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    The way to dusty death

    September 17, 2019 / No Comments

    originally posted at https://heritagemanagement.org/the-way-to-dusty-death-by-kenneth-aitchison-phd-head-of-capability-mapping-the-heritage-management-organization/ Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools. The way to dusty death Shakespeare – Macbeth Basse Santa Su is a quiet town, more than 300km upriver from the coast in The Gambia. I was there in May 2019 to build partnerships for HERITΛGE – we were looking to develop a project to provide training for Gambian heritage managers, as the European Commission had put out a call for proposals. I was fascinated by this advert for in bus tickets by the road in the town centre.…

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    January 19, 2018
  • News,  publications

    Archaeology in Development Management

    September 11, 2019 / No Comments

    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 the archaeology sector in developmental management and its contributions in England, Scotland and Wales.  The report looks at; the positive impact the existing system makes on the sector and beyond, how successful the existing system is and whether it is delivering the process it was created for. It’s the first detailed piece of research into…

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    December 1, 2020

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    August 4, 2018

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    March 29, 2019
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    The Final Transnational Meeting of Green Skills Project

    August 9, 2019 / No Comments

    Reposted from http://www.greenskills.ceipes.org/2019/06/13/777/ On the 11th June the 4thTransnational meeting of the Green Skills at Vocational Education project (Project number – 2017-1-TR01-KA202-046803) took place in Cluj, Romania. This time, the Institutul Postliceal Phoenix Asociatie hosted us. The project is carried out by 5 partners: CEIPES – International Centre for the Promotion of Education and Development (Italy), CETEM – Technological Research Centre of Wood and Furniture of Murcia Region (Spain), LDT – Landward research (UK), Institutul Postliceal Phoenix Asociatie (Romania) and Adana Provincial Directorate of Labour and Work Agency (Turkey), and it is funded by the European Commission within Erasmus+ programme, Key Action 2 (Strategic Partnership for Innovation and Exchange of…

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    Secrets of the High Woods – Heritage Assets in Forestry Management

    August 1, 2017

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    May 21, 2018

    Green Skills report on employers, educators and policy-makers attitudes published

    December 19, 2018
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    CEO of FAME

    June 20, 2019 / No Comments

    Kenneth Aitchison has been appointed as CEO of FAME, the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers. He formally takes up this appointment at the FAME AGM on 20th June 2019. FAME announced the appointment: “The Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers is very pleased to announce the appointment of its new CEO, Dr Kenneth Aitchison, who takes up the post from the beginning of May 2019. Kenneth is a founder and director of Landward Research Ltd and has been actively involved in high level engagement with UK and European governmental, political and national agencies, representing the archaeological profession and commercial archaeological practice. A graduate of Edinburgh and Sheffield Universities, over…

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    Chief Executive for Landward Research Teoranta

    April 26, 2019 / No Comments

    Landward Research Teoranta (Landward Research Ltd’s wholly owned subsidiary in Ireland) are delighted to announce that Mark Spanjer has been appointed as the company’s Chief Executive. He will lead on growth and development in the European market. www.landward.ie

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    July 30, 2018

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    September 4, 2018

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    August 1, 2017
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    Green Skills Newsletter

    April 10, 2019 / No Comments

    The latest newsletter of the Green Skills at Vocational Education project has been published. with information about progress to date and plans for the remainder of the project.

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    December 19, 2017

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    April 1, 2018

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    Carbon Neutral in 2019

    March 29, 2019 / No Comments

    Landward Resarch Ltd are proud to be carbon neutral. In 2018-19, we reduced our carbon footprint by 12% and funded Community Projects and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects that have generated Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) to offset the carbon dioxide our activities generated.

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    August 20, 2017

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    February 7, 2017

    On the Outside Looking In – what will Brexit mean for European archaeology?

    January 19, 2018
  • publications

    Listen to me! Lobbying for archaeology

    March 18, 2019 / No Comments

    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

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    April 26, 2019

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    May 21, 2018
  • News,  publications

    Archaeological Market Survey 2017-18

    March 15, 2019 / No Comments

    The Archaeological Market Survey for 2017-18 has been published and is available for download: Archaeological Market Survey 2017-18. This report has been produced by Landward Research Ltd on behalf of FAME, CIfA and Historic England. Key Results of the Survey Record levels of commercial investment and employment for archaeologists in the UK. The numbers of people employed as professional archaeologists, both in applied commercial archaeology and across the entire archaeological sector in the UK, were higher 2017-18 than they had ever been before. £239m was invested in the economy through applied archaeology in 2017-18 Despite the sector’s wariness about the future of the market (a major factor in which appears…

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  • News

    Landward project commended by European Commission

    January 15, 2019 / No Comments

    The ‘Innovative format of education and training of the integrated archaeological and natural heritage’ (ANHER) project has been commended by the European Commission for being an example of a best practice Erasmus+ project. A summary has been included in the new publication, Erasmus+ Enriching our Cultural Heritage.

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    November 1, 2018

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