Julie Nightingale

Julie Nightingale

freelance writer

Diverse challenges

Julie Nightingale talks to a number of senior sector figures to gauge their views on multiculturalism as a social policy

Siege mentality

Civil wars shaped England’s governance, military and health services

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

Value judgements

In an attempt to get their fair share of public funds, museums have long been trying to find ways to prove their worth to government. So could the concept of public value be the answer, asks Julie Nightingale

In search of the good life

Getting a job in a museum or gallery overseas is a great way to develop your career and discover another country. But how easy is it to transfer your skills abroad, asks Julie Nightingale