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Unpaid internships are “huge social mobility issue”
Sutton Trust finds 90% of work placements are unpaid
Government to recruit disability champion for heritage sector
Initiative aims to improve disabled access to sites around the UK
Small museums across UK awarded Royal Society funding
Grants will be used for science projects ranging from music to psychiatry
Norwich printing museum to relocate after demolition fears
John Jarrold Printing Museum displays historic printing equipment
Museum of London seeks to acquire water cannon trucks
The vehicles were ordered by Boris Johnson during his time as mayor
Museums are “promising example” of role of culture in health and social care
Report examines place of arts and culture in health, wellbeing and prison sectors
World news digest
Canada: The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and doctors’ organisation Médecins Francophones du Canada are teaming up to allow physicians to prescribe free museum visits. It is hoped the visits will boost patients’ moods and wellbeing. Syria: The national museum has reopened, six years after civil war forced its closure. The National Museum of Damascus …
Welsh Assembly debates plans for a national football museum
Assembly also discusses creating national gallery of contemporary art