Content tagged to: Placement

Reclining female nude with back to the viewer on a 'metal' bed stead. A second nude figure, visible from bust to hips, is in the background News and Views

Art Collection Deep Dive: Walter Sickert’s The Little Bed 

This month, our summer placement student, Caitlin Johnson (BA Museum Studies and Archaeology, 2021-2025), takes a closer look at Walter…

Closeup of a portrait of a woman in profile, facing directly to the left with her head tilted slightly downwards. News and Views

Kathleen Hale: Before the illustrations of Orlando

For her placement module, 3rd Year History Student, Holly Whapshott has been researching some of our most recent acquisitions by…

Right hand with fingers extended and finger tips placed on a surface, the little finger raised. The drawing finishes at the wrist. News and Views

Top Five Fears: The Darker Side of the Collection

This blog is an adaptation of our Museum Studies placement student, Shona Amer’s recent Twitter thread, where she delved into…

Self portrait of Frances Turner featuring the head of a blonde Turner looking straight at the viewer on a black background. News and Views

Women by Women

For International Women’s Month, Georgie Hollands-Gray, a second year Museum Studies student on placement with the University Art Collection, highlights…

Bust-length portrait of a woman, head turned to the right News and Views

Portraiture and the Art Collection

Cerys Cartwright, a third-year art student on placement with the University Art Collection explores portraiture in the University Art Collection….

Closeup of an illustration from the Ladybird Book 'The Enormous Turnip'. There are four figures, a man with grey hair and a brown hat, a woman with grey hair and a yellow headscarf, a boy with a red hat and blue top, and a girl with two long dark plaits. All the figures are looking down towards the bottom left corner News and Views

Going Global: A Student Exhibition

Our outgoing placement student, Laura May Bailey, describes her experience at the Art Collection, and curation of a new Ladybird…

Closeup of lunar lander Eagle from the Ladybird Book 'Exploring Space'. (c) Ladybird Books Ltd, 1972. News and Views

One Giant Leap: A Student Exhibition

Our outgoing placement student, Morgan Woodhouse, reveals what goes into creating a Ladybird Books exhibition Since the beginning of July,…