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We are looking for UCL Academics and Professional Services staff with experience in Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) to take part in the service and provide support for Camden Council.At the onset of the Covid-19 lockdown, Camden Council were required to re-engineer almost all their key services, from child support to business growth, within a matter of days.  Before the pandemic, re-configuring Camden’s public policy and community services would have taken many months and would be accompanied by a variety of assessments, including cost-benefit, equality of access, sustainability and environmental impact.  During the pandemic, few assessments were conducted prior to rolling out the change in service, such was the speed of redesign. Now, the local authority has an urgent opportunity to monitor, evaluate and learn from their performance, especially as London moves towards more restrictive Covid measures and would benefit from outside advice and expertise.  The MEL guidance you provide may underpin Camden Council decisions on whether to revert to original models or switch to a redesigned model.  Out of Term Service:The REAL service will remain open throughout the summer. But as we approach the summer holiday period many UCL staff will be taking leave. As a result we anticipate turn-around times for the service will be longer than usual.Sign-Up Here Frequently Asked Questions.What support will I be able to provide? The REAL Service has been specifically designed to be purely short-term, light touch and responsive. The type of MEL information, advice and guidance you provide could be, for example: support to develop evaluation frameworks and plans  support to identify appropriate evaluation methods  advice on prioritising evaluation questionsguidance on analysing data (Needs details on boundary of data)advice on implementing evaluation methods reviewing evaluation materials   guidance on embedding learning practices   signposting to useful resources or existing work    We will endeavor to match you with projects which most closely match the skills, interests and availability that you describe within the EOI form.Please note there isn't a data sharing agreement between Camden Council and UCL. How much time will I need to commit? You may volunteer any level of time you have available, anywhere from 30 minutes to 2+ hours, and on a one-off, fixed term, or irregular basis throughout the duration of this service, and in line with the requirements of the project that you are matched with. The EOI form has been designed to capture the level of commitment you feel most likely to be able to make. We appreciate that many of our UCL colleagues will be making ongoing arrangements to ensure that their own healthcare, childcare or caring responsibilities are me. If your circumstances change, you are welcome to revise your commitment upwards/downwards and/or remove details from the REAL Service database by emailing listen-and-respond@ucl.ac.uk.  If you do not have capacity during this period (Autumn 2020) but would like to in the future, once a more permanent service is set up, let us know.What will happen after I have filled in the EOI form? Step 1: By filling out the EOI form, your details will be added to an internal UCL REAL Service database of academics & PS staff willing to volunteer short-term, light-touch monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) support. Step 2: Camden Council staff will contact the dedicated UCL REAL Service with an EOI form providing key details about their project/work that would benefit from MEL support.  Step 3: UCL REAL Service will match the request for support to an academic or Professional Services staff member from the REAL Service database whose skillset, interests, and level of availability match the needs of the project within a max. of 10 working days. If we feel the project is a potential match, we will forward the full details of Camden Council’s request on to you. A member of our team will get in touch to pass on any specifics, and then if you choose to support, we will connect you directly with Camden Council’s point of contact. If no suitable match is available within 10 working days, 911±¬ÁÏÍøill not provide MEL support.  Step 4: Someone from UCL’s REAL Service will contact you later to monitor and gather feedback on your experience of supporting Camden Council. Am I able to extend my support towards a particular project beyond the scope of the REAL Service?Yes. If you wish to independently provide further support beyond this initial information, advice and guidance (e.g. running a training session or facilitating a workshop, or initiating any longer-term research or consultancy collaborations), you are welcome to independently suggest activities to Camden Council. However, in line with our MoU with Camden Council, these will not be promoted as part of UCL’s REAL Service offer.  Please note there isn't a data sharing agreement between Camden Council and UCL. If you wish to independently share data with Camden Council, then this is beyond the scope of the REAL Service and you would need to arrange your own data sharing agreements and protocols.  Please do share with colleagues who have Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning experience and would be interested in the service.  REAL Service forms part of Listen and Respond, one of UCL’s responses to the pandemic led by the Volunteering Services and the Engagement team (UCL Culture). REAL service has also been developed and supported by the Business and Innovation Partnerships team (Innovation and Enterprise), Research Impact Curation and Support team (OVPR) and Camden Council. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email the REAL Service team.

