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PROGRAMME FOR 2011

 

Friday 25 February 2011

Mind your Language: The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum and Scots language in today’s curriculum

10.00 – 15.00
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayr

The newly-opened Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway provides an ideal venue to consider the place and potential of Scots language activities. A language in its own right, Scots is now an important part of Curriculum for Excellence, and its use in schools has been linked to improvements in all-round literacy, self-esteem and motivation.

 

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Previous Events

 

Friday 26 November 2010

Glow and Tell: how heritage organisations are using Glow

10.00 – 13.30

Learning and Teaching Scotland, The Optima, 58 Robertson Street, Glasgow G2 8DU

 

How have heritage organisations been using Glow – Scotland’s ‘online community for education’? What makes a successful Glow event? How have you used Glow? What have your experiences been?

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Monday 7 December 2009

13:00 - 16:30
An Introduction to 'Glow'
Learning and Teaching Scotland, Glasgow


Glow is the world's first national intranet for education. It provides a platform for online collaboration and sharing which allows Scotland's teachers and pupils to work and learn in exciting new ways. Glow is breaking down barriers and making learning experiences and opportunities more widely accessible.
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Thursday 15 October 2009

10:00 - 16:00
Community Engagement  – Who really benefits?
103 Trongate, Merchant City, Glasgow


Community engagement is a key priority for museums and galleries. We all know it’s important but how do we ensure the audience really benefits?

This training day will look at some of the challenges of working with local audiences. Who are our local audiences and why would they want to work with us anyway?

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Friday 4 September 2009

13:00 - 16:00
FUNDING IN A RECESSION – Challenge or Opportunity?
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh


We all face an important challenge in the current economic climate. With many budgets cut, funding sources reduced and business sponsorship minimal this is a difficult time for cultural organisations. However this drives us to think more creatively about what we do, where we source funds and how we attract visitors.
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Thursday 28 May 2009
funding in a recession – Challenge or Opportunity?
Millennium Hotel, George Square, Glasgow


Museums and galleries face an important challenge in the current economic climate. With many budgets cut, funding sources reduced and business sponsorship minimal this is a difficult time for cultural organisations. However this drives us to think more creatively about what we do, where we source funds and how we attract visitors.

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27 November 2008
Scottish History and A Curriculum for Excellence – Opportunities and challenges for the heritage sector
Gallery of Modern Art, National Galleries of Scotland,
Belford Road, Edinburgh

The changes that will come with the implementation of A Curriculum for Excellence will also see changes in the Scottish history that is taught in our schools.  What will these changes entail?  How can we, in the heritage education sector, respond to these?  How best can we ensure that our collections continue to support learning and teaching and be made ever more relevant to our schools audience?

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18 September 2008
Bringing Heritage to Life - New sites, new audiences!
Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Inverness, IV2 5EU

Find out about the development of the new Culloden Visitor Centre and its approach to interpretation and learning. The event will explore new approaches to live interpretation and the practicalities of implementing these in your own museum.
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27 November 2007  

Sources of Funding; A GEM Scotland Networking Day

The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

FREE to GEM members

An opportunity to learn about the funding programmes of the Heritage Lottery Fund, and Scottish Museums Council and to hear from colleagues about their experiences of making successful applications to other funding bodies. There was group discussion around funding issues and upcoming national events - Olympics/Commonwealth Games.


24 October 2007

FREE GEM Networking Opportunity
at the MA Conference

Carron Room at the Glasgow SECC

A networking meeting for ALL GEM members during the Conference at the SECC in Glasgow  - a chance to meet, network and discuss current issues in museum learning and to contribute to the 07/08 GEMS Area Meetings programme .

 

 

Earlier Events

30 August 2006
Working with Older Learners
An informal day highlighting the different ways museums are working with older learners.
Paisley Museum & Art Galleries
Notes from this course

 

5 April 2006

What is Visitor Studies?

This informal day provided an introduction to visitor studies and evaluation in museums, galleries and heritage organisations, covering the basics.

Royal Museum, Chambers Street Edinburgh

 

 

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