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Hi All, Historically where I've been involved with traineeships, I have deliberately not included age limits and promoted vacancies as widely as possible to reach a broad audience. However, in this case, I am developing the project on behalf of a youth rights charity who work exclusively with the under 25s, so this opportunity would specifically be for a young person who is care experienced. *runs for cover* Amy On Fri, 28 Feb 2020, 10:13 Jenni Waugh, <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > There is no mention of an age limit at all. Amy is just exploring how this > lovely opportunity might work. > > However, Aylwen makes a good point about unspoken assumptions that I have > observed can sometimes be made by organisations looking to recruit to > traineeships, internships and other early career opportunities, or even the > potential candidates themselves who might count themselves out. > > I have run trainee/intern programmes in the heritage sector where the > participating organisations have thrown up this assumption and very nearly > missed out on the superb talents of older candidates who have switched > direction later in their careers. I am happy to say that the organisations > didn't miss out, not least because we had some robust conversations about > ageism when preparing the ground for recruitment to the opportunities. > > Sometimes by NOT explicitly addressing the assumptions in an advert, > perhaps we reinforce them. So, in wording the advertisement for such > schemes, we could all consider adding a positively framed comment about how > welcome applications would be from Early Career practitioners of all ages. > Likewise, from people represented by any of the other protected > characteristics. > > Happy Friday from soggy Worcester! > > J > > > On Fri, 28 Feb 2020, 09:46 Amanda Phillipson, < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Is there anything in Amy’s original email that suggests she has an upper >> age limit? >> >> >> >> *From:* List for discussion of issues in museum education in the UK. >> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Aylwen Gardiner-Garden >> *Sent:* 28 February 2020 00:22 >> *To:* [log in to unmask] >> *Subject:* Re: Residency with a mentor? >> >> >> >> Hello, this is something I would be interested in applying for but it >> would be nice if you also addressed age. I raised my children (with >> disabilities) and am now early in my career. Sadly most programs offering >> support for early career people also put in a cut-off age. At 47 I am now >> finding it extremely difficult to get started or to apply to early career >> programs. >> >> Regards, Aylwen >> >> >> >> On Fri, 28 Feb 2020 at 4:22 am, Amy Cotterill < >> [log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >> Hi All, >> >> >> >> We're hoping to create a artist/creative in residence opportunity >> (artistic medium tbc) and are interested in the idea of writing the brief >> as an opportunity for someone early in their career to work with a mentor. >> >> >> >> Has anyone done anything similar to this? 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