Set up in response to unprecedented circumstances around Covid-19, the UCL Rapid Evaluation and Learning Service (REAL Service) attempts to meet the needs of Camden Council service delivery related to evaluation, with pro-bono volunteer expertise across UCL.Out of Term Service:The REAL service will remain open throughout the summer. But as we approach the summer holiday period many UCL staff will be taking leave. As a result we anticipate turn-around times for the service will be longer than usual.This service is:Rapid: You will receive a response within three working days (Monday-Friday) to arrange a meeting with a member of the REAL Service Team.Responsive: You will be matched with relevant 911±¬ÁÏÍø expertise as soon as is practicable (allowing for annual leave etc.)Transparent: If we are unable to match you within a reasonable time-frame we will let you know why and close the request.Broad in scope: Expertise is available on a range of evaluation related activity, from monitoring, data analysis to responsive research.Short-Term: If matched, a UCL staff member will provide information and guidance that may be limited in depth on a short-term basis.For Covid-19 affected services/activity only.REALs volunteers provide advice and guidance on evaluation; they do not perform the evaluation itself.What do we mean by evaluation?When we talk about evaluation here we mean "using monitoring or other information to reflect upon and make judgement about what is being done and make changes/improvements (sometimes known as ‘responsive research’)".It includes support for data analysis, creation of evaluation frameworks, advice for choosing evaluation methods and more.For full information on what the service can cover please read our 'Further Information' document. (WORD)Make a request for evaluation support Frequently Asked Questions.Is my request appropriate for the REAL Service?We recommend having a read through the 'Further Information' document. If you are still unsure please submit your request and in the first stage of the matching process a member of the team will help you figure out if the REAL Service is the right mechanism for your need.What happens if I am on leave/uncontactable during the matching period?If you would like to make a request for support but will be uncontactable during the matching period (either for leave or for other reasons) please mention this on the 'notes' section of the request form. The ‘ten working days’ matching window will start from when you have your meeting with a member of the REAL Service team. You can make a request and organise a meeting for when you become available again.I am looking to foster a long-term research collaboration, can the REAL Service help?The REAL Service is not designed for long-term collaboration, although we recognise that, if mutually beneficial, longer term collaboration may arise from your match. We recommend you contact Helen Tsui: Partnership Manager (Public Sector) or Michael Reynier: Principal Partnerships Manager (Public Sector & the Professions) to discuss other possible collaborations/partnerships.I am looking for someone to analyse data for my project, can the REAL Service help?No. There is not currently a data sharing agreement between Camden Council and UCL, therefore UCL volunteers will not be able receive/process any data collected or held by Camden Council nor share data held by UCL. They can, however, broadly advise on how to analyse datasets if that is the nature of your request.How involved will the REAL Service team be with my project?The primary function of the REAL Service Team is to understand your request and match it with volunteers across UCL. They will request a meeting with you once you have made a request to check their understanding of your needs and then connect you via e-mail to a relevant 911±¬ÁÏÍø volunteer. Their involvement should end at this point, however you can contact them if communications break down between you and your match, you want to clarify any confusion that has arisen, or if you have any other questions related to the REAL Service. The REAL Service team may also get in touch with you to check if the match has met your expectations and for evaluation purposes.Is REALs operating over the summer vacation period?Yes; but please be aware that our stated turn-around times are suspended. We will endeavour to respond to requests as quickly as we can (taking into consideration staff on annual leave etc.). If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email the REAL Service team.

