Development-Led Archaeology in Scotland and Covid-19
Landward is delighted to be involved in the publication of the FAME / ALGAO Development-led Archaeology in Scotland and Covid-19. This publication has brought together contributors from across Scotland, involved in both the commercial and curatorial sides of development-led archaeology to show the sector’s resilience in the face of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. The publication is available to download here.
Vote Kenneth Aitchison EAA President
Kenneth Aitchison is standing for election to become President of the European Association of Archaeologists www.aitchis.one
ALGAO LAS Covid-19 Impact Survey: An ALGAO:Cymru perspective on the results
from https://www.algao.org.uk/news/algao-las-covid-19-impact-survey-algaocymru-perspective-results The ALGAO COVID-19 Impact study was published earlier this week with the support of ALGAO:Cymru. Of the respondents to the UK-wide survey, over 98 percent of local authorities continued to provide a level of planning function despite the lockdown. Whilst some aspects of local authority archaeological work in Wales was impacted by the pandemic in terms of staffing and service level, this does not appear to have affected its capacity to provide a planning service. Most aspects of this have continued at full capacity despite unprecedented adversity. Wales has been incredibly resilient and these findings demonstrate how diligent colleagues and their organisations have been during this period. As…
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 pandemic. This means that the availability of local government advice has not been a factor leading to a reduction in archaeological work. The majority (c.70%) of ALGAO members have continued to provide planning advice, policy advice, to comment on active developments and to provide Historic Environment Record services. The report is available for download at…
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
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…
David Connolly joins Landward Research Ltd
We are delighted to announce that David Connolly has today joined Landward Research Ltd as a Research Consultant. David, known to many for his work with British Archaeological Jobs Resource (BAJR), will be working on Delivering Online Vocational Training in Archaeology, a project funded by the European Commission through Erasmus+ and led by Archaeology Scotland which will develop bite-sized pieces of video training in practical archaeology, working with six European partners. Kenneth Aitchison, Landward’s Executive Director said “David and I go back a long, long way – all the way to Stirling Castle in the freezing cold and to lunches beside the magic pond on walkover survey for the third…
Transnational Mobility
Presentation by Kenneth Aitchison in Training Archaeologists for Transnational Mobility, European Association of Archaeologists 2018 Barcelona, 7th September 2018. Full PowerPoint ppsx presentation
New Occasional Paper – Richardson et al – What do Archaeologists think of Public Engagement?
What do UK based archaeologists think about public engagement with their subject? What are the barriers to #pubarch & why are there still issues with digital harassment? Find out more in our new Landward Research occasional paper: https://www.landward.eu/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/08/LRop002_Richardson-etal_2018.pdf
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).
