We aim our programmes at anybody who wishes
to research cultural heritage as a contemporary
phenomenon.
For us it means the way the past is used in
the present.
For a whole range of different reasons and
that includes things like tourism, the management
of cultural resources from the past, the way
archaeologists engage with material.
We don't specify any particular disciplinary
areas from which our students should come.
They come from a very wide range of areas,
from business studies, from geography, from
archaeology.
But anywhere in the social sciences and the
arts and humanities and if you come from a
hard science and you want to change your direction
into something more sociological then we may
be the place to come to.
Students who've done a PhD in Cultural Heritage
with us can go on to almost anything.
A reasonable proportion do stay in the heritage
sector one way or another.
They find jobs in museums.
They find jobs in heritage agencies.
Others go into academia.
Others return to their home countries and
find a place in their national heritage organisation
or the national tourist organisation or in
private business, typically most probably
stay one way or another in the heritage sector
but it's a very wide and diverse sector.
The university has schemes which provide funding
to which you can apply.
And there are other sources of funding available
outside.
National governments have funding schemes,
particularly for students who come from overseas.
There are other sources of funding from private
consortia and independent bodies which can
contribute to the overall cost of conducting
research.
If you're interested in studying the PhD in
Cultural Heritage with us, typically we'll
ask you to prepare a proposal of about 1000
words setting out what it is you want to investigate,
how you might go about it and why it's interesting.
And then we'll work with you to develop that
into a viable project and put that together
as a proposal which will be attached to your
formal application to the university.
The Ironbridge Institute is dedicated to research
in cultural heritage.
We have a cohort currently researching in
a whole range of different aspects of cultural
heritage, from a range of different backgrounds
and disciplinary origins and a whole range
of different countries across the world as
well.
So, we're quite a large grouping of researchers.
Because we're dedicated to cultural heritage,
that's essentially what we do and the staff
include some of the leading figures in the
field of cultural heritage internationally.
So you'd be joining one of the leading groups
for studying cultural heritage if you came
to join us.