[[{"fid":"16840","view_mode":"large","fields":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"A close-up of an archive document showing the title 'Flinderella: A Revusical Comedy'","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Flinderella","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"Flinderella original programme cover","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"large","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"A close-up of an archive document showing the title 'Flinderella: A Revusical Comedy'","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"Flinderella","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"Flinderella original programme cover","field_float_left_right[und]":"none","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"500","width":"800","class":"media-element file-large"}}]]In 1923, Egyptologist Flinders Petrie was knighted. To mark the occasion, UCL students wrote him a pantomime: Flinderella: A Knight in Egypt. An anticipated one-night-only spectacular, this gesture was a fond one – but not one without criticism, with barely hidden jabs at ethically dubious practices.One century later, we revisit this forgotten show with a three-part series, including a reimagined performance. Between investigations on eugenics, decolonial practice and calls for repatriation, what has become of Flinderella? And who else should we be singing about?EventsIn April – May 2024, three events took place in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology to critically reflect on the legacies of Flinders Petrie, archaeological practice then and now, and future trajectories for public archaeology.Animated Ephemera: Behind the curtains of student dramatic productions at 911±¬ÁÏÍøThursday 25 April 2024 6-8pmThis panel discussed the importance of ephemera in archaeology collections giving light to otherwise undocumented historical moments, the place that dramatic productions occupy in UCL history and an insight into past 911±¬ÁÏÍø student productions. This event had complementary tours of ‘Generation UCL: 200 Years of Student Life in London’ led by UCL academics and exhibition curators Georgina Brewis and Colin Penman. Flinderella! 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Written, produced and performed by UCL students from a mixture of Student Union societies and UCL departments, this play wittily and provocatively brought the spirit of Egyptologist Flinders Petrie back to life with a contemporary spin. What is the future of public archaeology?Thursday 2 May 2024 6–8pmPlease note this roundtable is open to students and early career archaeologists onlyInspired by UCL students’ satirical take on the legacy of archaeologist Matthew Flinders Petrie through the 1923 revue musical ‘Flinderella: A Knight in Egypt’, this student-focused forum discussed contemporary radicalism in public archaeology. What new ways are being utilised to engage groups in the archaeology of their localities? What can be learnt from a 101-year-old play to question societal norms surrounding archaeological practice that may still be pervasive today? What role do equity, agency and social justice play in public archaeology? Who are the arbiters of these narratives? A lively discussion followed the presentation of three case studies on contemporary public archaeology.Reimagining Flinderella is co-conceived by Lisa Randisi, Curatorial and Collections Assistant for the Petrie Museum and Sarita Mamseri, Public Programme Manager for UCL Museums. The project is steered with support from Dr Anna Garnett, Curator for the Petrie Museum; George Paris, Content Producer for Programmes; Roberta Livingston-McDonald, theatre producer and playwright and Helen Douglas, Museum Visitor Services Assistant for UCL Museums.

  Five emerging artists weave new life into the Slade Drapery Drawing PrizeSophie Bouvier Ausländer, Katherine Forster, Seungwon Jung, Zeinab Saleh and Naomi Siderfin consider drapery drawing in its broadest terms, including cloth, clothing, fabrics and fashion, to redress the contemporary relevance of this long-standing art school tradition. REDRESS is the result of collections-based research completed by Slade artists as part of UCL Art Museum’s 10th annual artist-in-residence programme and part of the museum's Curating Equality research project. Find out more about the history of the residency and this year's artists on this page.The exhibtion ran alongside Disrupters and Innovators: Journeys in gender equality at 911±¬ÁÏÍø (2018-19) at 911±¬ÁÏÍø Octagon Gallery, responded to Prize & Prejudice (2018) that preceded Redress at 911±¬ÁÏÍø Art Museum and is part of the museum's Curating Equality family of projects.The programme of events that accompanied this exhibition can be viewed here.Artist-in-Residence programmeUCL Art Museum’s annual collaboration with the Slade School of Fine Art began in 2008 with a challenge to all current Slade students to develop their own practices, while taking the time to appreciate what has gone on before.Over one term, artists are given special