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Nicky Boyd / Museum Learning & Evaluation Consultant |
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Audience development: |
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London
Museums Hub / online audience research
(through online questionnaires and a series of
focus groups) (2008) |
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| London Museums Hub /
in-museum visitor survey to inform London Museums
Hub online questionnaire data (2008) |
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| LMA London
/ part of small team developing and delivering a
capacity building programme re audience development
(2007-8)
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| Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
/ stakeholder consultation re Access and Learning
Policy (2007) |
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| Ashmolean Museum
/ consultation and evaluation project (including
training) to inform the development of the Museum
re-design (2007) |
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| East Grinstead Museum
/ Audience Development Plan (2006) |
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| Hastings Museum & Art
Gallery / running 'Creative thinking, creative
learning' sessions with local teachers (2005) |
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| Buckden Towers /
Audience Development Plan (2005) |
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Tunbridge
Wells Museum, Art Gallery & Library
/ audience development consultancy for planned
redevelopment (2004-05)
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Museum
of London & London's Transport Museum
/ audience consultation (families and specialist
interest/general interest adults) to inform the
new website 'Exploring 20th century London' (2004) |
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Museum
of London / audience development plan
consultation with adult tourists (2004)
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Heritage
Royal Mail / part of a team running focus
groups to enable the planned independent Trust
staff know as much as they can about current audiences
before developing new services (2004).
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The Wordsworth Trust
/ Defining & agreeing new audiences & their
learning needs for the development of DCF funded
online learning resources, developing skills &
expertise in audience development within the Trust
(2002-04).
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Education/learning
strategies: |
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Newhaven
Fort / part of team (Locum Destination
Consulting) developing an Access Plan, an Audience
Development Plan & an Educational Development
Plan (2003-04).
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The
SW Museums Hub/ consultation with relevant
audiences to inform the development of an Education
Programme Delivery Plan (EPDP) (2003)
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The Royal Artillery Museum,
Woolwich / Education Strategy (2000) -
used as a model example by the HLF / Interpretive
Consultant / Education Consultancy (2002).
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Worcester City Art Gallery
& Museum / informing the development
of their education services & facilities (2001).
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Beauchamp Lodge
/ Education Strategy for their 'floating classroom'
project (2001).
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Benjamin Franklin House
/ KS2 Education Strategy (2001).
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Educational/learning
resources: |
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British Film
Institute / researching, writing &
designing family activity pack for the new major
touring exhibition 'Moving Pictures' (2002).
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Evaluation:
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The Victoria and Albert Museum
/ Image and Identity evaluation (2007 & 2008) |
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Museum of London / evaluation
of schools video conferencing programme (2008) |
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Museum of London / two
parent/carer focus groups to inform Museum of London family-
focused publicity (2008) |
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National Portrait Gallery
/ evaluation of Hospital Schools Programme and development
of toolkit (2007-8) |
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MLA London / training
and ongoing support for archives and libraries in creating
a questionnaire (2007) |
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The National Trust / Greening
Basecamps evaluation (2007) |
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Museum of London / Inclusion
Programme evaluation (2007) |
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Cambridgeshire Community Archive
Network project / evaluation (2007) |
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The Natural History Museum
/ Antarctica exhibition front-end and formative evaluation
(2006-07) |
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Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
/ Ask the Audience evaluation (2006-07) |
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The Tees Valley Museums Hub
/ Tees Valley Theatre project evaluation (2006-07) |
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Leicestershire Open Museum
/ operational audit/evaluation of the Artworks Collection
(2006) |
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The Royal Armouries /
Flashpoint evaluation (2006) |
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English Heritage and the National
Trust / data gathering for the Your Place or
Mine Conference Evaluation (2006) |
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National Trust / evaluation
training at the 'Vision for School Visits' (V4SV) conference
(2006) |
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South West Hub / research
and report - 'do extended learning packages deepen the
relationship between teachers and museums?' (2006) |
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MLA East of England /
research and report - 'defining the impact that museums
in the region have on pupils' learning' (2006) |
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Yorkshire
Regional Museums Hub / Education Plan Evaluation
and associated staff training (2005-6)
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The
South West Museums Hub / research: 'what do
we know about what school groups need and what achieves
the best outcomes for them' (2005)
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The
National Trust / working as part of a team
to evaluate the learning programme at Sutton Hoo (2005)
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South
East Museums Hub / working as part of a team
to evaluate the EPDP (2005-6)
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EEMLAC/ Evaluation training
(2005) |
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V&A / evaluation training
for staff at all venues hosting the V&A touring exhibition
'Black British Style' (2005-6) |
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Leicestershire
County Council / evaluation of the Moving Objects
displays (2005)
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The
London Museums Hub / three stages of audience
consultation for the 'Say it Again, Say it Differently'
project which focuses on the improvement of written
communication in the six participating museums (2004-05)
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The
Victoria & Albert Museum / evaluation of
the V&A College pilot module (textiles) with AS/A2
& AVCE students selected by London Gifted &
Talented (2004)
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National
Trust / author of 'Friendly Evaluation Toolkit'
CD Rom & evaluation training (2004-05)
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Croydon Museum & Heritage Service
/ evaluation of 'A Home of Our Own' - a family
learning programme accompanying the exhibition 'Pleasurelands:
200 Years of Fun at the Fair (2004). |
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London's
Transport Museum / research to inform the development
of the current 'Underground Service Liaison' programme
& evaluation of existing provision (2004).
