Marsh Charitable Trust – Marsh Award for Work Experience Student of the Year

Marsh Award for Work Experience Student of the Year

This Award that is run in partnership with the Museum of London recognises a student who has shown dedication, enthusiasm and progression during their work experience placement at the Museum.

The Museum of London offers work experience placements for young people ages 14-18 through partnerships with local state schools. The work experience placements involve a range of activities and provide a general overview of the workings of a museum across a variety of departments.

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Fida 2024

Fida has been attending the Museum on work experience one morning a week during term time since April 2024. He has never missed a session and is always on time, bringing enthusiasm and a positive attitude to his work. He has been able to volunteer in a number of teams at the Museum and visitors have appreciated the warm welcome that he provides. Fida wears his volunteer t-shirt with pride and is committed to completing any job he is given to the highest possible standard. Thanks to the success of Fida’s placement, the Museum will be looking to provide further work experience placements to students at his college, giving more young people with additional needs the opportunity to work at the Museum. Fida has an excellent attitude to learning new skills and staff have said he is a pleasure to work with.

Previous Winners

Mir

Mir completed his work experience in the Centre for Human Bioarchaeology and, while there, learnt important skills about how to manage a museum collection and how to share the information that the collections can provide. He engaged well with other work experience students and staff in the Centre and felt confident enough to ask questions to further develop his knowledge and make the most out of his time at the Centre. Mir showed a genuine interest in the collection and promoted the museum with a positive attitude when speaking about his work experience, even asking to continue volunteering when the programme came to an end. In a relatively short time, Mir was able to accomplish an understanding of the sensitive considerations when working with the collection and an appreciation of how even small tasks are important components of managing a collection. He was curious about the past, engaged, motivated and a great role model for his school.

Olivia

Olivia took part in the museum’s 2 month work experience programme, attending every Friday. She was always on time (if not early!) and forged friendly and professional relationships quickly with those who she came into contact with. Olivia approached every task she was given with enthusiasm, event those that were outside the initial remit of her placement. After showing an interest in the digital marketing for the museum, Olivia worked in a focused way to provide feedback to staff on marketing for children’s birthday parties at the museum and ultimately assisted in improving the publicity of these events. She was well organised and committed to her placement and showed a great attitude towards trying new things, despite the nervousness that she felt in the first instance. Olivia was able to practise the skills that she was passionate about, but had not yet had professional experience of and has been encouraged to now seek paid employment with the Museum of London.