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Effective Learning in Heritage: bridging the gap between academia and industry. Thursday 9th February 2006 at the University of Gloucestershire, Francis Close Hall Campus, Cheltenham.
The Centre for Active Learning, The Subject Centre for History, Classics and Archaeology and The Hospitality, Leisure, Sport and Tourism Network have joined together too run an event aimed at Heritage practitioners and Higher Education Staff working in this area.
A full programme, booking form and contact details are available via: http://www.hlst.heacademy.ac.uk/events/090206.html
Keynote Speakers:
Carolyn Roberts has recently become Director of the Centre for Active Learning at the University of Gloucestershire. A geographer by origin, she publishes and undertakes consultancy on water resource management and the pedagogy of Higher Education. She is the incoming Chair of the Institution of Environmental Sciences, and a Chartered Environmentalist.
Gregory Ashworth is a leading heritage academic and author of numerous books, journal articles and consultancy reports. These include the critically acclaimed Dissonant Heritage: the management of the past as a resource in conflict (with John Tunbridge, 1996). His most recent work is Senses of place: senses of time (with Brian Graham, 2005).
Ruth Taylor is chair of the Association of Heritage Interpretation and a Learning Adviser for the National Trust. The AHI was established in 1975 as the Society for the Interpretation of Britain's Heritage and has become the leading professional organisation for the art of communicating the past to the present.
Paul Boniface is The National Trust's Director of Human Resources & Legal Services with expertise in staffing, industry skills and development. He is a member of the Skills Sector Development Agency task force charged with the strategic project development and delivery of a Creative Apprenticeship framework.
Lorna Scott
Archivist
University Of Gloucestershire
Swindon Road
Cheltenham
GL50 4AZ
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