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ISH Director led UK heritage scientists to the Smithsonian Institution
ISH Director led UK heritage scientists to the Smithsonian Institution. 19 January 2016. Professor May Cassar, UCL ISH Director was invited by the Arts & Humanities Research Council to lead a transatlantic workshop in November 2015 on the theme of…
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Model can predict ‘shelf life’ for library collections
Model can predict ‘shelf life’ for library collections . 4 January 2016. Recent research from UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage has demonstrated how interdisciplinary environmental, material and values research led to a new paradigm in…
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UCL ISH welcomes Carolien Coon as Research Assistant (Nanorestart)
UCL ISH welcomes Carolien Coon as Research Assistant (Nanorestart). 21 December 2015. Carolien is a Research Assistant working on the Horizon 2020 project: Nanomaterials for the restoration of works of art (Nanorestart). She completed her MRes in…
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MSc Sustainable Heritage students visit Gozo in Malta for Module 2
MSc Sustainable Heritage students visit Gozo in Malta for Module 2. 17 December 2015. The MSc Sustainable Heritage academic staff and students together with the UCL ISH Director recently visited Gozo, Malta for Module 2, working with Heritage Malta…
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Dr Katherine Curran examines Romuald Hazoumè's work in Birmingham
Dr Katherine Curran examines Romuald Hazoumè's work in Birmingham. 16 December 2015. In March 2015, Dr. Katherine Curran of UCL ISH visited the Birmingham Museums to undertake some analysis of plastic objects that form part of Romuald Hazoumè’s…
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Dr Katherine Curran hosts school student for research in the Lab
Dr Katherine Curran hosts school student for research in the Lab. 16 December 2015. In August 2015, Dr. Katherine Curran of UCL ISH hosted a school student, Aliyah Aslam in a placement organised by the Nuffield Foundation. Aliyah worked with…
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Celebrating the Science and Heritage Programme and 10 years of AHRC
Celebrating the Science and Heritage Programme and 10 years of AHRC. 16 December 2015. To mark 10 years of outstanding research, AHRC has created a brochure featuring UCL ISH’s Director Prof May Cassar. Read the brochure here: Celebrating the…
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Second International SEAHA Conference announced
Second International SEAHA Conference announced. 7 December 2015. We are pleased to announce that the 2nd International Conference on Science and Engineering in Arts, Heritage, and Archaeology (SEAHA) will be hosted by the University of Oxford on…
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Professor Matija Strlic made Ambassador of Science by Slovenia
Professor Matija Strlic made Ambassador of Science by Slovenia. 7 December 2015. Professor Matija Strlic has been awarded Ambassador of Science of the Republic of Slovenia for his outstanding contribution to heritage science research and education.…
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Officials from BIS take tour of Heritage Science Lab
Officials from BIS take tour of Heritage Science Lab. 7 December 2015. Tim Higginson (Head NERC, ESRC, AHRC Sponsorship, Research Councils Unit) and Matthew Godwin (Political Research Assistant, Research Councils Unit) visited the UCL ISH Heritage…
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