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April 2021
EURAC – SBE21 Heritage Conference: Renovating Historic Buildings for a Low-Carbon Built Heritage
Universally recognised as emblems of many cities, historic buildings account for a quarter of Europe’s existing construction. Retrofitting such buildings presents many opportunities for reducing carbon emissions but can also present many challenges for preserving historic and aesthetic traits and as such, particular and specific care is vital. Given the unique character of each building, standard energy saving measures are often not viable. Instigating interdisciplinary procedures for renovation and developing affordable and efficient technologies which are compatible with conservation needs are essential for…
Find out more »GCHT – The ‘Transformation’ of Glasgow in the later 20th century: Overspill, Redeployment and the Culture of Enterprise
As lockdown restrictions in Glasgow start to ease, thoughts are inevitably turning to how the city will continue to chart its path out of the pandemic. With the COP26 climate change conference coming our way in November, how can the city best deal with the challenges ahead? In our new evening lecture series ‘Transforming Glasgow’, we will be looking to the past for inspiration and possible solutions. The series will focus on how Glasgow has changed and reinvented itself in a…
Find out more »OUDCE – Harm in the Historic Environment
The National Planning Policy, which incorporates England’s national heritage policy, requires that when considering the impact of a proposed development on the significance of a designated heritage asset, great weight should be given to the asset’s conservation. By implication, it identifies four levels of harm that may be caused to the significance of heritage assets: total loss (this is often overlooked but is written in to the NPPF’s Paragraph 193), substantial harm, less than substantial harm, and no harm. The…
Find out more »May 2021
OUDCE – Thinking of Consultancy
Thinking of consultancy is a short course for those thinking of a change in career. Many archaeologists start their careers with fieldwork, some moving into development control and local government, others to academia, some to consultancy. This course looks at the demands and work of a consultant, the range of job types and the variety of instructions from desk-based assessments to expert witness presentations at Public Inquiry, in the County and Crown Courts. Intended for those thinking of a change…
Find out more »National Planning Summit 2021
Central Government and local neighbourhoods alike are pressing for higher quality designed buildings, schemes that reflect the needs of communities and more sustainable place making. This pressure on the planning sector is compounded by the need to tackle the nation’s ongoing housing crisis and an increasing number of environmental issues and considerations affecting new developments. Planners today must understand their role in helping deliver on the nation’s carbon neutral targets through a greater understanding of how technological and social trends…
Find out more »OUDCE – Contested Heritage
The government has published new proposals for managing contested heritage in England. There is pressure to remove monuments which reflect a contested heritage. This course aims to provide a balanced approach to the decision making process, based on assessments of significance, and examining the harm and impact in alternative proposals in planning and heritage terms. Presentations outlining the background and main issues will be followed by an open discussion session with the course directors and other participants. The course will…
Find out more »June 2021
OUDCE – ‘Scribble, Scribble, Scribble Mr Gibbon’: Publication Beyond the Site Report
Many archaeologists have had experience of writing site reports and many other formal documents in relation to the planning system. Desk Based Assessments, Written Schemes of Investigation, Specifications and Briefs have become so common that the style of these documents is beginning to characterise some excavation reports. Cut and paste techniques provide an easy segue from one report form to another, but what of publication beyond the site report? For those wishing to enhance their CVs and to stand out…
Find out more »AMPS – Cities in a Changing World: Questions of Culture, Climate, and Design
The premise of this conference is that the city is a site of interconnected problems. No single issue dominates its needs. No single discipline has the answers to its questions. As a result, the range of issues we deal with is vast. Urban designers are developing new models of settlement planning to address housing needs. Architects are renovating ever more existing buildings. Infrastructure designers are developing faster modes of transportation. Planners are demanding lower C02 emissions from industry. In a…
Find out more »April 2022
AMPS – A Focus on Pedagogy
Today the education sector is going through what most commentators see as an unprecedented period of change. The assumption is that in the wake of COVID-19, many standard modes of teaching and learning have changed forever. However, while the flux of recent times appears to have been enormous, many aspects of what we do remains the same. Our need to publish, bring in research funding, and get positive student assessments have not gone away. The knowledge we need to impart,…
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