People

Why I volunteer

David Leek, RAF Cosford Museum, Shropshire

Who got the job

Collections review manager, Carisbrooke Castle Museum

Me and my research

Duncan Redford is analysing the causes of "sea-blindness"

Profile: The return of the king

The University of Leicester is making the most out of the discovery of Richard III's body

Moves: January 2014

Jane Alison has been promoted from senior curator to the head of visual arts at the Barbican Centre, London. Jonathan Reekie, the former chief executive of Aldeburgh Music, Suffolk, is joining Somerset House, London, as its new director. He replaces Gwyn Miles, who is retiring. Ludo Keston is the new chief executive of the River …

Why I volunteer: Philip Jones

Blists Hill Blast Furnaces and Ironworks, Ironbridge

Who got the job: Mary Guyatt

Curator, Jane Austen’s House Museum, Chawton Salary: undisclosed Advertised: Museums Journal May 2013

Me and my research: Object lessons

Jamie Stark on how the study of patents in medical technology can reveal hidden histories

Moves: December 2013

The latest appointments in the museum sector

Profile: The fact of the anti-matter

Particle physics on show at the Science Museum

Why I volunteer: Sylvia Jewels

Barley Hall, York

Who got the job: Head of learning and participation

Head of learning and participation, the Story Museum, Oxford Salary: undisclosed Advertised: Museums Journal online May 2013