The University of Southampton Joins the Heritage Alliance

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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!

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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, …

Guest Editors

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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 …

#HeritageChat

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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

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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?

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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 …

The Heritage Alliance International Event 2019

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We are pleased to announce that it will be holding a second event this year to celebrate international heritage. This event follows the formal launch of its first International Report last year. We are very grateful to the Confucius Institute at Heriot-Watt University for sponsoring this event. The …

THA – British Council Travel Grant Scheme: Travel Reports

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The 2018-19 Heritage Alliance – British Council Travel Grant Scheme enabled recipients to undertake an international visit to meet with colleagues and share skills, expertise and experience. The Travel Grant Scheme also supported UK heritage organisations who are starting to develop mutually beneficial international projects …