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Subject:  Re: [MUSEUM-L] museum internships in the UK?
  ...

  Good luck finding a paid internship.  Paid museum internships
  are about as rare to find in the UK as they are in the US.
  Also, I would think if a UK museum had a paid internship that
  they would give it to a UK student over a US student -- just my
  opinion.  You can certainly find other temporary jobs in the UK
  to earn a few bucks, but don't count on a paid museum
  internship.

  Laura McMann Mahoney
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From my experience, paid internships are much more
  plentiful in the US than in the UK.  There are a very,
  very few positions here which are advertised as 'training'
  positions; most graduate-entry positions are fully
  fledged jobs.

  As Patrick has said, jobs have to be offered first to EU
  citizens.  This theoretically goes for
  all jobs, but in casual labour situations (such as pub work and
  crop picking)
  it is easier to break the law that when working in local
  government.

  One area where if you are qualified, right now you could easily
  find a position, legally,
  is nursing - we have a terrible shortage.

  I wonder if the Millennium Skillshare scheme run by the Museums
  and Galleries
  commission could work in your favour here: this is a scheme for
  people who have
  volunteered for two years, or worked for four, to take a six
  week placement in another institution.  There is a webpage, but
  I can't remember the url.

  But if you are able to look for work here without needing to be
  paid: look at costs, as well as institutions: living in London
  is incredibly expensive - living in an area where the mines
  closed down ten years ago isn't.   For that reason, I wouldn't
  encourage you to come to Surrey!


  Pat Reynolds
  Surrey Museums Development Officer
  (who is still trying to work out how to put a sig. line in
  NotesMail documents)