Impact of Covid-19 on Local Authority Archaeology Services
Landward Research has undertaken a rapid survey of ALGAO members to find out how the Covid-19 pandemic has affected the work of archaeological advisors to local government across the UK. The overwhelming majority of ALGAO members have been able to continue to deliver services as they were able to do before the onset of the […]
State of the Archaeological Market 2019
The report on the size and direction of UK commercial archaeology in 2019, written by Kenneth Aitchison and Doug Rocks-Macqueen, has been published by FAME. Download the report here State of the Archaeological Market 2019
Archaeology in Development Management
New research reveals the significant contribution of Local Authority Archaeology in Development Archaeological work was fully incorporated into the planning system across the UK in the early 1990s to manage the impacts that development may have upon the historic environment. The report presents the results of research conducted by Landward Research Ltd for ALGAO:UK, on […]
Listen to me! Lobbying for archaeology
An article by Kenneth Aitchison, updating a paper given at the EAA 2018 conference in Barcelona, has been published as an ‘early view’ in Archäologische Informationen. Read the article here https://dguf.de/fileadmin/AI/ArchInf-EV_Aitchison.pdf
Archaeological Market Survey 2017-18
Record levels of commercial investment and employment for archaeologists in the UK.
Report on Green Skills survey of 1,750 participants published
The second report for the Green Skills at Vocational Education and Training project published today by Landward Research is a Quantitative analysis of the perception of green skills by VET trainers, VET students, and employers. This is the detailed analysis of over 1,750 questionnaire responses, completed by educators, learners and employers in five countries – UK, Spain, […]
Green Skills report on employers, educators and policy-makers attitudes published
Two reports produced by Landward Research for the Green Skills at Vocational Education project have been published. The first is a Qualitative analysis of the perception of green skills by VET trainers, VET policy makers and employers. This represents the results of analysis of 73 interviews with VET educators, employers and policy makers in five countries – […]
Launch of Landward Research occasional papers
We are delighted to announce the launch of Landward Research occasional papers, an editorially reviewed publication series (ISSN 2631-3081), examining the nature of work and employment in cultural heritage and archaeology. The first in this series is a reissue of Doug Rocks-Macqueen’s Have We Reached Peak Archaeologists? (in the UK).
The Size of the UK Heritage Compliance Sector
A new report, produced by Landward Research Ltd and Heritage Business International has been published. The Size of the U.K. Heritage Compliance Sector: 1998-2017 with forecast to 2022 This report, which identifies how much was being spent on commercial archaeology services in the UK in 2017 and provides long-term trend data covering each year since […]