Created by Open City, the charity behind the Open House festival, Accelerate and a much-loved year round programme of public tours, the Golden Key Academy covers everything a guide needs to create and deliver an insightful, entertaining, culturally-aware, critically-ambitious and financially successful outdoor event explaining the city and bringing its many stories to life.
The taught programme – running from February through to September – features a series of informative and interactive lectures covering core competencies including: editorial programming, critical interpretation, and the ethics of cultural production; guiding responsibilities and crowd safety; self-promotion and confidence in public speaking.
Applications for the Golden Key Academy 2026 are now open! The course fee of £800 is fully inclusive of all sessions, activities, assessments and administrative costs. This year we are excited to be offering a 11 fully funded places.
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