder to apply for this #MuseumStudies #postdoc based at NewcastleMGH, funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council closing date 9th June jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-…

Normally, I share work reading that is worthy of note. This is in no way work but it is quite marvellous.

Exciting opportunity to join the ELSA team to work on a project focussing on the effects of environmental exposures on cognitive functioning, dementia, and healthy ageing. Apply now! elsa-project.ac.uk/job-vacancies

Could you find out when the Museum of Cipher Equipment closed? What happened to the dolls at the Sandwich Dolls Museum? We need a short-term (paid) researcher cum detective for the Mapping Museums Lab project on museum closure. More info here: bit.ly/3zsfl6Z

Day 2 of #BSG2024. It's really nice being at a conference where I'm starting to get to know people.