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Rachel Moss

@particip8tion.bsky.social

Freelancer. 20 years working in Museums & galleries. Passionate about Arts Education, evaluation & progression routes into the sector. Pronouns: She/her

130 Followers  |  103 Following  |  26 Posts  |  Joined: 15.01.2025  |  1.7109

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£1 million isn't just a number.
YouTube video by Stop School Cuts £1 million isn't just a number.

‼️Did you know that 1,180 schools in England have lost more than £1,000,000.00 in real-terms school funding since 2010?

It’s shocking and it’s unacceptable.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObI_...

17.09.2025 07:42 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A photo of programmes, tote bags and bookmarks being prepped for conference

A photo of programmes, tote bags and bookmarks being prepped for conference

It's #GEMConference2025 eve! The team are busy prepping for and we are so excited to welcome delegates tomorrow! Who is joining us?

09.09.2025 15:30 — 👍 12    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

Congratulations! I’m excited to be working with these seven museums, or groups of museums, across England for the Inclusive Pathways Action Research Programme on behalf of @gem.org.uk

31.07.2025 17:18 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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It was great to also see the projects by the local community, in particular the V&A East Youth Collective who have reinterpreted the London Underground’s tube map with places familiar to themselves. What an amazing resource for East London and the wider community!

14.07.2025 15:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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There are highlights that you come across like the Kaufmann Office designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, the 15th-century Spanish ceiling from the now gone Torrijos Palace, the interior from the Robin Hood Estate, and the giant stage backdrop copy of a Picasso created for the musical comedy Le Train Bleu.

14.07.2025 15:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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I had an amazing visit to the V&A East Storehouse today - so much to see as you navigate the three floors of the building. The transparency is carried out throughout the building with open display of the objects and showcases explaining things like interpretation and how numbers are given to objects

14.07.2025 15:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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This week is #YouthEmploymentWeek and as usual I will be working on career related activities supporting young people into working in museums and creative careers @tate.bsky.social @foundlingmuseum.bsky.social @gem.org.uk

07.07.2025 08:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Last chance to apply for this great opportunity with @gem.org.uk for Museums in England - deadline to apply is 7 July. I’m looking forward to reading the applications and working with the organisations given the action research grants 👍🏻

03.07.2025 15:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Number of new UK entry-level jobs has dived since ChatGPT launch – research Vacancies for graduate jobs, apprenticeships, internships and junior jobs with no degree requirement have dropped 32%, Adzuna finds * Business live – latest updates The number of new entry-level UK jobs has dropped by almost a third since the launch of ChatGPT, new figures suggest, as companies use AI to cut back the size of their workforces. Vacancies for graduate jobs, apprenticeships, internships and junior jobs with no degree requirement have dropped 32% since the launch of the AI chatbot in November 2022, research by the job search site Adzuna released on Monday has found. These entry-level jobs now account for 25% of the market in the UK, down from 28.9% in 2022. Continue reading...

Number of new UK entry-level jobs has dived since ChatGPT launch – research

30.06.2025 07:21 — 👍 79    🔁 40    💬 14    📌 17

I’m excited to launch the new GEM Case Studies publication - Career Pathways in Museums. Thank you to #KatyaProvornaya - I loved working on this with you! Thanks to #LouiseMcAward-White for your article on making fairer career pathways, and to the 19 other contributors who have shared case studies

19.06.2025 10:20 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Yesterday I was excited to visit
@paraheritage.bsky.social and talk to some of their trainees and work experience students as part of my evaluation work. The highlights for me of the objects on display were work placement student Electra’s Paralympic Mascot’s display and the 2012 Paralympic torch!

05.06.2025 17:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Thank you @foundlingmuseum.bsky.social for inviting me to His Majesty’s garden party for those working in education & skills at Buckingham Palace today. The weather was beautiful and the cake was delicious. We got very close to King Charles and he even shook my friend’s hand! 😮

14.05.2025 18:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

14.05.2025 17:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’ll be @museumsandheritage.com on Thursday in theatre 3 at 10.15 as part of a talk for @gem.org.uk on Inclusive pathways in Museums and Heritage with an amazing panel of speakers. It is also #LearningAtWorkWeek @cforlearning.bsky.social so I’ll be listening to other speakers & networking on the day

13.05.2025 09:44 — 👍 6    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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I'm speaking at Museums + Heritage Show, join me Register now

I am excited to announce I will be speaking at the @museumsandheritage.com Show this year. 14-15 May, Olympia London. Hope to see you there! invt.io/1bxbmqka4v8

22.04.2025 15:06 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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Home Office axes asylum hotel contract and hands it to Bibby Stockholm firm Stay Belvedere Hotels, which manages 51 hotels and Napier barracks, is removed amid performance concerns

