Greater one horned rhino (C) E-L Nicholls
Jobs and Traineeships
Post Doctoral Research Assistant- Origin of Land Plants, at the Natural History Museum. Applications for this externally funded two year project close on 7th December 2015.
Education Assistant; Bookings Administrator and Family Programming Officer, at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History. The position is for 3 years and deadline for applications is 12pm on 16th December.
Events and Exhibitions
Call for papers for the April 2016 conference Objectively Speaking at the British Museum. The conference is set to explore four main themes:
- How can museums connect collections with classroom and academic teaching?
- How can objects facilitate creative teaching practice?
- What is the impact and opportunity of digital technology for object based teaching?
The deadline for proposals is 12pm on 15th January 2016.
A day conference on 11th December called Conservation Matters in Wales – ‘Conservators in Action’ is taking place at the National Museum Wales, in Cardiff. It will include presentations, short tours, and drinks in the pub afterwards (optional!)
Around the Web
Got literary inspiration to find or time to kill? Check out 100 Best Museum and Curator Blogs.
Rachel Petts graces the PalaeoManchester blog with beautiful sharks teeth (I’m not biased) (that might be a lie) as she introduces us to a collection of Eocene Chondrichthyan fossils, found in the UK, and recently donated to Manchester Museum. Hooray!
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