Last week, I was a guest speaker for the Alternative models for Art Education Module as part of the Art & Design in Education MA at the Institute of Education presenting about and running break out groups focusing on how young people could gain employment into the arts sector, contributing to diversifying the workforce. This included thinking about the work I have been doing around setting up paid traineeships or internships, evaluating careers focused programmes for young people, and mentoring young freelancers. In the breakouts we explored some of the questions I’ve been thinking about such as: What is the legacy of each individual trainee’s experience? Is it a tokenistic ‘1 in 1 out policy’? How could these roles contribute to institutional change?

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