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Notre Dame and the risk to ancient buildings: Rescue write to The Times

News, Rescue Says / April 18, 2019

Rescue have recently had the following letter published in The Times, on Wednesday April 17th, 2019. Notre Dame and the risk to ancient buildings Sir, The terrible scenes are a sobering reminder of the peril faced by historic buildings during renovation works.  Tinder-dry and filled with the dust of centuries, such structures are especially at …

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Rescue AGM and Open Meeting on Saturday 13th April 2019

News / January 9, 2020

Our annual general meeting will he held in Room 612 at UCL Institute of Archaeology, 31-34 Gordon Square, London at 12 noon on Saturday 13 April, followed by our Open Meeting: Open Meeting: Metal Detecting, Practice and Policy Would an INSTITUTE FOR DETECTORISTS aid revision of THE TREASURE ACT & implementation of THE VALETTA CONVENTION? A Talk …

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Engaging with Policy in the UK: a report from our joint conference with AHRC Heritage

Featured, Issues, News / December 10, 2019

The AHRC Heritage Priority Area and RESCUE: The British Archaeological Trust organised a one day conference on ‘Engaging with Policy in the UK: Responding to Changes in Planning, Heritage and the Arts’ on Saturday the 27th October at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology.  This was one of a series of activities undertaken to draw together academics, civil servants, …

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RESCUE says: Proposed changes to ‘Treasure’ rules include some of our policy proposals

Featured, News, Rescue Says / December 10, 2019

The long anticipated new review of the Treasure Act is out for consultation until the end of April 2019.  It covers various aspects of the procedure in the Treasure Act Code of Practice (last updated 2007) to improve delivery speeds. It removes the overlap between Church of England and Treasure laws (in favour of the …

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Stonehenge latest: Have your say by registering on the Infrastructure Planning Inspectorate by the 11th January 2019

Featured, News / December 9, 2019

Highways England’s application for a Development Consent Order (DCO) for the A303 Stonehenge scheme has been accepted by the Infrastructure Planning Inspectorate. All 300+ of the application documents are up on the Inspectorate’s website (at https://infrastructure.planninginspectorate.gov.uk/projects/south-west/a303-stonehenge/) which also explains the DCO Examination process. Click on a button on their Home page for email updates on …

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Engaging with Policy in the UK: Responding to Changes in Planning, Heritage and the Arts – review of Rescue’s conference

Featured, News / December 13, 2018

On 27th October over 100 delegates filled the lecture room at the Institute of Archaeology to take part in a day conference hosted jointly by Rescue and the Arts and Humanities Research Council entitled ‘Engaging with Policy in the UK’. Following a welcome and introduction from the organiser and Rescue secretary Hana Morel, Lord Renfrew …

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Celebrating 40 years of campaigning – Rescue Archaeology: Foundations for the Future

Featured, News / November 13, 2018

Rescue’s latest book was produced to celebrate 40 years of campaigning – Rescue Archaeology: Foundations for the Future. This publication assesses the current frameworks within which archaeology is practised in Britain in 22 chapters written by currently practising archaeologists. This 320 page A5 paperback with colour illustrations is now available at £29 for non-members and £22 for RESCUE members, plus £2.95 …

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Conference: Engaging with Policy in the UK: Responding to Changes in Planning, Heritage and the Arts

News / October 13, 2018

The AHRC Heritage Priority Area and RESCUE: The British Archaeological Trust are organising a one day conference on ‘Engaging with Policy in the UK: Responding to Changes in Planning, Heritage and the Arts’ on Saturday the 27th October at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology.  This is one of a series of activities we are undertaking to draw together academics, civil servants, private …

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Rescue Policy for the future

Featured, News / October 11, 2018

Rescue Council felt that it would be helpful to put together our policy on key issues relating to archaeology and the historic environment. We hope that this will clarify where we stand and provide a basis for future actions. The document begins with a summary of our commitments, cross-referenced to the relevant sections of the …

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