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Principles and Practice: Conservation Projects gives students the opportunity to consolidate conservation in practice through complex object treatment alongside fostering independent decision-making skills. This is complemented by wider collections and project management knowledge and understanding, supporting the development of skills textile conservators need in the workplace.

4 x 1 hr lecture,

4 x 1 hr seminar,

2 x 3hr workshop,

1 x 4 hr Field trip,

56 x 3hr Practical conservation sessions over 10 weeks as scheduled on MyCampus

Standard entry to Masters at College level

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Textile conservation practical element (Continuous assessment over course) - 35%

Substantiated Conservation report (3500 words) - 35%

Consultant's Report (3000 words) - 30% 

This course aims to:

■ Promote a greater understanding of the contexts within which textile conservation operates.

■ Provide the student with the opportunity to implement varied and complex interventive treatments to further develop and refine practical skills.

■ Enable the student to synthesise observation, research, and analysis along with an understanding of cultural and ethical contexts to formulate appropriate treatment and collection care strategies.

■ Introduce the skills necessary to manage collections of textiles and small projects with an enhanced awareness of the balance between access and preservation.

■ Embed professional skills appropriate for an emerging conservation practitioner.

By the end of this course students will be able to:

■ Employ high quality practical skills to carry out complex object treatments with appropriate levels of independence.

■ Formulate well-argued reports that meet client and 'object' needs using an advanced evidence-based foundation to support observation, interpretation, and reasoning.

■ Effectively apply critical reflection and problem-solving to practice and as part of continuing professional development.

■ Select and design appropriate measures and creative solutions to enhance the preservation of and widen access to a textile collection.

■ Organise and manage practical projects effectively within agreed timeframes to strengthen project management skills.

Students must submit at least 75% by weight of the components (including examinations) of the course's summative assessment.