The latest news from Rescue.
The Museums Association has released a report detailing a collapse in funding for local authority museums in the UK in the last 10 years. Averaged out they report a drop of 27% across the country in that period, but in England the situation is significantly worse, with a 34% cut in real terms funding recorded …
This comes in a report published ahead of a UNESCO meeting next week. The Liverpool site was given World Heritage Site status in 2004, but since then and particularly from around 2012 when it was officially placed on the “In Danger” list (detailed in Rescue News 114 &115), the report catalogues a series of fundamental …
So the world-renowned archaeology department of Sheffield University is to close. The final decision, by the University’s Council, was apparently conveyed by the Vice Chancellor to the archaeology staff at an online meeting of under 15 minutes at which attendees were muted. Was it feared that such a decision could not stand up under rigorous …
Rescue have written to express our concern regarding reported proposals which threaten closure of Sheffield University’s Archaeology Department. We have added our voice to letters from across the profession which have opposed these damaging and short-sighted proposals. “Our members are astonished and appalled that this department, whose long-standing reputation for excellence and training of some …
Archaeologists and others involved with protecting and improving the environment, both historic and natural, remain concerned about key aspects of the proposals to change the planning system. We note in the background document to the Queen’s Speech – published here (pages 61-2) that there is a continuing emphasis on the need for speed, “a simpler, …
Rescue is dismayed to see how arguments surrounding the Stonehenge tunnel seem to have degenerated into a slanging match between archaeologists. How could this have happened? The argument should be focused on a decision that impacts severely on the surroundings of one of our most important monuments, not about the how, what or who of …
Rescue says: it’s not only the Stonehenge decision that should worry us all Read More »
On 12 November 2020 Transport Secretary Grant Shapps granted a Development Consent Order for the Stonehenge Expressway and Tunnel scheme across the World Heritage Site (WHS). His decision flies in the face of the Examining Authority’s (ExA) recommendation for refusal. The five Planning Inspectors found that“The effect of the Proposed Development on the OUV of …
Rescue Says: A303 Stonehenge DCO granted – A sad day for our archaeological heritage Read More »
Rescue have responded to the consultation on the Planning for the Future White Paper. RESCUE members recognise that there is an urgent need for new housing and that such housing needs to be affordable to the many who are now excluded from the housing market and that it must address the critical issue of climate …
RESCUE response to the consultation on the Planning for the Future White Paper Read More »
The Government are currently consulting on a series of wide ranging changes to the Planning System. Key amongst these will be the Planning White Paper, which Rescue will be responding to in detail. Our response below concerns proposed changes to permission in principle: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changes-to-the-current-planning-system Read our response below:
The Rescue 2020 AGM and Open Meeting went virtual, via Zoom. It was very well attended, and the open meeting was a great success. The theme was “Digging Into The Future of Digitisation: what does this mean for Archaeology?” Brendon Wilkins (Dig Ventures) and Dr Chiara Bonacchi (University of Stirling) presented thought-provoking perspectives on the …
Rescue’s AGM 2020 and Open Meeting: The Future of Digitisation Read More »
