The Alliance is delighted to welcome the University of Southampton as its newest member. The Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton has an international reputation as a world-leading centre for archaeology, with high profile projects carried out all over the world. It welcomes membership of …
Heritage Update reaches its 400th edition!
The Heritage Alliance’s fortnightly e-bulletin, Heritage Update, has reached its 400th edition! First launched in February 2002 (Read Issue #1), Heritage Update has for the past 17 years covered the latest developments in the heritage world, including reporting on Heritage Alliance members news, government policy, …
Flutemaking Trainee Sought to Keep Craft Alive
The Heritage Crafts Association is looking for new potential trainees interested in the craft of making flutes in a bid to save British flutemaking. Applicants should be keen to learn, have a proven ability to solve technical problems and will likely have existing engineering skills. …
Assistant Architectural Adviser for Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust
35 hours per week Hampstead £28-34,000 depending on qualifications and experience. The Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust was set up in 1968, on the initiative of residents, to maintain and preserve the character and amenities of the Suburb. It does this principally through its ownership of …
National Trust Volunteer Placements in the Design Advice Team
The National Trust [Alliance member] have two vacancies for volunteers working within their Design Advice Team: Design Guide volunteer placement (Adaptive reuse of rural buildings) Commencing: 21/10/2019 Location: Heelis, Wiltshire The successful applicant will write case studies on National Trust projects relating to adaptive reuse …
Historic Properties Director for English Heritage
Location: London, Swindon, Bristol, York or any principal English Heritage site in central England Salary: £110,000 – £120,000 + c10% for central London weighting + up to 7.5% PRP This role at English Heritage is a critical leadership role within a unique organisation and one …
Guest Editors
This week’s edition of Update was jointly edited by Janée Gagnon, Karen Muperere and Zuzanna Juskiewicz, who are all interning with the Heritage Alliance over the summer. Janée is a student of Asian Studies and Classical and Archaeological Studies at the University of Kent, Karen is currently …
Share Your Views on Heritage and Immigration with the Home Office
Members of the Heritage Alliance are reminded that the Alliance, joined by a group of our members representing heritage organisations from across the sector, will be sitting down with the Home Office in due course to discuss proposed changes to the immigration system, we also …
Let’s Get Digital! – Digital Skills Survey of the Heritage Sector
In light of The National Lottery Heritage Fund recently starting a Digital Campaign to support organisations in the Heritage sector, the Heritage Alliance is conducting a survey in partnership with Media Trust, Charity Digital and Naomi Korn Associates to understand the current digital skills needs …
#HeritageChat
July’s #HeritageChat provided an opportunity for Heritage 2020 to gather feedback on their newly published scoping study into the nature and strength of collaboration between the heritage sector and UK higher education institutions. It asked participants to respond to the findings but also share their experiences of university …
Heritage and The Creative Industries Report Launch Event
The Heritage Alliance is currently finalising a report on the important role of heritage places and organisations in underpinning and supporting the creative industries. We recently held an informative and lively roundtable with a range of members. We are delighted to announce that we launching …
What Would You Like To See On Our New Website?
As you may know, we are developing a new website for the Heritage Alliance. This will ensure that our work and the work of our members is shared in a more helpful and user-friendly way. The new website will also contribute to our future work …