Short course
Planning Tools for Managing Climate-Vulnerable Heritage Assets
Course status:
Closed to new applications
Dates and time:
11/05/2026 - 11/05/202609:00 - 17:00
Study format:
Short intensive
Fees:
£330.00
This practical extended workshop will guide participants through innovative approaches to heritage management triggered by the effects of climate change. A step-by-step interactive programme for the workshop will first introduce a benefits-led approach to heritage management, then share a widely used tool for navigating an uncertain future that has been adapted by Historic England for use by heritage professionals and by those with a stake in the future of cherished heritage assets.
The afternoon will be dedicated to applying the tool – called Dynamic Adaptive Planning – to an asset of participants’ own choosing. By the end of the day, participants will have a draft plan in visual form that they can take away and develop, involving other stakeholders if appropriate. Creating a peer learning group following the workshop is an option.
Climate change creates unprecedented challenges for heritage managers for which new ways of thinking about conservation are required. This is happening in an economic context in which funding for heritage is reducing, amplifying the need for innovation. If you care for and about heritage and are seeking new ideas for coping with the complexity and uncertainty of climate change, this course is for you.
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9:00am: Registration
9:30am: Introductions
10:00am: Creating a benefits-led approach to heritage management
11:00am: Short break
11:30am: Introducing ‘Dynamic Adaptive Planning’, a new tool for navigating an uncertain future
1:00pm: Lunch
2:00pm: Workshop session: Applying ‘Dynamic Adaptive Planning’
3:30pm: Short break
4:00pm: Feedback to the group, Q&As, next steps
5:00pm: Close
Course aims
The purpose of the course is to give participants new concepts and tools with which to plan for climate impacts on heritage assets for which they are responsible or in which they are stakeholders.
- To introduce a benefits-led approach to heritage management
- To transfer knowledge about the Dynamic Adaptive Planning (DAP) approach
- To help participants apply the DAP technique to a site of their choice
- To enable a peer learning group for subsequent mutual support
Learning outcomes
Participants will learn a pluralistic approach to adaptation in place of the linear conservation paradigm that they have grown up with
Participants will be introduced to a different way of thinking about heritage management based on the benefits that heritage offers rather than solely on heritage value
Kate Guest – Co-Director
Historic England’s policy development lead on adaptation
Certificate
Upon successful completion of this course, participants will receive a certificate of attendance.
Digital badge
Upon successful completion of this course, you will be issued with an official digital badge from Oxford Lifelong Learning, University of Oxford. After the course, you will receive an email with a link and instructions on how to download your digital badge. You will be able to add your badge to your email signature and share it on social media if you choose to do so.
Fees
| Description | Costs |
|---|---|
| Tuition | £330.00 |
| Hot Lunch | £21.25 |
Module code: O25P298PAR