access to thousands of remarkable and historically important artworks from the Museum’s collections. During ten years this has resulted in extended collections-based research by over 100 resident artists – all of whom have revalued past masters to create contemporary works in a range of media, including painting, sound, video and performance.REDRESS residencies were supported by proceeds from the sale of a print edition kindly donated by Paula Rego.Previous collaborations include: Sequel (2009), Transfer (2010), Moreover (2011), Vincula (2012), Duet (2013), Second Person Looking Out (2014), Re-launch (2015), Vault (2016), The composition has been reversed (2017).The Drapery Drawing PrizeSlade prizes recognise the quality of a student's work and have been awarded annually by the Slade Professor since the School was established in 1871.From 1897, the School retained the winning works and these now comprise the Slade Collections. Women have received recognition through the prize system on a relatively equal footing to their male counterparts, resulting in artwork by women comprising 45% of UCL’s Slade Collections.The Slade's prize system includes awards for Figure Drawing, Figure Painting, Head Drawing, Head Painting and Summer Composition, with the Drapery Drawing Prize first appearing in 1918, and then intermittently until the 1950s. Drapery drawing has historically played an important role in artistic training, where it would have supported students’ ability in portraiture as well as the Summer Composition Prize, a more traditional painting prize, with set narratives derived from history, literature or the Bible.Today, the William Coldstream Memorial Prize is awarded annually by the Slade Professor and prize-winning works are retained by UCL Art Museum.About the artistsKatherine Forster works with many different forms of textile art to confront the role of female artistic labour. Here embroidery, normally associated with the quiet practice of sitting, head bowed, becomes a visual presence, loudly occupying the room. The text – an extract from a letter the French novelist Colette (1873-1954) wrote to her daughter, in which she expresses her dislike of sewing – becomes a protest slogan. Forster physically redresses the space with her elaborate drapery, thereby correcting the balance in the representation of women’s artwork in museums.Seungwon Jung explores at the Drapery Drawing Prize to revalue the unrecorded and neglected female artists who in 1918 dominated the prize system. She works with fragmented photographic images printed on fabrics, destructs them by removing the threads and then stitches them back, collecting the fragments layer by layer. Through the creation of empty space and accumulation, she considers the gaps in our existence, memory and consciousness. Her process highlights the omissions in our knowledge regarding these women, but also the ways their traces can unconsciously influence how we shape the past.  Zeinab Saleh uses textiles, methods of collage and photography to make work that references the personal as political. She draws upon various cultural sources and subcultures to create a highly individualised subtext. During her residency she explored issues of race, women and power and sourced the collection for links to her project, and ultimately her own idiosyncratic identity. Here she merges references to historical artworks with well-known logos and brands from the modern age to produce a bold personal work that explores themes of labour, economy and the digital age.Sophie Bouvier Ausländer and Naomi Siderfin's collaborative work The Tacit and The Tangible resonates with selected drawings from the Drapery Drawing Prize. Here ‘redress’ functions as a conceptual framework, with Siderfin addressing the more tacit practices of making, responding to drawings of women in action, to produce a series of performances (see programme), whilst Bouvier Ausländer dresses poses, expressions and narratives into new tangible artefacts, which are incorporated in turn by Siderfin. Developed in collaboration, their project prompts experimentation through the merging of archival, art and performance processes.Curating EqualityCurating Equality is an ongoing research project that explores the challenges around curating the hidden stories within our collections and creating environments that support innovation and equality. In recent years UCL Art Museum has undertaken a series of interdisciplinary collaborations that focus on women artists. These were preceded by research collaborations that focused on diversity and culminated in Black Bloomsbury (2013). New research is currently being developed with colleagues at the Slade and the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art for Slade 150 anniversary in 2021.Other recent curating equalityprojects include: Prize & Prejudice (2018), Instruction and Access: Women in art education (2018), The Magic Fruit Garden (2018), Disrupters and Innovators: Journeys in gender equality at 911±¬ÁÏÍø (2018-19), Passing In: Access and influence in higher eduction (2018).

