The museum micro-fellowship
Sharing research ideas and connections between universities and museums is a complicated subject. Time pressures, limited resources and the differing needs and objectives of partners can make these working relationships hard to get off the ground, despite the clear benefits. Here Dr Oli Betts, the R...
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doaj-7eee16e592ad458695d1185e9a50befc2020-11-25T02:13:01ZengScience Museum, LondonScience Museum Group Journal2054-57702019-11-011210.15180/191202The museum micro-fellowshipAnna Geurts0Oliver Betts1University of NottinghamNational Railway Museum, YorkSharing research ideas and connections between universities and museums is a complicated subject. Time pressures, limited resources and the differing needs and objectives of partners can make these working relationships hard to get off the ground, despite the clear benefits. Here Dr Oli Betts, the Railway Museum’s Research Lead, and Dr Anna Geurts, former Research Associate National Railway Museum at the University of Sheffield, offer a potential solution. Partnerships, they argue, can open up new avenues of collaboration, especially when kept open-minded, mutual and, importantly, fully supported by the host institutions.http://journal.sciencemuseum.org.uk/browse/issue-12/the-museum-micro-fellowship/national railway museumuniversity of sheffieldcollaborationpartnershipfellowshippostdocscopingcollections research |
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Sharing research ideas and connections between universities and museums is a complicated subject. Time pressures, limited resources and the differing needs and objectives of partners can make these working relationships hard to get off the ground, despite the clear benefits. Here Dr Oli Betts, the Railway Museum’s Research Lead, and Dr Anna Geurts, former Research Associate National Railway Museum at the University of Sheffield, offer a potential solution. Partnerships, they argue, can open up new avenues of collaboration, especially when kept open-minded, mutual and, importantly, fully supported by the host institutions. |
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