Intelligence
The Importance Of Being Earnest About Cultural Heritage
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you can’t have failed to see at least some of the media commentary on ongoing cuts to funding for cultural heritage (which I’m broadly defining as including intangible heritage, historic built environment, and archaeological investigation) . You might think, so what?
Threatened Cuts at University of Sheffield
As Founder and Chair of Landward Research Ltd, I have written this letter to the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield to express my dismay at the potential closure of the Department of Archaeology.
Cuts to Archaeology Teaching Grants
The grants that universities in England receive for teaching archaeology may be cut by 50%.
All archaeologists working in the UK are graduates. Not every recipient of an archaeology degree goes on to work in archaeology, but those that do provide tangible, quantifiable benefits to the country that are worth a quarter of a billion pounds every year.
Labor Shortage Mitigation
Five years ago, HBI’s Christopher Dore gave a lecture to the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers (FAME). He presented things that U.K. firms could do, in advance, to minimize the problems that a labor shortage brings. It is time to revisit those lessons.
No More Polluter Pays Principle
A new article, published in Internet Archaeology, looks at how public benefit is delivered through working with clients as partners. Case studies – A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement, Crossrail, Bloomberg
Profiling the Profession 2020
UPDATE – the survey will now remain open until 17th January 2021. So please select the survey you are responding to: Survey for Organisations Survey
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
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.
