Hooray for the National Trust
There are many things in life that one should really rise above and not respond to. One such thing, in my humble opinion, is the Daily Mail. But this morning I took the unusual step of actually reading something in the Mail (don’t worry, I thoroughly washed my hands afterwards) – an article that was […]
Why do a MOOC in Museum Studies?
Over 11,000 people signed up for the first run of our Massive Open Online Course (MOOC), Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum, and they were overwhelmingly positive about their experience. Demand is so high that we are running the course again, starting on January 18th 2016. But why might you want to undertake […]
Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum – a look back…
Last time I posted, we had just opened up registration for our Massive Open Online Course (or ‘MOOC’). Back then, just a few months ago, we could only imagine how successful it would be. Over 11,000 people signed up for the six week course, and between them they have posted 43,500 comments in total. These […]
Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum
You can now sign up for our MOOC (Massive Open Online Course): Behind the Scenes at the 21st Century Museum, which will run for 6 weeks from 1st June 2015. Over the last few months we have been working away with our friends and colleagues at National Museums Liverpool on this great new project that […]
Exciting changes to our Heritage and Interpretation Masters for October
Several staff members here are spending their summer days revamping and enhancing our Heritage and Interpretation Masters programme. There has been huge enthusiasm and support within the School for the way that the course (formerly known as ‘Interpretation, Representation and Heritage’) is changing. Everyone wants to be a part of it! It has been particularly […]
Distance Learning Summer School – Inspiring Students in Three Tenses.
One of the nice things about the School of Museum Studies is the tremendous sense of community. We hope that when our students join us the feel they have become part of that community and that, when they leave us, they remain part of our community and networks. It is true that our students are […]
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