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Green Skills Newsletter
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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Carbon Neutral in 2019
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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Archaeological Market Survey 2017-18
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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Landward project commended by European Commission
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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London address
Landward Research Ltd has moved to a new London business address. Landward Research Ltd, Kemp House, 152-160 City Rd, London EC1V 2NX
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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, Italy, Romania and Turkey – on their experiences of, and attitudes to, vocational education and training for construction workers and electricians. Written by Ben Lewis, Niloufar Javadi Abhari and Anjumon Ali, the report finds: In terms of the four green skills working areas defined by the project and questionnaire, 68% of educators agreed that green…
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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 – Turkey, Romania, Italy, Spain and the UK. Written by Ben Lewis, Anjumon Ali and Niloufar Javadi Abhari, this identifes attitudes and trends in vocational eduction and training relating to green skills for construction workers and electricians. The results showed attitudes and awareness varied from country to country – from the Introduction: In the UK, individuals…
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Green Skills brochure available
The Green Skills project partners have published a brochure about the project. Green Skills Brochure
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ICAHM Conference 2018
Landward Research Ltd were delighted to attend and contribute to the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee for Archaeological Heritage Management (ICAHM)’s Annual Meeting in Montalbano Ellicona. Kenneth Aitchison spoke about progress on the Discovering the Archaeologists of Africa project – his full paper is here.
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Company Procurement Mission to the UN in Geneva
Landward Research Ltd were delighted to be part of a United Nations Procurement Company Mission to the UN Organisations in Geneva. Organised by London Chamber of Commerce and Industry, in partnership with the Department for International Trade and supported by Enterprise Europe Network, the mission introduced Landward to an extremely valuable range of contacts at the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the International Trade Centre and UNCTAD, together with the UK Mission to the UN at Geneva and the Department for International Development. This has opened up a wide range of new opportunities for the firm, and on the back of this, we will be looking to secure business, particularly to provide…
