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Strategic Commissioning

Strategic Commissioning aims to:

  • increase demand from schools for museum and archive education
  • increase supply of museum and archive education activities
  • widen access for teachers to museum and archive education 

Science in Your World

Projects will demonstrate the role of museums, or archives in delivering science learning.

Science in Your World grant scheme will provide opportunities to discover the science behind collections, meet scientists and engineers and put science into context of the everyday world.

> Read more about Science

Initial Teacher Education Grants

Information on how to apply for a grant, plus briefing sheets and FAQs

The Initial Teacher Education (ITE) grants programme is a scheme designed to build learning partnerships between museums, archives and organisations offering initial teacher education.

> Read more about ite grant

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) 2009-10

Cultural and children and young people's sectors workforce opportunities

Professional development opportunities to enable the cultural sector to deliver quality learning programmes for children and young people.

> Read more about cpd programme

Learning Links 2009-11 - Round 2

Funded placement programme

Learning Links is a professional development programme for museums, archives, teachers and educators who work with children and young people.

> Read more about learning links

Self assessment framework

Working with children and young people

An MLA resource to help museum, library and archive staff develop the skills they need to work with children and young people.

> Read more about self assessment framework

Teaching Outside the Classroom

MLA a key partner

The Teaching Outside the Classroom programme was launched by Children's Minister, Kevin Brennan, on 4 March 2008.

> Read more about teaching outside the classroom

School Participation Database

A web based tool

MLA has developed a tool to assist you in planning strategically, particularly around your work with schools.

> Read more about school participation database

Evaluation of strategic commissioning

Evaluation of Strategic Commissioning for 2006-7 and 2007-8

Demonstrating the positive impact of museum and archive education on school children

> Read more about evaluation of Strategic Commissioning

Campaign! Make an Impact

Supporting children and young people's participation

Rolling out the successful British Library programme across the country. Find out how to get involved.

> Read more about campaign!

related links

  • learning

    Learning is a process of active engagement with experience. It is what people do when they want to make sense of the world.

  • communities

    It is important that museums, libraries and archives' role in building thriving communities is recognised and exploited