IHBCEducationCommitteeStudent PlacementQuestionnaire A photocopy will do if you do not want to cut up Context. There has been a considerable increase in the number and range of conservation courses on offer from universities and other educational establishments in the last few years. The number of students seeking work experience or placements in the conservation field has likewise grown. In an attempt to manage an increasing number of requests for placements, the Education Committee is setting up a database to co-ordinate, monitor and manage these requests, directing them towards areas of need and away from areas where their requests are simply a nuisance. The following questionnaire will not take much of your time, but will help to achieve the above aims. Very many thanks for taking the time to complete this questionnaire, I hope that it will be as much use to you as it will to the students and universities involved. Please keep me informed of any change in your circumstances so that I can either direct student enquiries away from, or towards you. Please return this page to: Sarah Higgins, IHBC Education Committee 8 Langton Road, Norton, Malton, North Yorkshire YO17 9AD, Tel: Work (01653) 600666, Home (01653) 690239. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Would you consider taking a student on a work placement YES/NO If NO is this because of a shortage of space, lack of time, or any other reason? If YES what would the approximate length of the placement be? 2 WEEKS/2 MONTHS/6 MONTHS/AS & WHEN/INDEFINITELY/OTHER If YES would you be able to consider a paid or voluntary placement? PAID/VOLUNTARY/IT DEPENDS Would you prefer a student to undertake finite project work or to give general help in the office or both? PROJECT WORK/OFFICE HELP/BOTH Would you be able to offer the student the opportunity to shadow you at work on site visits etc.? YES/NO Would a student be able to gain experience in other sections/ departments of the organisation? YES/NO Please give your name, position and contact address/telephone number at work FortBrockhurst TrainingCentre English Heritage's training centre based at Fort Brockhurst in Hampshire closed in September 1996. The facsimile ruins and walls have been carefully dismantled and recorded and are to be re-erected in a new centre at West Dean College near Chichester. English Heritage is collaborating closely with the College so that many of the unique courses taught at Fort Brockhurst will run again. In its two years of operation, the training centre at Fort Brockhurst offered a wide range of courses designed to meet specific needs in the conservation world which were not available elsewhere. Training took place indoors using purpose-made ruins (dubbed ruinettes), dressed stone and brick walls. The emphasis of the courses was ve1y much on practical, hands-on training to complement the lectures and demonstrations. 28 The Centre was originally designed to allow English Heritage to train its own workforce who were responsible for conserving and repairing 400 plus monuments and buildings in its care. The decision to privatise this labour force shortly after the Centre opened meant that new courses were needed to attract a much wider audience. It was hoped that the Centre would cover its costs but it eventually proved to be economically unviable, chiefly because of the lack of paying customers during the recession in the building industry. By 1996, English Heritage was facing a severe cut in its grant from Government and major savings had to be made, resulting in the decision to close the Centre. However, it was clear that there was still a need for the courses offered at Fort Brockhurst, so English Heritage began its search to Context 56 December 1997
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