MA Curator (Degree Apprenticeship)

To be accepted on to an apprenticeship course you must have support from your employer and meet the course entry requirements.

Places on this programme are 95% government funded for employers in the creative and cultural sector. This is open to a wide range of staff at galleries, museums, libraries, and creative organisations, who come to Middlesbrough for week-long residentials then pursue self-directed studies online over two or three years.

The apprentice must be working in an institutional setting with relevant registration and sponsored by you, the employer. The apprentice must also:

• have a minimum of three years full-time or equivalent in part-time hours institutional experience – if they have less than three years’ experience they may be considered following discussion with the course leader providing they have their manager’s support
• attend an interview, a separate induction and a three-way progress review meeting at regular intervals between the apprentice and the University.

Employers are able to specify their own entry requirements, which may include a degree or the equivalent level of knowledge and thinking ability gained through experience.

Job role responsibilities
Apprentices work within a suitable environment to allow them to research, develop and interpret collections, themes or subjects ensuring accessibility to a diverse range of audiences.

Workplace settings can include but not limited to: museums, galleries, archives, local authorities, universities, historic environments and properties or Trusts.

Eligibility for apprenticeship funding in England

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Curating Collections and Access

You expand your understanding of curatorial practice through engagement with collections, including inclusive and decolonial frameworks within the context of curatorial display. You gain a critical perspective on institutional practices, through a detailed knowledge of collection management and development incorporating audience development projects, communications, interpretation, events and learning programmes.

Global Critical Contexts

You develop your critical awareness of social, political, ethical and conceptual issues in and around curation. You explore key theories and practices, both historical and contemporary, developing your curatorial research, analytical and communication skills.

Major Project: Curatorial Practice

This module offers you an advanced learning environment in which to demonstrate an extended professional practice to a level of distinction. Through project supervision you are inspired to build your own creative voice and original practice in the field of curating. You create a portfolio of research and contextual information alongside a presentation of an exhibition, event or project to an audience.

Modules offered may vary.