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National
Maritime Museum / part of small team carrying
out an evaluation of the 'Live Interpretation Programme'
(2004).
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National
Maritime Museum / evaluation training day (2004).
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Worthing
Museum & Art Gallery / evaluation consultancy
for 'Remember When', a reminiscence project working
with East Tyne Day Centre & individuals with Alzheimer's
disease (2004).
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SEMLAC
/ evaluation of 'Bridging the Gap', an 'empowering the
learning community' demonstration project for the South
East. The project offered a supported learning opportunity
with libraries in the South East to meet the needs of
prisoners and ex offenders (2004).
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Reading
Museums, Archives & Libraries, Reading Young Offenders
Institution & SEMLAC / evaluation of 'Project
Hero', developed to encourage young men in the 'separate
prisoners unit' to engage with learning activities centred
on reading (2004).
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The
National Trust / evaluation of 'Science in
Trust', a project developed to raise awareness in visitors
of the importance of science & technology in the
conservation work of the Trust (2003).
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SEMLAC
/ evaluation of the approach of a regional
agency heading up a bid for a number of smaller grants
for Resource's national Diversity Festival (2003 - 04).
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Bristol
Museums & Art Gallery / development of
Evaluation Strategy & evaluation of Designation
Challenge Funded project involving reminiscence workshops
& oral history (2003-04).
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Curiosity
& Imagination / evaluation of the 'Bringing
Heritage to Life' test bed projects (2002-04).
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SEMLAC
/ evaluation of the 'Black Box' project (a number of
museums & galleries in East & West Sussex &
Brighton & Hove working with male prison inmates
close to release & ex prisoners)(2003).
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Leicestershire
Heritage Services / audit of the 'Resource
Box' collection & operation (2003).
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Reading
Museum Service / teacher consultation regarding
current education provision (2003).
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British
Film Institute / evaluation of 2 year film
& reminiscence project working with community venues
& primary schools. Evaluation of television reminiscence
project (2002-03).
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Research
Centre for Museums and Galleries, University of Leicester
/ evaluation of MGEP ' Creation Animation Suite
Project' with four special needs schools in Wolverhampton
& Wolverhampton Art Gallery (2001).
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Livesey
Museum for Children / evaluation of their Young
People's Council (2001).
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Campaign
for Learning through Museums & Galleries /
evaluation of DfEE funded Museums & Galleries Lifelong
Learning Initiative (2001).
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The
Royal Artillery Museum / formulating a system
for formative evaluation & evaluating specific interactive
exhibits before the opening of the museum (2001).
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East Sussex County Council
/ consultancy re: proposed mobile interactive exhibition
for families & schools (2000) & subsequently leading
on design brief, design company liaison & evaluation
(2002-03).
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Interpretation plans
and training: |
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The National Trust /
working as part of a team to develop and run a series
of interpretation workshops aimed at staff and volunteers
(Better Engagement through Interpretation) (2006-07) |
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The
National Trust / working as part of a
team to develop and run a series of workshops,
aimed at staff and volunteers, to help develop
interpretation of National Trust gardens across
England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2005-6)
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The Royal Cornwall
Museum, Truro / consultation with target
audiences & part of a team writing an Interpretive
Plan for their new children's museum (2004).
