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LTM to help kids become engineers

Educational programme will provide activities for more than 7,000 pre-schoolers

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International artists living in war zones email work to UK exhibition

YSP features the work of artists from countries in turmoil

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Peer mentoring

Lucy Marder, the cultural partnerships officer at the South East Museum Development Programme, shares her top tips on peer mentoring

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London Transport Museum uses mentoring to support apprentices

Mentoring is one of a number of initiatives that supports diversity and professional development at the museum

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How to be a good mentee

Mentees need to be clear about what they want to achieve

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Mentoring in museums

Mentoring can help museum professionals develop values and skills needed to tackle key challenges facing the sector

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How to be a good mentor

An effective mentor listens empathetically, introduces new possibilities and challenges their mentees where appropriate

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Creating an effective mentoring scheme

The MA’s professional development officer Tamsin Russell shares her top tips on setting up a mentoring scheme

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Making mentoring work for your museum

Whatever approach a museum takes to mentoring it is important to have clear objectives from the start

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The Hunterian takes new approaches to storage

Move to Kelvin Hall will see the transfer of 1.5 million objects

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Courting the press

Ben Luke, the art critic at the Evening Standard, reveals how cultural institutions can establish effective relationships with the media

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Why museums use visitor surveys

Good-quality visitor data can inform almost every aspect of a museum’s work