Courses and workshops in the historic environment (cultural heritage)

Short courses providing training in key skills

Our programme of courses and workshops offers expert tuition for professionals whose work involves fieldwork, planning, management, curation and research, and also for members of the public with a keen interest in archaeology, historic buildings, and/or wider themes in UK and international cultural heritage. 

Upcoming courses and workshops

• Harm in the Historic Environment (Oxford or online, Tue 13 Feb 2024)

• Design Coding for Sustainable Development (Oxford or online, Thu 22 Feb 2024)

• Language Matters: Labelling in the Museum (Oxford, Sat 02 Mar 2024)

• Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis (Oxford or online, Mon 11 - Wed 13 Mar 2024)

• The Setting of Heritage Assets (Oxford, Tue 19 - Wed 20 Mar 2024)

• Condition Surveys of Historic Buildings (Oxford, Tue 16 - Thu 18 Apr 2024)

• Archaeological Desk-Based Assessments (Oxford, Mon 24 Jun 2024)

• Heritage Values and the Assessment of Significance (Oxford, Wed 03 - Fri 05 Jul 2024)

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Expert tuition for professionals

Our courses:

• have been developed with leading heritage practices.
• provide training in key archaeological, historic buildings, planning and conservation skills and insights, firmly grounded in everyday professional working experience.
• engage with some of the most complex issues in the sector.
• will widen in scope as we develop the programme further, to include UK and international themes in Cultural Heritage.

Oxford University’s Department for Continuing Education has been the leading provider of continuing professional development training for the heritage sector for over 40 years.

Many of our courses are linked to the National Occupational Standards for the sector and are endorsed by CifA, IHBC, FAME and the Archaeology Training Forum for continuous professional development. 

Class sizes kept small to maximise interaction between you, your classmates and tutor.

Course fees

Payment of fees must be made in full at the time of booking. Please note that businesses and organisations can be invoiced on provision of a Purchase Order and completed application form. Please email the Programme Administrator: cwhe@conted.ox.ac.uk

Directors of Studies

• Prof David Griffiths, Director of Studies in Archaeology
• Dr David Lewis, Director of Studies in Historic Environment