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UK Commercial Archaeology will not see an infrastructure jobs boom
There will not be the predicted 25-64% increase in commercial archaeology jobs because of large infrastructure projects and a weakening private construction sector could result in job losses or slow job growth over the next few years. These are the results of new research conducted by Landward Research Ltd. Now available for free in this White Paper: Have We Reached Peak Archaeologists? In 2016 a report, the National Infrastructure Development and Capacity 2015-33: An Assessment (NIDC) was published which predicted that UK commercial archaeology would need to increase its workforce by 25 and 64% to meet the demand of up coming infrastructure projects.Upon reviewing the data we found an error…
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What do you mean, you don’t recognise my qualification?
Kenneth Aitchison’s presentation “Discovering the Archaeologists of the World” at CIfA 2017 in “What do you mean you don’t recognise my qualification? Understanding skills and measuring competence in archaeology”
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Supporting CIfA 2017, Newcastle
Landward Research Ltd is proud to be supporting the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists‘ 2017 annual conference Archaeology: a global profession at Newcastle University from 19-21 April 2017. We will be video recording and live streaming sessions. For more information on our video services please contact doug@landward.org.
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SAA in Vancouver
Kenneth Aitchison’s paper “Discovering the Archaeologists of the Americas – Pilot Project”, presented at SAA 2017 on 30th March 2017. Discovering the Archaeologists of the Americas – Pilot Project
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Tirbarda
Landward Research Ltd has established a wholly owned subsidiary in the Republic of Ireland. Tírbarda Teoranta has been incorporated in order to ensure that Landward Research Ltd will continue to have a business presence within the European Union following the UK’s announced departure. The company was incorporated on 22nd March 2017. Tírbarda is a portmanteau word – taking an Irish word for land – ‘tír’ (spelled with the fada over the i) and combining it with a word for ward – ‘barda’ – to create a new word. Teoranta is the Irish word for Limited, setting out the company’s status as a private limited company. The company can be contacted at enquiries@tirbarda.ie
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Landward Research Ltd in Japan
Ben Lewis, Landward Research Ltd’s Cultural Heritage Projects Researcher, is now based in Tokyo. Ben continues to contribute to ongoing projects, and can be contacted to discuss new initiatives at ben.lewis@landward.eu.
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Landward Research Ltd is a carbon neutral company
Landward Research Ltd are working with Carbon Footprint to measure, reduce and offset the company’s carbon emissions. We have now offset all of our emissions since the company’s formation in October 2010 by funding Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects that have generated Certified Emission Reductions (CERs). CDM was defined by the Kyoto Protocol to promote clean development in developing countries. This offsetting portfolio supports sustainable development through a range of projects such as Wind Energy, Small Hydro Power, Efficient Cookstoves and Biomass. Our records of the carbon we have generated and our offsetting certificates are available on our carbon offsetting page.
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ANHER presentation at HERMA conference
Kenneth Aitchison’s presentation on the ANHER project – Innovative format of education and training of the integrated archaeological and natural heritage – at the 3rd Initiative for Heritage Conserveration Heritage Management Conference was one of ten presentations to the conference to be videoed by the Bodossaki Foundation filmed and published on Blod. This is now available for download: e-archaeology.org – ANHER and Centres of Integrated Heritage Teaching
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Data Protection registration – Renewal confirmation ICO:00043949950
Landward Research Ltd’s Registration with the Information Commissioner’s Office has been updated. Data Protection Certificate of Registration
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Survey of Historic Environment Specialists – we need your help
Survey of Historic Environment Specialists: We need your help The next few years are forecast to be a time of considerable change affecting our historic environment. Large-scale infrastructure projects like HS2, major road schemes, and a mammoth programme of housebuilding are forecast to very significantly increase the demand for a skilled historic environment workforce, at a time when some of the country’s most experienced historic environment specialists are approaching retirement. As a sector we need to try to get to grips with the impact of these two factors, and to invest focused resources into accommodating them. The national heritage agencies have commissioned Landward Research to undertake a new survey of…
