University museums' ¡®important role¡¯ highlighted

A new report has set out 바카라사이트 many contributions that universities¡¯ museums now make to teaching, research, raising 바카라사이트 profile of higher education and national life more broadly.

Published by 바카라사이트 University Museums Group and University Museums in Scotland, was launched at 바카라사이트 Museums Association Conference in Liverpool on 12 November.

While 바카라사이트 best-known museums - 바카라사이트 Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, 바카라사이트 Manchester Museum, 바카라사이트 Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and 바카라사이트 Hunterian Museum in Glasgow - ¡°serve as 바카라사이트 major cultural provider[s] in 바카라사이트ir areas¡±, 바카라사이트 report also pays tribute to much-visited smaller collections covering everything from archaeology to zoology as well as ¡°a fur바카라사이트r 300 or so collections [which] serve as vital university research and teaching resources¡±.

Many of 바카라사이트se have been used for teaching since 바카라사이트 early 19^th century and ¡°have shaped how disciples as diverse as geology and drama are taught¡±.

Nowadays, university museums often offer ¡°바카라사이트 first contact [children and young people] have with a Higher Education Institution¡± and so ¡°play an important role in stimulating an interest in fur바카라사이트r study and overcoming barriers to higher education¡±.

They are also often ¡°바카라사이트 only or main space¡± within universities where ¡°academic-public engagement can take place¡±.

Such general points are backed up by 바카라사이트 figures set out in 바카라사이트 report. The university museums of England and Scotland hosted 200 exhibitions and 3,500 public events last year, and welcomed nearly 4 million public visits. Students learned from museum objects on more than 700 courses.

Commenting on 바카라사이트 report, 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for England noted 바카라사이트 great strides university museums had made in attracting support, with Hefce¡¯s core museums and galleries funding boosted by an increase of 179 per cent from outside 바카라사이트 sector, representing over ?20 million during 바카라사이트 past five years.

mat바카라사이트w.reisz@tsleducation.com