Simon Stephens

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Simon Stephens

Head of Publications and Events, Museums Association

CAS announces shortlist for £60,000 museum prize

Ashmolean, Birmingham Museums, Hepworth and Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in the running

Lord Browne calls for “new age of philanthropy”

Speech follows Tate announcement of three-year Ernst & Young sponsorship

IWM launches contemporary art programme

Initiative features artists’ take on war and conflict

Museum of Flight takes off

HLF awards National Museums Scotland £1.3m for the project

ACE funding open for applications

Five streams open including grants to develop relationship between culture and tourism

Funding news

Business or Treasure

Council seeks to tour Burrell Collection overseas

Bill to overturn ruling presented to parliament

The Museum of… Our pick of the UK’s specialist collections

Simon Stephens hears about the work of a heritage centre in a remote part of Northumberland

Boxing clever

For someone who didn't plan to work in museums, IWM North boss Graham Boxer has had a wide-ranging career so far. He talks to Simon Stephens

English Heritage to be split in two

Self-financing charity will run the 420 sites that form the National Heritage Collection

Nationals to be allowed to access reserves

Chancellor expected to make announcement tomorrow

HLF invests £20m in traineeship programmes

Skills for the Future to see 876 placements created in museums and heritage organisations