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Programme schedule

Building Survey Week: Analysing and Recording Historic Buildings

Monday 21 May 2012
This intensive practical training course is designed to introduce participants to the concepts, skills and methods suitable for analysing and recording historic buildings. It will involve the investigation, surveying and interpretation of historic buildings and the presentation of results. Introductory lectures will be given at Rewley House and field trips will be made in Oxford and the locality.

The course is taught by historic building specialists from English Heritage and it is aimed at professional archaeologists and those actively involved with the conservation of buildings. Numbers will be strictly limited and early booking is advised. Please note that this course involves some evening sessions.
Fees from: £495.00
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Post-Excavation Assessment

Friday 01 June 2012
There is nothing new about reviewing the results of an excavation before drafting the publication report – or, one hopes, during the process of excavation. However, post-excavation assessments took on an elevated status in the 1990s when they became formally recognised under English Heritage’s MAP2. This has been replaced as a model by Management of Research Projects in the Historic Environment (MoRPHE; English Heritage 2006) and more recently PPS5. As the assessment processes also form part of IfA Standards and Guidance for several project types, they also have application beyond England, for example in the Operational Policies of Historic Scotland.

In spite of the formalisation of the review process, there appears to be insufficient guidance, resulting in a tendency to over-document and under-interpret the archive – too often mechanistic (and expensive) processing of data takes the place of intellectual consideration of the potential of the archive to contribute to project research aims. A question which will be discussed is just how far prescriptive guidance is appropriate to what is an intellectual, not a mechanistic, exercise

The course aims to provide a background to post-excavation assessment. It will explain its position in the life of projects and how analysis undertaken as part of the assessment process should be focussed. It will highlight the importance of integrating different classes of data at the earliest opportunity and will discuss the means by which attention on research aims can be maintained while recognising the intrinsic value of data. Ultimately it will encourage critical evaluation of the significance of data during fieldwork.

The course will be of value to finds archaeologists, environmental archaeologists, site directors, project officers, graphics specialists, project managers, historic environment consultants and all those who would like to increase their understanding of post-excavation assessment, MAP2 and MoRPHE.

Fees from: £160.00
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Policing the Past: Protecting the Future

Wednesday 27 June 2012
This course is an introduction to understanding and managing crime and anti-social behaviour in the historic environment, and will cover the legislative framework, partnership development, identifying the threats to heritage assets and their settings, preventative measures, and enforcement and interventions. It will provide participants with an awareness of working in a multi-disciplinary framework to prevent, investigate and take enforcement action.
Fees from: £160.00
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Running a Historic Environment Project using MoRPHE

Friday 29 June 2012
Much of the work of professionals working in the historic environment is organised in projects. A project is simply a temporary organisation of people and resources to achieve an agreed result. This could be fieldwork such as an excavation or a survey, or it could be research and development work such as the development of a new website, research for a thesis, or a publication. The key is that a project brings about a change.

Project management regularly features in surveys of sought-after skills in the sector. This course uses the MoRPHE project management approach to provide an introduction to those skills. MoRPHE was developed by English Heritage for projects it undertakes or commissions, and has become widespread in the heritage sector for projects of £10K to £100K value or a few weeks to months or years duration.

The course will be of use to all those who work in or study the historic environment. Each stage in a project from Start Up to Closure is examined and discussed. Key project documents used to manage a project are introduced and described. The course provides an opportunity to practice project management using realistic exercises.

For those new to project management, some pre-course work is required.

Fees from: £160.00
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