Considering a career in Arts, Museums or Cultural Heritage? Find out more about career opportunities from professionals working in various roles within these sectors. Events range from expert panel discussions to hearing from professionals in managerial and creative roles. View the Museums, Arts & Cultural Heritage Week schedule.
UCL Careers resources
Careers in museums and archives - a UCL guide
Careers in the Heritage sector - a UCL guide
Careers in the Arts - a UCL guide
In these UCL guides, discover the roles available, employer directories, key job sites, sample internships and graduate schemes, opportunities for under-represented groups, professional bodies, industry insights, and how UCL can support you.
Museums, Arts & Cultural Heritage Week | 2020/21
Panel event recordings
Perspectives on Jobs and Recruitment
This panel discussion and Q&A brings together recruiters, HR staff, freelancers and other professionals from organisations including Somerset House and the Museums Association to share views on what the current picture is on jobs and recruitment, what the future of the industry may look like and what students can be doing now to try and carve out their first steps for their career.
Watch Perspectives on Jobs and Recruitment and download the full transcript on Mediacentral
This panel discussion and Q&A brings together recruiters, HR staff, freelancers and other professionals from organisations including Somerset House and the Museums Association to share views on what the current picture is on jobs and recruitment, what the future of the industry may look like and what students can be doing now to try and carve out their first steps for their career.
Watch Working Before and During Covid and download the full transcript on Mediacentral
The Bigger Picture in Museums, Arts and Cultural Heritage Careers
How does the work of Museums, Arts & Cultural Heritage professionals impact on wider society? The panel discussed their roles in the context of this question, at a time when our health and wellbeing is more in focus than ever.
Interviews
UCL Careers Blog
What to Expect from Museums, Arts, & Cultural Heritage Week 2020
Museums, Arts & Cultural Heritage Week | 2019/20
- UCL Careers blog: Interview with Ian Richardson, Senior Treasure Registrar at British Museum
- UCL Careers blog: Top Tips from Gina Koutsika, Creative & Skills Director at V&A Museum of Childhood
- UCL Careers blog: Careers in Museums
- UCL Careers blog: Seven Tips for Securing a Career in Cultural Heritage
- UCL Careers blog: Top 5 Skills for Careers in the Arts
Museums, Arts & Cultural Heritage Week | 2018/19
- UCL Careers blog: Volunteering in Museums, Arts and Cultural Heritage
- UCL Careers blog: Meet the Alumni at Museums, Arts & Cultural Heritage Week
- UCL Careers blog: Museums, Arts & Cultural Heritage Week 2018
- UCL Careers blog: How to get into publishing
- UCL Careers blog: Museums, Arts and Cultural Heritage Sector Careers Resources
- UCL Careers blog: Insights from the ‘UCL Careers: Insights into Publishing’ event
- UCL Careers blog: Interview with BAFTA Television Programme Manager, Kam Kandola Flynn
Museums, Arts & Cultural Heritage Week | 2017/18
- UCL Careers blog: Working in the Arts; what is considered the 'arts'?
- UCL Careers blog: Working in the Arts Forum
- UCL Careers blog: Would you like to work in a museum?
- UCL Careers blog: Cultural Heritage Forum