The government has ditched one provider of asylum accommodation because of its 'performance and behaviour', only to pass it to three of Refugee Action’s most wanted companies: Corporate Travel Management (CTM), Mears and Serco.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

25.03.2025 15:57 — 👍 59    🔁 70    💬 4    📌 8
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Loved the exhibition ‘Lives Less Ordinary: Working-Class Britain Re-seen’ in the beautiful #TwoTemplePlace Artist Kelly O’Brien’s ‘Cleaner No.1’ & ‘Three Generations of Work CV’ resonated with the conversations I’ve had with underrepresented young people recently about their CVs

25.03.2025 19:40 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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ICA | Young New Contemporaries - Making Space The Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) is London’s leading space for contemporary culture. We commission, produce and present new work in film, music, performance and the visual arts by today’s most...

Looking forward to working with the #YoungNewContemporaries on Saturday 15 March, 2-4pm at #ICALondon Free event. Everyone welcome #NewContemporaries #InstituteOfEducation
www.ica.art/exhibitions/...

13.03.2025 09:37 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Finally got to visit @brunelmuseum.bsky.social We particularly enjoyed going down into the shaft. Loved that Marc Isambard Brunel’s daughter Sophia was interested in engineering - ‘Brunel in petticoats’ - although sadly she was born in Victorian times so no further education as a woman.

08.03.2025 15:21 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today’s the day - thanks for asking me #ERIC #NCW2025

07.03.2025 08:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I’m excited to be back at the M+H show later in the year with @gem.org.uk I’ll be part of a panel discussion on Thursday 15 May focusing on Inclusive career pathways in museums and heritage

#NCW2025 #NationalCareersWeek
@museumsandheritage.com

06.03.2025 09:17 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0

Most of my work is with young people looking to work in museums & galleries but people change careers too. I am working with #IdleWomen to support them to set up a paid traineeship for women from local refuge #Humraaz, and I have a new mature student mentee through #UALProfessionalMentoring
#NCW2025

05.03.2025 08:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Work experience, work placements and inclusive pathways for young people - GEM This toolkit focuses on work experience, work placements and inclusive pathways for young people, sharing the learning so far from research and discussions, along with case studies, resources and temp...

It’s #NationalCareersWeek. Katya and I are working on the next @gem_heritage Case Studies publication focusing on Career Pathways in Museums. In the meanwhile take a look at the toolkit I wrote for GEM focusing on Work experience, Work placements & Inclusive pathways 👇 #NCW2025 shorturl.at/9fswP

04.03.2025 08:56 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

35,000 students have signed up to the #ERIC talks this week showing how much we need to talk about careers. Excited to be part of Friday’s Arts line up #NationalCareersWeek

03.03.2025 07:54 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Looking forward to talking about my career journey and what I do work wise as part of a series of career talks organised by #ERIC to celebrate #NCW2025 I am part of Friday’s Arts focused talks. To book a free place visit www.meet-eric.com/2025-ncw
@careersweek.bsky.social

24.02.2025 15:57 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2
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Excited for National Careers Week!

3rd - 8th March 2025.

#NCW2025 a great opportunity to delve into diverse career avenues, gain industry insights, and spark inspiration for all. As you gear up for this event, here's a rundown of steps and ideas to enhance your preparation:

09.02.2025 11:00 — 👍 6    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

@directferries.bsky.social please can you help me add a trailer to my ferry booking? It’s 2.5m long but no additional height. I cannot see a 0m height option and don’t want to have to pay the same price as a massive motorhome

17.02.2025 17:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This week is National Apprenticeship Week - don’t forget to sign up to this event #NAW2025 #SkillsforLife @gem-heritage.bsky.social 👇

10.02.2025 09:24 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Looking forward to presenting at #RethinkingMuseums next week. I will be talking about the Tracing Our Tales Traineeships for care experienced young adults with #EmmaMiddleton from @foundlingmuseum.bsky.social Thanks @kidsinmuseums.bsky.social To book for this conference visit: shorturl.at/SV86n

31.01.2025 16:45 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Inclusive Pathways to Working in the Museum and Cultural Heritage Sector - GEM To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week (10 to 16 February 2025), this GEM webinar focuses on career development opportunities for individuals post-19 formal education, be it early career developmen...

I’m looking forward to chairing this panel discussion on Inclusive Pathways to Working in the Museum & Cultural Hetitage Sector for @gem-heritage.bsky.social on Thursday 13 February from 10am. Check out the amazing speaker line up & book here - shorturl.at/4iCoD

31.01.2025 08:51 — 👍 6    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1

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