The Ironbridge Institute, an internationally recognised centre in the West Midlands, is offering workshops which can be attended individually as elements of CPD training. Although the workshops can be used to build up and increase practical knowledge of skills, building materials and conservation, they are also being offered as an integral part of a MA in Historic Environment Conservation. The course is very flexible, catering for the needs for those in employment, and can be taken as a full MA spanning two years or a Post Graduate Certificate in Historic Environment Conservation.

The course structure consists of two core modules that offer background knowledge in Historic Environments and Conservation Practice. This inevitably includes the built environment but takes into account wider issues such as conservation areas, historic landscape characterisation, local identity, the rural environment, and collections management. It also covers key skills such as the legislative background, presentation and advocacy, and financing conservation.

The two day practical workshops, which commence in April, include training in lime, stone, timber, ferrous and non ferrous metals, ceramic building materials, twentieth century building materials, building recording, traditional estate management and large object conservation. The hands on workshops will include visits to working sites such as the Ironworks at Blists Hill and Jackfield Tile Museum.

COURSE TIMETABLE October 2010 – September 2011

Further information on each of the courses is available from the course programme.

Course title THE HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT (HEC Mod 1 .1)
Date 8-9 Oct 2010
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title DEFECTS AND REMEDIAL MEASURES (HEC Mod 2.1)
Date 22-23 Oct 2010
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title CONSERVATION ETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY (HEC Mod 1.2)
Date 5-6 Oct 2010
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title SUSTAINABILITY AND ADAPTATION (HEC Mod 2 .2)
Date 19-20 Nov 2010
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title CONSERVATION LEGISLATION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
(HEC Mod 1.3)
Date 3-4 Dec 2010
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title FINANCING CONSERVATION (HEC Mod 2 .3)
Date 10-11 Dec 2010
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford
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Course title SPECIFICATIONS AND CONSERVATION PLANS (HEC Mod 1.4.)
Date 14-15 January 2011
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title PROJECT AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT (HEC Mod 2 .4)
Date 21-22 Jan 2011
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title UNDERSTANDING BRITISH BUILDINGS (HEC Mod 1.5.)
Date 4-5 February 2011
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title HERITAGE MANAGEMENT (HEC Mod 2.5.)
Date 18-19 Feb 2011
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title THE USE OF LIME IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS. ( PCW 1)
Date 8-9 April 2011
Location Llanymynech Limeworks, nr Oswestry, Shropshire

Course title THE CONSERVATION AND REPAIR OF STONE (PCW 2)
Date 15-16 April 2011
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title FERROUS AND NON FERROUS METALS IN CONSTRUCTION. (PCW 3)
Date 13-14 May 2011
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title THE CONSERVATION OF TWENTIETH CENTURY BUILDINGS.
(PCW 4)
Date 20-21 May 2011
Location Birmingham City Library

Course title CERAMIC BUILDING MATERIALS. (PCW 5)
Date 10-11 June 2011
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title CONSERVATION OF NON STRUCTURAL AND STRUCTURAL TIMBER IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS. (PCW 6)
Date 24-25 June 2011
Location Ludlow and Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title RECORDING HISTORIC BUILDINGS. (PCW 7)
Date 1-2 July 2011
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title THE CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC INTERIORS (PW10)
Date 15-16 July 2010
Location Ironbridge Institute, Coalbrookdale, Telford

Course title INTRODUCTION TO LANDED ESTATES, PARKS AND GARDENS (PCW 9)
Date 29-30 July 2011
Location A private estate near Shrewsbury and the Ironbridge Institute

Course title THE USE OF LIME IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS. ( PCW 1a)
Date 23-24 September 2011
Location Llanymynech Limeworks, nr Oswestry, Shropshire

Please return booking form with remittance at least 2 weeks before you wish to attend to:

Harriet Devlin,
Ironbridge Institute,
Coalbrookdale,
Telford,
Shropshire
TF8 7DG