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WEST DEAN COLLEGE
Chichester, West Sussex PO18 0QZ
Tel 01243 811301 Fax 01243 811343
Email cpd@westdean.org.uk
www.westdean.org.uk
BUILDING CONSERVATION MASTERCLASSES
: A development of the
former English Heritage Masterclass Programme. A series of intensive
residential three-day courses combining lectures, demonstrations and
practical exercises. The courses offer hands-on training and are designed
for professionals and craftsmen. Professional development courses are
also offered for conservators, as are MA and Postgraduate Diploma
programmes in conservation of historic artefacts: books and library
materials, ceramics and related materials, clocks, furniture and related
objects and metalwork, and the Professional Development Diploma
Conservation of Buildings, Interiors and Sites. See also: display entry in
this section, page 194.
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UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Centre for Sustainable Heritage, Gower Street,
London WC1E 6BT
Tel 020 7679 8242
Email shprojectsdirector@ucl.ac.uk
www.ucl.ac.uk/sustainableheritage/msc.htm
MSc IN SUSTAINABLE HERITAGE
: An innovative interdisciplinary
course for a new generation of heritage leaders. This course by
the Centre for Sustainable Heritage provides today’s professionals
with the skills and mindset to deliver the heritage programmes
and projects of the future. It brings together all aspects of cultural
heritage combined with the best preventive conservation policies and
practices to create leaders who apply the concepts of sustainability
and sustainable development within cultural heritage projects.
Students engage with leading international professionals and
work on real case studies. The course is accredited by RICS.
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UNIVERSITY OF BATH
Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering,
Bath BA2 7AY
Tel 01225 386447/01225 386252
Email fac-eng-pgt-admissions@lists.bath.ac.uk
Contact Graduate School Admissions
MASTERS DEGREE IN THE CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDINGS (MSc)
:
The course provides technical training within an academic framework
including the teaching of classical architecture and the philosophy of
conservation. Teaching units include: structural conservation; materials,
construction and skills; history and theory; and the law relating to
conservation and heritage management. Taking place within the world
heritage city of Bath, the course may be taken over one year full time
or two years part time. Architects, engineers, surveyors, conservation
officers and suitably qualified candidates from other fields with first
degree or equivalent are eligible.
COURSES & TRAINING
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COURSE listings
When contacting companies listed here, please
let them know that you found them through
The Building Conservation Directory
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
Bishop Grosseteste University
College, Lincoln
Tel 01522 527347
BA (Hons) Heritage Studies
3 yrs FT
Buckinghamshire New University
Tel 01494 522141
BA (Hons) Furniture Conservation and
Restoration
1 yr FT
(2 yrs PT)
Building Crafts College
Tel 020 8522 1705
Foundation Degree Historic Building
Conservation
2 yrs PT
University of Cambridge, Institute
of Continuing Education
Tel 01954 280399
CertHE Historic Building Conservation PT (enrols
every 2 yrs)
City and Guilds of London Art
School
Tel 020 7735 2306
BA (Hons) Conservation Studies
3 yrs FT
College of Estate Management
Tel 0800 019 9697
BSc (Hons) Building Surveying
4 yrs PT
Herefordshire College of
Technology
Tel 0800 032 1986
BA (Hons) Artist Blacksmithing
3 yrs FT
Kingston University, London
Tel 020 8417 4600
FdSc (Foundation) Historic Building
Conservation
2 yrs FT
BSc(Hons) Historic Building
Conservation top-up
1 yr (2 yrs PT)
University of Lincoln
Tel 01522 837171
BA (Hons) Conservation and
Restoration
3 yrs FT
London Metropolitan University
Tel 020 7133 4200
FdA (Foundation) Furniture Restoration 2 yrs FT
(4 yrs PT)
BSc (Hons) Restoration and
Conservation
3 yrs FT
BA (Hons) Furniture Restoration
1 yr (2 yrs PT)
Swansea Metropolitan University
Tel 01792 481117
BA (Hons) Architectural Glass
3 yrs
(<6 yrs PT)
Weymouth College, Construction
Sector
Tel 01305 764733
FdSc (Foundation) Applied
Architectural Stonework and
Conservation
2 yrs
(3–4 yrs PT)
POSTGRADUATE COURSES
Anglia Ruskin University
Tel 0845 271 3333
MSc Conservation of Buildings
2 yrs +
dissertation PT
Architectural Association, School
of Architecture
Tel 020 7887 4067
PGDip Conservation of Historic
Buildings
2 yrs PT
University of Bath
Tel 01225 386447
MSc Conservation of Historic Buildings 1 yr (2 yrs PT)
MSc Conservation of Historic Gardens
and Cultural Landscapes
1 yr (2 yrs PT)
MPhil in Architectural History and
Theory
1 yr (2 yrs PT)
University of Birmingham,
Institute of Archaeology and
Antiquity
Tel 0121 414 5497
MA/PGDip in Landscape Archaeology,
GIS and Virtual Environments
MA 1 year
(2 yrs PT)
PGDip
9 months
(18 m PT)
University of Birmingham,
Ironbridge Institute
Tel 01952 432751
PGDip Heritage Management
2 yrs dist
learning
MA/PGDip Historic Environment
Conservation
2 yrs PT
MA Heritage Management
2 yrs dist
learning
MA/PGDip Heritage Management
MA 1 yr FT
PGDip
9 months FT
Bishop Grosseteste University
College, Lincoln
Tel 01522 527347
MA/PGDip/PGCert Heritage Education 15 months
(3 yrs PT)
Camberwell College of Arts
Tel 020 7514 6427
MA Conservation
2 yrs
University of Central Lancashire
Tel 01772 893210
MSc/PGDip/PGCert Building
Conservation and Regeneration
1 yr (2 yrs PT)
Centre for Sustainable Heritage,
University College London
Tel 020 7679 5965
MSc Sustainable Heritage
1 yr (2 yrs PT)
City and Guilds of London Art
School
Tel 020 7735 2306
PGDip Conservation
1 yr FT
(2 yrs PT)
PGDip Architectural Stone Carving 1–2 yrs FT
PGDip Ornamental Wood Carving
and Gilding
1–2 yrs FT
College of Estate Management
Tel 0800 019 9697
PGDip/MSc in Conservation of the
Historic Environment
PGDip 2 yrs PT
MSc 3 yrs PT
Courtauld Institute of Art
Tel 020 7848 2645
MA Conservation of Wall Paintings
3 yrs
PGDip Conservation of Easel Paintings 3 yrs
University College Dublin
Tel +353 1716 2771
Master of Urban and Building
Conservation (MUBC)
1 yr (2–4 yrs
PT)
Edinburgh College of Art,
University of Edinburgh
Tel 0131 221 6072
MSc/PGDip Architectural Conservation 9/12 months
(24/36 ms PT)