Alice Purkiss

Alice Purkiss is Head of Heritage Partnerships at the University Oxford and leads a varied programme of research, training, and events in collaboration with heritage partners to promote knowledge exchange and Public Engagement with Research. She leads the university’s flagship National Trust Partnership, co-leads the Oxford University Heritage Network, and co-convenes the Heritage Pathway Graduate Training Programme. From 2016 to 2018, Alice led the Trusted Source Knowledge Transfer Partnership between Oxford’s History Faculty and the National Trust.

Alice is a Clore Emerging Leader (2017 Cohort), an awards judge for the Oxford Preservation Trust, and a visiting lecturer for the Saïd Business School. She has a background in the museum and heritage sector, with experience of working in both major UK museums and small private heritage organisations across research, curatorial, and commercial roles.

Alice is an art historian by training, having received her undergraduate degree from the University of Bristol and her masters degree from the University of Oxford.