An international coincidence?
One of the most fascinating things about my job is looking at the background of our distance learning students when they complete their applications to study with us…Where do they come from? What do they do? Why do they want to study with us? Perhaps most striking when looking at all of these things is […]
Fragile Earth – our student exhibition 2013
Every year, our campus-based Museum Studies and Art Museum and Gallery Studies students take part in a Design Exercise as part of their Module 3 studies, the last taught component of their masters’ degrees. This culminates in the launch of their group exhibitions, this year ably opened by Jim Roberts, Honorary Fellow of the School […]
Shanty Towns and Museums in Rio de Janeiro
Every now and then something takes your breath away and makes you rethink everything you ever thought you knew about museums. Last week I was in Rio de Janeiro visiting the Museu de Favela in one of the shanty towns in the heart of one of the wealthiest places in Brazil. Here, stacked onto the […]
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