Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Study Details: 24 months full-time
This two-year Masters brings together skills training, research, professional practice and applied science. The programme has core common courses and courses tailored to your elected specialism in either Book and Archival Materials Conservation or Paper Conservation. You will have hands-on access to our world-class collections and be based in the Kelvin Centre for Conservation and Cultural Heritage Research, a unique professional, collections-based teaching environment with state-of-the-art scientific equipment and conservation facilities.
2.1 Hons (or non-UK equivalent) in any subject.
You will also require GCSE/Higher/international equivalent Chemistry qualification. A pass in the International Academic Projects distance-learning course Chemistry for Conservators is an acceptable alternative, as is a pass in a college/university course such as Chemistry 101.
A practising subject specialist conservator and/or cultural heritage researcher.
Roles within collections management, archives and arts administration.
Core courses
Year 1 - Semester 1
Principles and Practice: Core Skills in Books and Archival Materials Conservation
Understanding Book and Paper: Materials, Making and Meaning
Testimonies on Practice: Book and Paper
Year 1 - Semester 2
Principles and Practice: Developing Skills in Book and Paper Conservation
Preventive Conservation
Art in the Making: Modern & Avant-Garde Techniques
Year 1 Summer
Book and Paper Conservation Placement
Year 2 - Semester 1
Principles and Practice: Advanced Skills Book and Paper
Deconstructing the Artefact
Year 2 - Semester 2
Principles and Practice: Conservation Projects - Book and Paper
Research Management
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