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Training Courses

A Brief Guide to Full-Time Courses in the United Kingdom
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September 2003

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This document lists the main or the longest established courses, but does not claim to be comprehensive. For a full listing of all courses, full-time, part-time and short courses, see The Directory of Conservation Training (1999) published by the Scottish Conservation Bureau, Historic Scotland, Longmore House, Salisbury Place, Edinburgh, EH9 1SH. Tel: 0131 668 8668, e-mail: [email protected], Web: www.historic-scotland.gov.uk

Information on training in conservation and in the wider museum and heritage world is also available from the Cultural Heritage National Training Organisation (CHNTO), Glyde House, Glydegate, Bradford, West Yorks, BD5 0UP. Tel 01274 391056, e-mail: [email protected], Web: www.chnto.co.uk

Inclusion of a course in this list does not imply approval or recommendation by UKIC

Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College

Courses: Furniture Restoration and Craftsmanship
BA (Hons)
Three years
Furniture Conservation and Restoration
Masters programme
One year
Contact: Dr Jake Kaner
Faculty of Design
Buckinghamshire College
Queen Alexandra Road
High Wycombe
Buckinghamshire
HP11 2JZ
Tel: 01494 522141
Fax: 01494 461392
e-mail [email protected]
Web: www.bcuc.ac.uk

Camberwell College of Art

Courses: Paper Conservation
MA Conservation
One year

PGDip Conservation
One year
Paper and Organic Conservation
BA(Hons) Conservation
Three years
Contact: For MA and PGDip - Mark Sandy, PG Subject Leader
For BA - Corinne Hillman, Course Director
Conservation Centre
Camberwell College of Art
Wilson Road
London
SE5 8UF
Tel: 020 7514 6424
Fax: 020 7514 6405
e-mail: [email protected] or
[email protected]
Web: www.camb.linst.ac.uk


Cardiff University

Courses: Conservation of Objects in Museums and Archaeology
BSc
Three years
Care of Collections
MSc
One Year
  Conservation
MSc
One Year
Contact: David Watkinson
Conservation
The School of History and Archaeology
Cardiff University
Cardiff
CF10 3XU
Tel: 029 2087 4249
Fax: 029 2087 4929
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.cf.ac.uk/hisar/teach/conservation


City and Guilds of London Art School

Courses: Conservation Studies
BA Hons
Three years
Postgraduate Diploma
Two years full time
Contact: Christopher Weeks, Head of Department
City and Guilds of London Art School
124 Kennington Park Road
London
SE11 4JD
Tel: 020 7582 7049
Fax: 020 7582 5361
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.cityandguildsartschool.ac.uk


Courtauld Institute of Art
University of London

Courses: Conservation of Paintings
Post Graduate Diploma
Three years
Conservation of Wall Paintings
MA
Three years
Contact: For the Diploma Course:
  The Secretary
Department of Conservation
and Technology
Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 0RN
Tel: 020 7848 2191
Fax: 020 7848 2878
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.courtauld.ac.uk

Contact: For the MA Course:
  Sharon Cather
Conservation of Wall Paintings Department
Courtauld Institute of Art
Somerset House
Strand
London
WC2R 0RN
Tel: 020 7848 2848
Fax: 020 7848 2878
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.courtauld.ac.uk


Hamilton Kerr Institute
University of Cambridge

Courses: Conservation of Easel Paintings
Postgraduate Certificate
Three years
Postgraduate Diploma
After a further internship year
Contact: The Administrator
Hamilton Kerr Institute
Whittlesford
Cambridge CB2 4NE
Tel: 01223 832040
Fax: 01223 837595
e-mail: [email protected]

 Institute of Archaeology
University College London

Courses: Conservation for Archaeology and Museums
MSc
Two years (including one year placement)
Principles of Conservation
MA
One year
Contact: Lucy Taylor, Graduate Admissions
Institute of Archaeology
31-34 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PY
Tel: 020 7679 7499
Fax: 020 7383 2572
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.ucl.ac.uk/archaeology/

