GEM - Group for Education in Museums

07/09/2026

Building and Reviewing a Safeguarding Policy 📣

Join GEM in partnership with Artswork for this Practical Workshop for Museums & Heritage Organisations!

This session will support museums and heritage organisations to understand what a strong safeguarding policy needs to address, and how to make sure it is meaningful, usable and specific to their own setting.

📅 Tuesday, September 22 • 10 AM - 12 PM
📍 Online
🔗 Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-and-reviewing-a-safeguarding-policy-tickets-1994291867661

03/09/2026

LAST CHANCE: Take part in GEM Survey 2026

Take part in the GEM Survey 2026 to help shape our programme, guide our publications and improve how we engage with and support you. Closing Friday 4th September, 5pm.

Don't miss this opportunity to tell us what matters most to you this year. Your responses will directly inform GEM's programme, ensuring we plan and deliver the professional development opportunities that are most relevant and valuable to you.

🔗 Take the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YX2ZT5Y

27/08/2026

New Launchpad sessions available for booking: Getting Started with Networking ✨

Join freelancer Rachel Moss for an introduction to networking, thinking about what it is and where you might make professional connections.

This session will entail discussions on questions like: What do you love about networking? What do you hate about networking? How could you feel more comfortable? How do you follow up with your new contacts?

📅 Tuesday, November 24, 4 - 5:30pm
📍 Online
🔗 Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launchpad-getting-started-with-networking-tickets-1997604057510

Join freelancer Rachel Moss for an introduction to networking

25/08/2026

Online Session: Building and Reviewing a Safeguarding Policy

Book your place for this practical online workshop, delivered by Artswork Professional Development in association with GEM, designed to support museums and heritage organisations to understand what a strong safeguarding policy needs to address, and how to make sure it is meaningful, usable and specific to their own setting.

📅 Tuesday, September 22, 10am - 12pm
📍 Online
🔗 Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-and-reviewing-a-safeguarding-policy-tickets-1994291867661

24/08/2026

All Staf Institutional Ticket to GEM Conference 2026!

There is still time for you to join us at GEM Conference 2026: Learning is Digital?

We offer special All Staff Institutional Tickets enabling you to invite an unlimited number of staff and volunteers from your organisation to join the conference online.

Throughout the 3 days, all main sessions will be live-streamed and recorded for participation with an online audience. Plus enjoy access to the conference app, featuring bonus content, opportunities to connect with other delegates and resources to enhance your conference experience.

📅 Wednesday 9 September-Friday 11 September, 9am - 5pm
🔗 Book your All Staff Institutional Ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gem-conference-2026-online-learning-is-digital-tickets-1981744962530

20/08/2026

Online Dissemination Event 📣
GEM Inclusive Pathways

Over the past year, GEM has been working with seven museums, or groups of museums, in England that have been selected to participate in a new Inclusive Pathways Action Research Programme, made possible through the Investment Principles Support Organisation (IPSO) Programme from Arts Council England.

Join GEM to find out about the inclusive pathways action research projects, aimed at unlocking barriers to work experience and work placements.

📅 Thursday, November 12, 10 - 11:30am

📍 Online

🔗 Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gem-inclusive-pathways-dissemination-event-tickets-1997700674494

18/08/2026

Closing soon!

Learning Producer (part-time) National Army Museum

Apply by 23 August 2026

Full details here: https://gem.org.uk/jobs/learning-producer-part-time/

We are seeking to appoint a part-time Learning Producer to research, develop, co-ordinate and deliver our vibrant and participatory schools programme with an emphasis on younger age groups and SEN/SEND. […]

13/08/2026

We are excited to announce our next keynote speaker for : Learning is Digital?

Esther Appleyard - Fox is the Head of Screen South’s Accentuate Programme. She has been leading initiatives for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people to drive change in the cultural sector for over 16 years and won the National Lottery Award for Heritage in 2023. Most recently devising and delivering the landmark projects Curating for Change and Curating Visibility, working with over 30 museums across England.

She is a disabled person and was a community Co-I on a large AHRC project, D4D Disability and Community: Dis/engagement, Dis/enfranchisement, Dis/parity and Dissent, where she followed an arts-based research approach. She was also the sector lead on the AHRC project, The Sensational Museum. She particularly has an interest in how creative digital technologies can enable more accessible and meaningful experiences for deaf, disabled and neurodivergent visitors to engage with museums, heritage sites and collections.

We are looking forward to welcoming Esther to GEM Conference 2026. Don't miss her keynote presentation, Wednesday 9 September.

🔗 Book your place: https://gem.org.uk/training-and-events/gem-courses/gem-conference-2026/

11/08/2026

Are you a GEM member interested in how the organisation has progressed this year and what we have planned for the future? We encourage you to join us for the 76th Annual General Meeting.

The AGM will take place during the GEM Conference 2026 at Bletchley Park and will also be available online. All GEM members are welcome to attend, whether or not they are attending the Conference.

📅 Friday, September 11, 10:30 - 11am
🔗 Book your place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gem-agm-2026-tickets-1994013388723

10/08/2026

We are delighted to be welcoming Andrew Ellis as a keynote speaker at 2026: Learning is Digital?

Andrew has been Chief Executive of Art UK since 2003. He has responsibility for the strategic direction of the organisation and plays a major role fundraising for the charity. He led the organisation from being a publisher of hardcopy catalogues of oil paintings in public ownership to being the digital platform of the UK’s national art collection bringing together 3,500 institutions in one of the biggest ever arts partnerships in the UK.

Don't miss Andrew's keynote address, Thursday 10 September.

📅 9-11 September, 2026
📍 Bletchley Park & online
🔗 Book your place: https://gem.org.uk/training-and-events/gem-courses/gem-conference-2026/