``This Fellowship allowed me to attend a nine week internship at the INSTAP centre in Eastern Crete. During which time I also visited 13 archaeological sites and three archaeological museums. This Fellowship has had a positive impact on my confidence in my abilities as a conservator as well as allowing me to develop my networking skills. I feel more prepared to step into private practice in Melbourne with better hand skills and experience of a wider range of treatments.``

``The opportunity to travel to the USA was a key element, but more so with a backing of a Fellowship I was allowed privileged access to staff, ideas, and museums that may not have been possible as an independent researcher. The networks I have created along the way have been invaluable. I gained deep conceptual, intellectual, and practical skills around collecting, interpretation, and programming around topics of political history in US museums. I have found the Fellowship so unbelievably valuable and unlike any other opportunity in Australia. I hope the Fellowships continue to grow and flourish.``

“The Fellowship program is a light in our sector. It provides unique opportunities for professionals to test their boundaries, innovate and inspire. I believe the true impacts of many Fellowships will not be felt immediately but form the foundation of advocacy. My Ffellowship means that a community facing many levels of disadvantage is now being looked at as a model of engagement. A journey that has willingly been shared with them, it is not my journey but ours!”