HERITAGE AT BSU In partnership with a sector and a city Background and context to Heritage at BSU Heritage in Bath and the South West Programme development and sector involvement BA Hons Heritage at BSU Heritage practitioners Organisations – ‘heritage teaching hospitals’ Placements and volunteers Projects Professional networks Assessment and articulation of skills and abilities Student successes Issues

Bath: Population just under 90,000 Over 4 million visitors per year Value of tourism to local economy £348 million per year 17 museums, built historic environment, scheduled ancient monuments, archaeological remains, natural landscape setting, hot springs South West: Tourism provides 10% of the regions GDP Worth over 9 billion to the region’s economy Approximately 26 million visitors per year 450 museum and community heritage organisations Almost 7,000 scheduled monuments 90,000 listed buildings Almost 300 registered parks and gardens 6 World Heritage Sites Heritage in Bath and the South West

HERITAGE AT BSU A course created in close collaboration with the heritage sector; Taught by academics who are experts in heritage and public history; Also taught by – and work closely with – professionals who work in heritage and in a range of creative and cultural industries regionally and nationally; Uses the historic environment of the three Bath Spa University campuses, the City of Bath World Heritage Site, and Bath, Bristol and the South West's extensive collection of museums, galleries and heritage sites as places to learn in and to learn from.

Heritage at BSU – Combined Awards History Geography English Publishing History of Art & Design Media & Communications Business & Management

Heritage Guest Lecturers, Workshop Leaders, Placement Mentors Manager, Roman Baths and Pump Rooms Learning & Programmes Co-ordinator, Bath Council Heritage Services Roman Baths, Fashion Museum, Victoria Art Gallery Director, Museum of Bath at Work Curator, Beckford’s Tower Curator, No. 1 Royal Crescent Director Museums, Bath Preservation Trust No 1 Royal Crescent, Museum of Bath Architecture, Herschel Museum of Astronomy Conservation Officer, Bath Preservation Trust Director, American Museum in Bath Visitors Officer, Bath Abbey Archivist, Bath Abbey Archivist, Bath Record Office Local Studies Librarian, Bath Central Library Archives and Local Studies Manager, Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre Education Officer, National Archives Education and Learning Officer, British Museum

Senior Curator, Holburne Museum of Art Curator of Decorative Arts, Holburne Museum of Art Visitor Services and Volunteer Manager, Holburne Museum of Art Director, Holburne Museum of Art Director of Education and Conservation, SS Great Britain Education Officer, Arnos Vale Cemetery Bristol Chair, Heritage Lottery South West Committee Archaeologist, Bath & Northeast Somerset Council Archaeologist, Wiltshire County Council World Heritage Manager, City of Bath World Heritage Site World Heritage Manager, Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site Bath Properties Manager, National Trust General Manager, Dyrham Park, National Trust Outreach Officer, English Heritage South West General Manager, Stonehenge Heritage Guest Lecturers, Workshop Leaders, Placement Mentors

No 1 Royal Crescent The American Museum Organisations – ‘Heritage Teaching Hospitals’ Roman Baths The Holburne Museum

Roman Baths Fashion Museum No. 1 Royal Crescent Holburne Museum Bath Abbey Victoria Art Gallery Museum of Bath at Work American Museum Radstock Museum SS Great Britain (Bristol) MShed (Bristol) Downside Abbey Bishop’s Palace Wells Glastonbury Abbey National Railway Museum (York) Bletchley Park (Milton Keynes) Ickworth House (Suffolk) Tyntesfield (Somerset) Fishbourne Roman Palace (Sussex) Chedworth Roman Villa (Gloucestershire) RAF Museum (Hendon) St Michael’s Mount (Cornwall) National Portrait Gallery (London) Bath & NE Somerset Council Heritage Services Bath Record Office Bath Central Library - Local Studies Collection Wiltshire & Swindon History Centre Bath Preservation Trust Churches Conservation Trust National Trust English Heritage Work Experience, Placements, Project Work

Student Projects Website Holburne Museum (2010)

Student Projects Exhibition and Events American Museum (2011)

Student Projects Museums at Night Roman Baths (2012)

Student Projects Family Trail - Holburne Museum (2012)

Student Projects Half Term Events Maxgate House, National Trust (2013)

Student Projects iPad app No 1 Royal Crescent Museum (2013) No 1 Royal Crescent: Curious Corners on iTunes

Student Projects Oral History Project Bath Abbey (2012 & 2013)

Student Projects Family Event Holburne Museum (2014)

Student Projects Pop-up Exhibition Saltford Brass Mill & Museum of Bath at Work (2014)

Student Projects Miniature Mania No 1 Royal Crescent (2015) Miniature Mania online resource on/exhibitions/smallworlds/

Heritage Students after BSU

Heritage Subject Leader: Dr Kristin