{"id":19,"date":"2014-01-14T19:35:08","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/?page_id=19"},"modified":"2021-12-16T15:31:51","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T15:31:51","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"

This blog is a platform for current students of the Cardiff University Conservation Department to publicise their activities, work and opinions. \u00a0We are a small complement of around 50 students that encompass Masters courses in Care of Collections<\/a>, Conservation Practice<\/a> and Professional Conservation<\/a> as well as an Undergraduate<\/a> programme in Conservation.<\/p>\n

Here we learn by hands on practice and rigorous academic theory in purpose-designed laboratories boasting state of the art analytical and imaging tools.\u00a0 This is on top of all the other facilities that Cardiff University has to offer. Alumni have gone on to become practising conservators, teach and research in the UK and internationally.<\/p>\n

There really is no better way to highlight the labs and infrastructure than this most\u00a0informative video tour<\/a>\u00a0of the MSc in Conservation Practice\u00a0produced by past students, Arianna Carini and Marisa Kalvins. It also applies to the other courses too!<\/p>\n

The department includes a number of staff all experts in their own field. Professor Jane Henderson<\/a> ACR leads on Care of Collections, with particular interests in sustainability, influence and decision making. Currently Secretary General of The International Institute for Conservation Jane has a worldwide reputation in the field of collections care. Professor David Watkinson<\/a> and Dr Nicola Emmerson<\/a> specialise in materials science of metals and inorganic materials. Phil Parkes<\/a> and Dr Ashley Lingle<\/a> are both ICON accredited conservators leading on the teaching of practical objects-based conservation. Ashley was Head of Conservation for the \u00c7atalh\u00f6y\u00fck Research Project from 2012 to 2020 and has interests in archaeological materials, natural history collections and digital preservation. Phil has worked with archaeological units, museums and heritage organisations throughout the UK for 30 years, offering a commercial conservation service at Cardiff University alongside teaching on the Conservation programmes. His current interests are in historical maille making<\/a>.\u00a0Beyond the academic and professional prowess of this team of lecturers is their encompassing and friendly manner.<\/p>\n

But what do we do on a day-to-day basis? \u00a0What is studying Conservation really like? \u00a0What are the real prospects once you leave Cardiff? \u00a0All these questions we hope to answer and have some fun along the way. We hope you’ll enjoy finding out what it takes to become a conservator.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This blog is a platform for current students of the Cardiff University Conservation Department to publicise their activities, work and opinions. \u00a0We are a small complement of around 50 students […]","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[13,10,11],"class_list":["post-19","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-about-cu-conservation","category-cabinet-of-curiosities","tag-cardiff","tag-conservation","tag-student"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P4fDDX-j","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":115,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/student-profiles\/","url_meta":{"origin":19,"position":0},"title":"Student Profiles","author":"Nerys Rudder","date":"February 2, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Here you'll find out a little more about current students of the Conservation department who have posted on this blog. \u00a0Profiles are listed alphabetically by last name. 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Always a fan of historical material culture, she studied archaeology at Simon Fraser University in Canada and has worked in archaeological pits, conservation labs, and art galleries. -o- Sara Brown Sara Brown decided to pursue a career\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2018\/05\/sarah-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":189,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/latest-news\/","url_meta":{"origin":19,"position":2},"title":"Latest news","author":"Jennifer Burns","date":"March 15, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/228\/2016\/03\/cardiff-uni2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":96,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/contact-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":19,"position":3},"title":"Contact Us","author":"Nerys Rudder","date":"January 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"If you have any queries please feel free to email the student blog managers: TBC 2022 Or contact the blog's faculty supervisors Jane Henderson or Phil Parkes \u00a0","rel":"","context":"With 1 comment","block_context":{"text":"With 1 comment","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/contact-us\/#comments"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1876,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19\/revisions\/1876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}