AldermereCollege of Arts & Social Sciences

Professional Programme

Cultural Heritage Management

Malta has more recorded monuments per square kilometre than almost anywhere in Europe, and not enough people who can write the conservation plan, cost it, and defend it to a committee.

Duration
14 months · full-time
Mode
Valletta, with site placements
Intake
September
Fee
€5,900 total

What you will be able to do

  • Survey a site and record condition to a professional standard
  • Write a conservation plan with a real budget
  • Design visitor access that does not destroy the thing being visited
  • Navigate heritage law and permitting
  • Make the case for funding in writing

Modules

Term 1Recording
Survey, photography, condition reporting, archives.
Term 1Law and institutions
Scheduling, permitting, UNESCO and national frameworks.
Term 2Conservation
Materials, decay, intervention, the limits of restoration.
Term 2Audiences
Interpretation, access, tourism pressure, community.
Term 3Placement
A live site with a real conservation problem.

Aldermere awards a certificate of completion for this programme. It is not a degree and carries no accreditation from a national higher-education authority.