Laura Beattie

Engagment Officer (Communities)

  • Heritage Collections
  • Library and University Collections

Contact details

Address

Street

St Cecilia's Hall
50 Niddry Street

City
Post code
EH1 1LG
Street

Main Library
30 George Square

City
Post code
EH8 9LJ

Availability

  • My working days are normally Tuesday to Saturday, 9am - 5pm.

Biography

Background

Laura studied and taught English Literature before starting to work in community engagement. In her current role as Engagement Officer (Communities) for Heritage Collections, her remit is to engage underserved communities with our collections for the purposes of creating positive social impact. At the moment, her work focuses on a few key areas: working with young people from widening participation backgrounds via Arts Award programmes, delivering learning programmes in prisons, and supporting people who face barriers to employment to gain necessary experience to return to the workplace.

Qualifications

PhD English Literature, University of Edinburgh

MA English Studies, Freie Universitaet Berlin

MA(Hons) English Literature and Latin, University of St Andrews

Responsibilities & affiliations

  • Scotland Rep for Group Educators in Museums Network, 2020 - present
  • Member of External Advisory Group for Centre for Social Responsibility, Edgehill University, 2024 - present
  • UK Creative Community Fellow, 2020 - 2021
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