All Our Stories open days
University of East Anglia
Ideas Bank
Meet the project team, hear about the All our Stories ideas and plans, explore research needs and expectations; learn about the potential of using digital media and avoiding the pitfalls of project management.
Saturday 10th November 2012, 10.30 am to 3.00 pm
Room 1.1, Thomas Paine Study Centre, University of East Anglia
To book your place at this open day, please click on the following link: https://ideasbanknextsteps.eventbrite.co.uk/ or contact community@uea.ac.uk
University of Cambridge
Next Steps workshop
The aim of the workshops will be to give representatives the chance to discuss with members of our research team what support they would like from us for their project as they take it forward into the delivery stage.
Saturday 17th November 2012, 10am-1pm and 2pm-5pm.
Darwin Room, The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, CB2 1RP
Contact access@arch.cam.ac.uk to book a place.
Swansea University
Community workshop
The workshop is open to local history societies, community groups and volunteers and will include useful and practical sessions in planning and conducting local history projects and research. Please find the workshop programme and booking form.
Friday 23rd November, 2012
SURF room, Swansea University
University of Sheffield
'Working Together'
Saturday 10th November, 10am – 12pm
Jessop West Exhibition Space, The University of Sheffield
Find out how to work with researchers to develop your heritage project and hear talks from Hope and Castleton Historical Societies, Tideswell Living History Group and South Yorkshire Funding Advice Bureau.
University of Huddersfield
The Sound, Craft, Vision, Place team are staging the two workshops which will highlight the wealth of material that collections held by our partner organisations can offer to groups and individuals interested in heritage research. These will take place at:
- Huddersfield Local History Library on 24th November
- National Coal Mining Museum for England on 1st December
Members of the team will be on hand to talk about different ways in which various collections can be used for community heritage research and to discuss specific ideas for current and future projects. Anyone with an interest in heritage his welcome.
For more details of the events or to discuss any community heritage project ideas you may have please see www.hud.ac.uk/soundcraftvisionplace or contact Rob Light: email r.f.light@hud.ac.uk or telephone 01484 478404.
University of Nottingham
Wednesday 14 November, 1pm - 5.30pm
This will be an opportunity for community groups in the East Midlands region that have received All Our Stories funding to meet with each other and with members of the Writing Our History: Digging Our Past project team to explore ways in which the University of Nottingham can support projects through to delivery.
Sheffield Hallam University
‘Sharing Ideas’ workshops
Thursday 22 November 5-7pm at The Foyer, Castleford Phoenix Theatre
Friday 23 November 5-7pm at Sheffield Hallam University, City Campus
Come along and meet our team, and discuss with us how we might help you develop your current and proposed creative and digital heritage projects. Contact s.a.lindley@shu.ac.uk to book a place. We're looking forward to seeing you!
De Montfort University
On the Wednesday 14th and Wednesday 21st November 2012 the Digital Building heritage group will be hosting two workshops at De Montfort University under the AHRC Connecting Communities: Community heritage programme. These will be specifically for community heritage groups and other organsiations selelected to recieve awards from the Heritage Lottery Fund's "All Our Stories" funding programme who wish to use the services and skills of the Digital Building Heritage group.
In these workshops the Digital Building Heritage group will provide structured exploration to identify real goals and required outcomes and will work with individual community heritage groups to formulate and map out specific, staged workplans for their projects which best use the the DBH group's resources. The programme for both days is the same, heritage groups need only attend one.
The venue will be the Innovation Centre at De Montfort University, 49 Oxford Street Leicester, LE1 5XY. Delegates will be met on arrival at reception and lunch will be provided. Car parking is available at a number of nearby NCP car parks. For further information and to confirm attendance please contact Dr. Douglas Cawthorne, the DBH project leader at DCawthorne@dmu.ac.uk For more information visit https://digitalbuildingheritage.our.dmu.ac.uk/ahrc-community-heritage-workshops/
University of Lincoln
'Looking Back for the Future' Workshop
This is an opportunity to exchange ideas and to make a start on developing plans for heritage work in collaboration with members of the 'Looking Back' team.
For further details or to reserve a place, please contact Leslie Hicks by email: lhicks@lincoln.ac.uk, or by phone: 07917 534 435.
Wednesday 28th November, 1300-1530, Room MC0024, Media, Humanities and Technology Building, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS
Science Museum Group
Because the Science Museum’s collections are so varied and we want to have time to talk through the possibilities with each group, we’d like to suggest individual meetings rather than an Open Day to explore how we might assist you with your research. If you would be interested in using the Science Museum’s resources, finding out more about using objects in your research or need advice on creating a small exhibition or display as one of the outcomes of your research, please contact us via PublicHistory@sciencemuseum.ac.uk.
University College London
Dig Where We Stand Project Drop-in
We are holding two drop in project surgeries, the first will be on Monday 19th November, the second on Thursday 22nd November at UCL. At these events you will be able to meet with members of the Dig Where We Stand project team, discuss your project and any support UCL may be able to provide. Spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis on the Sign Up Genius website. Please follow the link below:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0E4EABA72DA02-digwhere
Joining instructions will be sent on to you on confirmation of your booking.
Durham University
Durham are hosting a series of events on subjects such as recording historic buildings, introduction to human and animal bones, reading old documents and many more.
For more information and registration see http://ne-heritage.org.uk/?page_id=11
Newcastle University
We are holding an event on Tuesday 13th November at the Great North Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne at 15.00.
University of Ulster
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University of Aberdeen
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University of Bristol
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University of Hertfordshire
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Cardiff University
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University of Leeds
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University of Leicester
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