Julie Nightingale
Diverse challenges
Julie Nightingale talks to a number of senior sector figures to gauge their views on multiculturalism as a social policy
The future of learning?
A new model of online learning could give museums a major role as content providers to higher education for a mass audience. Julie Nightingale reports
Starting out
Student debts, limited job prospects and low pay – who would want to start a career in museums and galleries now? Julie Nightingale talks to some people doing precisely that
Learned friends
Partnerships between museums and universities are proving good ways to share expertise and access funding. By Julie Nightingale
Age concern
Forget teenagers, it's older people that are most excluded from museums and galleries. Julie Nightingale finds out what is being done to address this
Buying power
Funding programmes to get museums acquiring again are helping to revitalise collections, writes Julie Nightingale
Learning power
Julie Nightingale on why the Museums Association is changing its flagship professional development programme
Loan stars
National museums are loaning more to the regions than ever before, according to new research by Museums Journal. But borrowing objects is still not always straightforward, as Julie Nightingale finds out
Trust or bust
More and more local authorities are considering moving their museums and galleries to trust status. Julie Nightingale looks at the pros and cons