Among the 150 heritage lots auctioned last month were the chance to learn sword fighting at the Royal Armouries Museum (sold for £500) and the opportunity to become a miner for the day at the National Coal Mining Museum for England (£107).
Ironbridge Gorge MRichard Sandell, the deputy head of the department of museum studies at Leicester University has raised doubts over how data for a recent analysis of entry-level jobs by the Museums Association (MA) was gathered.
Sandell said the analysis, by the MA's deputy director, Maurice Davies, which found that 90% of Diversify trainees find a "reasonable job" compared with 40% of other museums studies graduates, creates a "misleading picture".
"Our knowledge of career destinations shows a similar trajectory for Diversify and all other students," he said. Davies defined a "reasonable job" as one "you would expect to require an MA in museums studies to do".
Patrick Steel
Ironbridge Gorge MRichard Sandell, the deputy head of the department of museum studies at Leicester University has raised doubts over how data for a recent analysis of entry-level jobs by the Museums Association (MA) was gathered.
Sandell said the analysis, by the MA's deputy director, Maurice Davies, which found that 90% of Diversify trainees find a "reasonable job" compared with 40% of other museums studies graduates, creates a "misleading picture".
"Our knowledge of career destinations shows a similar trajectory for Diversify and all other students," he said. Davies defined a "reasonable job" as one "you would expect to require an MA in museums studies to do".
Patrick Steel
