HERITAGE AT BSUIn 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 90,000Over 4 million visitors per yearValue of tourism to local economy £348 million per year17 museums, built historic environment, scheduled ancient monuments, archaeological remains, natural landscape setting, hot springs

South West:Tourism provides 10% of the regions GDPWorth over 9 billion to the region’s economyApproximately 26 million visitors per year450 museum and community heritage organisationsAlmost 7,000 scheduled monuments90,000 listed buildingsAlmost 300 registered parks and gardens6 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 RoomsLearning & Programmes Co-ordinator, Bath Council Heritage Services

Roman Baths, Fashion Museum, Victoria Art Gallery

Director, Museum of Bath at WorkCurator, Beckford’s TowerCurator, No. 1 Royal CrescentDirector Museums, Bath Preservation TrustNo 1 Royal Crescent, Museum of Bath Architecture, Herschel Museum of Astronomy

Conservation Officer, Bath Preservation TrustDirector, American Museum in BathVisitors Officer, Bath AbbeyArchivist, Bath AbbeyArchivist, Bath Record OfficeLocal Studies Librarian, Bath Central LibraryArchives and Local Studies Manager, Wiltshire & Swindon History

CentreEducation Officer, National ArchivesEducation and Learning Officer, British Museum

Senior Curator, Holburne Museum of ArtCurator of Decorative Arts, Holburne Museum of ArtVisitor Services and Volunteer Manager, Holburne Museum of ArtDirector, Holburne Museum of ArtDirector of Education and Conservation, SS Great BritainEducation Officer, Arnos Vale Cemetery BristolChair, Heritage Lottery South West CommitteeArchaeologist, Bath & Northeast Somerset CouncilArchaeologist, Wiltshire County CouncilWorld Heritage Manager, City of Bath World Heritage SiteWorld Heritage Manager, Jurassic Coast World Heritage SiteBath Properties Manager, National TrustGeneral Manager, Dyrham Park, National TrustOutreach Officer, English Heritage South WestGeneral 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 BathsFashion MuseumNo. 1 Royal CrescentHolburne MuseumBath AbbeyVictoria Art GalleryMuseum of Bath at WorkAmerican MuseumRadstock MuseumSS Great Britain (Bristol)MShed (Bristol)Downside AbbeyBishop’s Palace WellsGlastonbury AbbeyNational 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 ServicesBath Record OfficeBath Central Library - Local Studies CollectionWiltshire & Swindon History CentreBath Preservation TrustChurches Conservation TrustNational TrustEnglish 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 EventsMaxgate 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

http://no1royalcrescent.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/smallworlds/

Heritage Students after BSU

HeritageSubject Leader:

Dr Kristin Doern

k.doern@bathspa.ac.uk

@HeritageBSU