UNESCO Cymru-Wales Workplace Learning Bursary
Further particulars and details of how to apply
1. Aim of the Workplace Learning Bursary
The aim of the bursary is to provide a workplace learning opportunity to a new
entrant to research, heritage or education by completing a project that will assist the
understanding and transmission to future generations of the values of inscribed or
potential World Heritage Sites in Wales.
2. Description of the Project
The project is funded by UNESCO Cymru-Wales. The successful candidate will be
based at the Royal Commission in Aberystwyth.
The project will involve collating, and where necessary, archiving the research
already undertaken on the Pontcysyllte World Heritage Site (and its Buffer Zone) in
order to produce a guidebook to the World Heritage Site. Some further research
may be needed.
It is also proposed that the applicant works with the two archaeologists/historians
funded by the Atlanterra/Green Mines Interreg Project, the Local Community, and
Cadw in developing the understanding of the industrial settlements near the
Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. The information abstracted will be compiled as a learning
resource for the World Heritage Site and interpreted as part of the National
Monuments Record of Wales database.
The project will achieve its purpose by:
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Providing practical experience through workplace training and thereby
enhancing the future employment prospects of the successful candidate
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Creating research resources which will enhance the knowledge base for
World Heritage Sites in Wales
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Creating educational resources which will support the transmission of World
Heritage Site values to future generations and enhance the understanding of
science and technology
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Enhancing the management and conservation of World Heritage Sites
The project will support UNESCO Cymru-Wales’s mission by contributing to peace,
human development and sustainability through education, the sciences and culture:
in this case by providing cultural and educational resources related to World Heritage
and the technology of engineering. It will also contribute to UNESCO’s mission by
communicating UNESCO’s work on World Heritage to the people and organisations
of Wales. It will do this specifically by devising education and awareness
programmes related to UNESCO work, promoting relevant research which draws on
Welsh expertise and experience, and assisting new projects in Wales to benefit from
UNESCO programmes.
3. Monitoring and Evaluation
The project manager will be Stephen Hughes, Head of Survey and Investigation at
the Royal Commission.
The project will be subject to regular reviews by the Steering Group which is made
up of representatives from the Royal Commission and its partner organisations.
At the end of the period the successful candidate will be expected to provide
information leading to the resolution of some of the present gaps in the knowledge of
the construction, construction techniques and history of the canal and its
surroundings.
4. Making your application:
Application for the bursary is by CV and covering letter, which should clearly show
how you meet the personal specification criteria for the placement. You may find it
useful to use the person specification criteria as mini headings so that they are
clearly addressed in your covering letter. Please try and give relevant actual
examples wherever possible.
Please mark your applications for the attention of the Human Resources Officer by
post to RCAHMW, Plas Crug, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion. SY23 1NJ or electronically
to sue.billingsley@rcahmw.gov.uk by no later than 15 October 2010. If you are
applying by email, please ensure that you request a read receipt.
If you wish to discuss any aspects of the job you can contact either Stephen Hughes
on 01970 621215, email stephen.hughes@rcahmw.gov.uk or Peter Wakelin on
01970 621201, email peter.wakelin@rcahmw.gov.uk.
Interviews will be held on Wednesday 3 November 2010