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    Development-Led Archaeology in Scotland and Covid-19

    August 4, 2020 / No Comments

    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.

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    Heritage Management Organization

    October 31, 2017
    Partners at Green Skills meeting Cluj

    The Final Transnational Meeting of Green Skills Project

    August 9, 2019

    Archaeological Market Survey 2017-18

    March 15, 2019
  • News,  publications

    State of the Archaeological Market 2019

    July 7, 2020 / No Comments

    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

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    ICAHM Conference 2018

    November 21, 2018

    Development-Led Archaeology in Scotland and Covid-19

    August 4, 2020

    Landward Research Ltd is a carbon neutral company

    February 7, 2017
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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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    SAA in Vancouver

    March 29, 2017

    Landward Research Ltd receives lifeline grant from Government’s £1.57bn Culture Recovery Fund

    October 9, 2020

    Report on Green Skills survey of 1,750 participants published

    December 19, 2018
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    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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    FAME

    November 17, 2017

    Transnational Mobility

    September 7, 2018

    Skills Needs in Buildings History and Garden History 2016-17

    July 27, 2017
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    Archaeological Market Survey 2017

    December 18, 2017 /

    Landward Research Ltd’s annual Archaeological Market Survey report for 2016-17 has been published. Download Archaeological Market Survey 2017 In financial year 2016-17 commercial archaeology grew in terms of the number of employees working in the sector, but levels of financial turnover decreased and profit levels were unchanged. The sector was not as confident as it had been a year earlier. The majority of businesses in the sector did not expect to expand significantly in the next year (2017-18) (e.g. in premises, vehicles, capital equipment), but they had increased their staff complements (and continued to plan to do further in the next year). While staffing levels were increasing, average levels of turnover (and so turnover per…

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    The Size of the UK Heritage Compliance Sector

    March 23, 2018
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    CEO of FAME

    June 20, 2019

    Breaking New Ground – price reduced

    August 3, 2017
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    FAME

    November 17, 2017 /

    We are delighted to announce that we have a new formal ally – FAME, the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers, who we work with to deliver the annual Archaeological Market Survey report. We are pleased that by being recognised as one of FAME’s partners we are strengthening our ongoing working relationship with the trade association for archaeological businesses in the UK.

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    Call for applications for 2019-2020 Executive Leadership in Heritage Management workshops

    September 18, 2019

    London address

    January 1, 2019

    State of the Archaeological Market 2019

    July 7, 2020
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    Archaeological Market Survey 2016

    November 28, 2016 /

    The report on the Archaeological Market Survey 2016, undertaken by Landward Research Ltd on behalf of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers and Historic England, is now available. Download Archaeological Market Survey 2016.  Executive Summary This Archaeological Market Survey report is on the State of the Market for Archaeological Services in the United Kingdom in 2015-16. It has been prepared by Landward Research Ltd on behalf of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, FAME (Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers) and Historic England. The overall aims of this survey are to provide: a unique analysis of the archaeological sector as part of the overall UK…

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    Listen to Me! Lobbying for Archaeology

    September 6, 2018

    London address

    January 1, 2019

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

    January 19, 2018
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    Heritage Market Survey 2014

    July 18, 2015 /

    The report on the Heritage Market Survey 2014, which collected data on the condition of commercial archaeology in the UK in March 2014 has been published. Download Heritage Market Survey 2014 Report.   Executive Summary This Heritage Market Survey report is on the State of the Market for Archaeological Services in 2013-14 and has been prepared by Landward Research Ltd on behalf of the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, FAME and Historic England. At the end of March 2014, the number of people working in archaeology was increasing and business confidence was high. Employment In total, it is estimated that the applied archaeology sectoral workforce grew by 3.0% between December 2012…

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    Public Engagement in Development-led Archaeology: a Survey

    January 15, 2021

    Listen to me! Lobbying for archaeology

    March 18, 2019

    Chief Executive for Landward Research Teoranta

    April 26, 2019
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    Current and Recent projects

    April 6, 2015 /

    Project Client Funder Evaluating project proposals Research Executive Agency of the European Commission European Commission – Horizon 2020 ANHER (Innovative format of education and training of the integrated archaeological and natural heritage) Institute of Prehistory, Adam Mickiewick University in Poznan European Commission – Erasmus + – Strategic Partnerships Vocational Education and Training Videorecording CIfA Conference 2015 Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Landward Research Ltd, Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Project developer for training placement scheme British Council British Council Heritage Market Survey Chartered Institute for Archaeologists Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers, Historic England Technical Assistance to OCTA Icon-Institut EuropeAid Adapting Green Skills Hatice Bayraktar Teknik Ve Endustri Meslek…

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    The Heritage Education Network

    May 21, 2018

    Who Works in African Archaeology?

    April 12, 2018
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    Impact of Covid-19 on Local Authority Archaeology Services

    July 14, 2020
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    Employment in UK archaeology, October 2011

    January 27, 2012 /

    Headlines from the State of the Archaeological Market October 2011 report: The number of people employed in commercial, applied archaeology has increased slightly (by 0.4%) over the six months to October 2011. Levels of staff turnover are relatively low, and employers believe that the majority of people who have lost jobs in archaeology in the last six months have remained within the sector. Salaries have not risen in line with inflation in the six months to October 2011, and therefore have typically fallen in real terms. Significant numbers of archaeological businesses have subsidiary offices located elsewhere in theUnited Kingdom. Financially, companies are turning over slightly more revenue in 2010-11 than…

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    Professional Associations working to Shared Professional Standards

    December 19, 2017

    Archaeological Market Survey 2017

    December 18, 2017

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

    January 19, 2018
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