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Historic Environment Specialists
Landward Research Ltd are delighted to have been commissioned by Historic England to assess skills needs and other labour market intelligence issues in the fields of buildings history, garden history and archaeological specialisms. These projects will be successors to the Survey of Archaeological Specialists 2010-11 and Atkins 2008 “Identifying Activity and Skills Needs in Buildings History: Final Report”.
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ANHER
Landward Research Ltd are part of the new ANHER (Innovative format of education and training of the integrated archaeological and natural heritage) project, funded by the European Commission's Erasmus Plus Strategic Partnerships in VET programme. The project is led by the Institute of Prehistory at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan. The project’s ultimate objective involves improving skills for green jobs and eventually create green work places for people from archaeological and natural heritage sectors. Understanding the environmental impact of archaeological heritage and significance of natural heritage for regulations and practices in the domain of archaeological heritage is to be mainstreamed into education and vocational training systems. Accordingly, the project…
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State of the Archaeological Market, December 2012
Commercial, applied archaeology grew modestly in the nine months to December 2012. However, a wider data collection exercise has revealed that the size of the entre archaeological sector had been consistently overestimated. The total numbers working in archaeology are considerably lower than had been previously believed. Within commercial, applied archaeology, overall business confidence is improving. Levels of staff turnover are low, and have continued to be lower than reported in previous surveys. Employing organisations continue to consider that people who have left that employer have typically remained in archaeology. Salaries had typically remained unchanged or risen only by inflation in 2012. However, more organisations reported salaries rising by above inflation…
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Survey of Archaeological Specialists – survey link live
The Survey of Archaeological Specialists 2010-11 is now open - follow bit.ly/surveyarch to complete the survey.