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British Waterways
/ creation of an interpretive plan for the Red Bull
site on the Trent & Mersey Canal, implementing
proposals for the creation of a visitor facility
& developing education resources (02-03).
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Learning & Skills
Audit: |
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Yorkshire Museums
Council, Yorkshire Archives Council & Yorkshire
Libraries & Information / part of a
small consultancy team carrying out a learning &
skills audit project to inform the production of
a regional learning strategy (2001).
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Online learning resources
– creation: |
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The
Victoria and Albert Museum, the British Museum,
the National Gallery, the National Portrait Gallery
and Sir John Soane's museum / websites
audit (in relation to the National Curriculum)
for creating web quests (2006) |
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West
Midlands Museums Hub / part of team developing
four online learning resources (2005-6)
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The
South East Grid for Learning (SEGfL) and SEMLAC
/ part of team developing and running the pilot
project 'The Victorian Learning Journey' (2004-05)
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The Museums of
The Royal College of Surgeons of England
/ 'Hunter's House': The Hunterian Portal Project
- researching & writing educational resources
for this Resource Designated Museums Challenge Fund
supported website using resources from the museum,
the archive & library (2002).
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AIM EdWeb 1 & 2
/ working closely with a number of independent museums
to select & refine content for their respective
online educational resources (2001-02).
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Campaign for learning through
museums & galleries (clmg) / authoring
for web sites (2001).
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'Learning on the Move'
/ writing teaching resources for this DfEE funded
educational website based on the collections of
5 transport museums (2001).
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Online learning resources
– evaluation: |
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The National Archives
/ Moving Here schools website (in-classroom) (2006) |
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Blink Media / evaluation
of trial interactive project 'Genie' (with RFID
technology) at Magna in South Yorkshire (2006) |
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Yale
University Press / evaluation of the
Pevsner 'Looking at Buildings' website (2004)
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Oxford University Museum
of Natural History / evaluation of education
web pages & audience research to inform development
of on-line educational provision (2003-04).
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The Victoria & Albert
Museum / evaluation of 'Families on line'
(2003).
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City of York Council's Museum
Service / evaluation & development
proposal to help the City of York Council's Museum
Service develop public access to its collections
database (2002).
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Outreach: |
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Rosetta
Life / Digital Arts Education & Outreach
Worker, in particular raising awareness in the
area served by Trinity Hospice / Lambeth of the
role of digital arts & the potential of new
technology for the families of the terminally
ill (2002).
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Southwark Culture & Heritage
Services / part of a small consultancy
team preparing a feasibility study for the extension
of outreach & education services (2001).
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Play-based learning: |
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Curiosity
& Imagination / mentor for RNLI Display
& Interpretation Manager at the RNLI museum
in Cromer (2005)
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Lady Allen of
Hurtwood Memorial Trust / research trip
to forge international links with the Papalote Museo
del Nino, Mexico City, the most visited children's
museum in the world (2002). |
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Curiosity & Imagination
/ research trip re: children's museums in North
America & Canada & seminar presentations
(2001).
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The Royal Cornwall Museum,
Truro / original research & an analysis
of the options & recommendations for their new
children's museum (2000). Consultation with target
audiences and writing Interpretive Plan for their
new children's museum (2004).
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Project Monitoring: |
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Yorkshire Museums
Libraries & Archives Council / monitoring
of Creative Minds Project. Based at Eureka, this
project aims to enhance the regional focus specifically
in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering
& Maths, & to build the capacity of museums,
libraries & other informal learning organisations
to deliver outcomes, which support these areas (2003).
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Conference Presentations
(some examples): |
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- UKTI Heritage Seminars (Egypt and Lebanon)
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- Association of Independent Museums
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- Group for Education in Museums
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Professional Career: |
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From
Feb 2000 / Museum Consultant |
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1997 - 2000
/ Special Exhibitions Officer at the Museum of the
Moving Image |
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1994 - 1997
/ Manager at the Livesey Museum for Children |
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Education: |
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2003-2004
City and Guilds Certificate in Photography |
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1999
-2002 / Certificate in Teaching in Adult & Higher
Education at Birkbeck College, University of London |
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1991 - 1992
/ Leicester University -Postgraduate Diploma in
Museum Studies |
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1987 - 1990
/ Liverpool University - BA (Hons) Archaeology of
the Eastern Mediterranean |
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