London Guildhall University

Courses: Restoration and Conservation of Furniture
HND
Two years full time
Restoration and Conservation of Decorated Timber and Metal Artefacts
BSc (Hons)
Three years full time, five years part time
Contact: Ed Gregory
Subject Leader, Conservation
Sir John Cass Department of
Design and Technology
41-47 Commercial Road
London
E1 1LA
Tel: 020 7320 2818
Fax: 020 7320 1830
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.lgu.ac.uk
(for university and general course information)
www.lgu.ac.uk/courses/ug/ug_rc.html
(for BSc Information)
www.lgu.ac.uk/sjcddt/index2.html
(for images of students work)

Manchester College of Art & Technology

Courses: Furniture Restoration/Conservation
BA (Hons)
Three years
Contact: School of Furniture
Ashley Lane
Moston
Manchester
M9 4WU
Tel: 0161 953 5995 X 4240
Fax: 0161 953 2259
Minicom: 0161 953 2943
e-mail: [email protected]

Royal College of Art
Victoria & Albert Museum

Courses: Conservation
MA
Two or (in exceptional cases) three years full time. Part time will be considered.
Specialist Options have included
Textiles - Furniture - Sculpture
Stained Glass - Paper -Social History Objects
Ethnographic Materials - Natural History
Conservation Science
Please contact the Administrator for 2004/2005 options.
  Research
MPhil
Two years full time (or equivalent part time)
PhD
Three years full time (or equivalent part time)
RCA/V&A Conservation aims to develop research expertise in the following areas:
- Materials and Practice in Art
- Historical, Social, and Artistic Contexts for Conservation
- Decision Contexts for Conservation
Contact: Joanna Baden
RCA/V&A Conservation
School of Humanities
Royal College of Art
Kensington Gore
London
SW7 2EU
Tel: 020 7590 4532
Fax: 020 7590 4490
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.rca.ac.uk

Rycotewood College

Courses: Furniture Conservation and Restoration
BTEC Higher National Diploma
Two years

BTEC Professional Development Award
One year full time - Two years part time
Contact: Chris Hyde
Rycotewood College
Priest End
Thame
Oxfordshire
OX9 2AF
Tel: 01844 212501
Fax 01844 218809
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.rycote.ac.uk

Textile Conservation Centre
University of Southampton

Courses: Textile Conservation
MA
Two Years
Contact: Head of Studies & Research
Textile Conservation Centre
Winchester Campus
University of Southampton
Park Avenue
Winchester
Hants
SO23 8DL
Tel: 023 8059 7100
Fax: 023 8059 7101
e.mail: [email protected]
Web: www.wsa.soton.ac.uk/ttccontent.htm

University of Durham

Courses: Conservation of Historic Objects (Archaeology)
MA
Two years
Contact: Department of Archaeology
University of Durham
South Road
Durham
DH1 3LE
Tel: 0191 334 1100
Fax: 0191 334 1101
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.dur.ac.uk/archaeology.conservation

University of Lincoln

Courses: Conservation and Restoration
BA (Hons)
Three years
Conservation of Historic Objects
MA
Full and part-time, One or Two years
Contact: School of Applied Arts and Design
Chad Varah House
Wordsworth Street
Lincoln
LN1 3BP
Tel: 01522 882000
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.lincoln.ac.uk/lsad/

University of Northumbria

Courses: Conservation of Fine Art:
Option on the conservation of works of art on paper or the conservation of easel paintings.
MA
Two years
Contact: Course Secretary, Jenny Young
Burt Hall
School of Arts and Social Sciences
Northumbria University
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 8ST
Tel: 0191 227 3250
Fax: 0191 227 3250
e-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.humanities.unn.ac.uk/conservation

West Dean College

Courses: Conservation and Restoration of
Ceramics and Related Materials - Antique Furniture - Fine Metalwork - Antique Clocks - Books
From September 2004: Art and Site - Painting and Drawing
From September 2005: Conservation of Buildings, Interiors and Sites
Part-time Professional Development Diploma
Contact: The Academic Office
West Dean College
West Dean
Chichester
West Sussex
PO18 0QZ
Tel: 01243 818208
Fax: 01243 818291
e.mail: [email protected]
Web: www.westdean.org.uk

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