One of "the best exhibitions to see in London in 2022"- Katy McNab, Museum Crush, 27 May 2022The Slade School of Fine Art takes over UCL Art MuseumThrough the medium of printmaking, Slade 150: Testing Ground celebrates all the artists who have contributed to the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL over its 150-year history.A feature-wall is dedicated to ‘ThanksToEveryoneForEverything’, a specially produced time map of the names, in chronological order, of those who have studied or worked at the Slade since 1871. It captures important events and initiatives, including developments to the art school’s building. It is a record in progress and will be added to as more names and dates come to light.More about Slade 150: Testing GroundSlade 150: Testing Ground also hosts ceiling-high displays of experimental test prints and plates, collaboratively made by students and staff exploring print processes in the Slade’s printmaking workshops over recent years.These interventions bring to life the Slade’s renowned archive of alumni works and its teaching collection of old masters that inhabit 911±¬ÁÏÍø Art Museum’s cabinets. Curated displays will showcase historic student work from the Slade Print Collections, alongside video works, sound pieces and examples of printmaking tools and paraphernalia.  In a space where past and present are in dialogue to evoke ideas of process, teaching and learning via mark-making, Slade 150: Testing Ground conveys the challenge, unpredictability, and excitement of artists encountering new situations, as well as the coming together of different outlooks and approaches between students and staff.S P I I I I I N E L E S S (13 May - 10 June 2022)The Small Press Project invited visitors to S P I I I I I N E L E S S, an exhibition of bookworks made by Slade students and staff on display as part of Slade 150: Testing Ground.The temporary display included this and last year’s Y1 publication projects, Bound: Mail Art in the Pandemic and Cosmic Chromas; bookworks from students and staff inspired by the year-long online event Spineless Wonders; a selection of research publications published by the Slade Press; and Ginkgo, the result of a collaborative workshop with the legendary poet-artist Paula Claire.Slade 150: Testing Ground is a collaborative exhibition curated by Slade staff, with UCL Culture, to reflect upon and celebrate the Slade’s unfolding collective narrative during and beyond this milestone year.It is part of a programme of events marking the Slade’s 150th birthday, including a parallel exhibition Slade 150: Past, Present, Future in the Octagon Gallery. Find out more at www.ucl.ac.uk/slade/slade-150.

[[{"fid":"10147","view_mode":"medium","fields":{"format":"medium","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Colour photo of a white bird rattle from the Petrie Collection ","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"right","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"format":"medium","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Colour photo of a white bird rattle from the Petrie Collection ","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"right","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1094","width":"1458","class":"media-element file-medium"}}]]Using everyday artefacts from the Petrie Museum including bells, whistles, shoes and toys, this research aims to transform our understanding of social experience, social relations, and cultural interactions, among the populations of Egypt in this period.A project team comprising Dr Ellen Swift, Dr April Pudsey, and Dr Jo Stoner, is studying artefacts from the Petrie collection to explore what daily life at this time might have felt and sounded like. In 2019, they are presenting some of their findings in a free exhibition at the Petrie Museum at 911±¬ÁÏÍø. The Petrie Museum has one of the largest and best-documented collections of Roman artefacts in the UK. It contains more than 8,000 objects from this period. This project examines the features of artefacts, the materials they were made from, and evidence of modification that shows how they were used and re-used in daily life. In association with the study of papyrus texts, the team is investigating social behaviour and experience to shed new light on daily life in Roman and Late Antique Egypt. [[{"fid":"10151","view_mode":"medium","fields":{"height":"1608","width":"1206","class":"media-element file-medium","format":"medium","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Colour photo of a technician scanning objects in the Petrie Museum ","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"left","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"},"link_text":null,"type":"media","field_deltas":{"1":{"height":"1608","width":"1206","class":"media-element file-medium","format":"medium","field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]":"Colour photo of a technician scanning objects in the Petrie Museum ","field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][title]":"","field_caption_heading[und][0][url]":"","field_caption[und][0][value]":"","field_float_left_right[und]":"left","field_file_image_decorative[und]":"0"}},"attributes":{"height":"1608","width":"1206","class":"media-element file-medium"}}]]The research brings together specialists in the interpretation of ancient Egyptian texts on papyrus, and archaeological artefacts, drawing on new methodologies and interpretative approaches, including the experimental recreation of objects. The researchers are investigating how experiences may have differed between children, adults, slaves, women, men, and people of different social and ethnic groups. Evidence of wear and repair will reveal both aspects of practical daily use, and personal and sentimental meanings that may have been attached to objects such as dress accessories, shoes, toys, and simple musical instruments. To keep up to date with the project’s progress and research activities, please visit the blog.Also on the blog there are soundscapes that you can listen to. New information about the objects in the Petrie’s collection discovered through this ongoing research will be made available through the museum’s online catalogue. Please note the catalogue is currently being updated and will be fully restored in spring 2019.   Images on this page: Project ceramic replica of a Roman bird rattle from the Petrie Museum (UC34972) © Lloyd Bosworth; University of Kent archaeology technician laser scans Roman objects in the Petrie Museum © Jo Stoner