Culture& and Museum Studies at the University of Leicester are inviting partners for 2025-2027.

Join a sector-wide network actively working together to open up arts and heritage for everyone through engagement with leading-edge research and practice.

For more information or to register an interest, please email info@cultureand.org. Closing date for expressions of interest: 30 September 2025.

New Museum School Advanced Programme

The New Museum School Advanced Programme launched in 2021 with support from the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The Programme not only offers a world-class postgraduate offer but also brings with it the opportunity to harness the arts and heritage sector in driving a movement of inclusive transformation. Students enrol in 2-year part-time postgraduate courses at the university; as part of this, they take part in a Project in Practice Module with an arts and heritage organisation – conducting high quality research for the organisation.

Over the past three years, cultural partners in the New Museum School Advanced Programme have gained hugely from fresh, diverse approaches to collections, audiences and all areas of socially-engaged practice.

Cultural partners can participate via a sliding scale of investment, from £2,500-£5,000 and receive:

Places for staff to participate in an annual symposium exploring leading-edge approaches to socially engaged practice in arts, heritage and cultural institutions; more information on past editions of the symposium can be found below
Access to three online webinars per year showcasing new thinking, research and practice in the UK and internationally
Opportunity to host New Museum School students to carry out practice-centred research

For more information or to register an interest, please email info@cultureand.org.

NMSAP Inclusive Transformation Network Symposium

Every year, the New Museum School Advanced Programme curates a two-day symposium bringing students and cultural partners together with an inspiring group of thought leaders and practitioners in the field.

Symposium 2025: Museums for Everyone in Challenging Times

9 – 10 July 2025