Icon is offering a further 10 work-based internships of 6, 12 and 24 months’ duration as part of its innovative HLF-funded conservation training bursaries scheme for September 2008. All graduates from the first year of the scheme have been successful in finding employment or further training in the field. The scheme aims to broaden access to careers in conservation and to increase the UK’s fund of conservation skills. Some placements (*) are open to new entrants to conservation from arts, crafts, science or heritage backgrounds. Others are specifically for those who have recently graduated from a conservation course.
12 MONTHS:
V&A, London – Conservation of Ceramics (Ref 08/02)
People’s History Museum, Manchester – Conservation of Banners (Ref 08/03)
Sheffield – Conservation of Archives (Ref 08/04*)
National Trust for Scotland, Edinburgh – Preventive Conservation (Ref 08/05)
National Maritime Museum, London – Conservation of Metals (Ref 08/06*)
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge – Preventive Conservation (Ref08/07)
Suffolk – Conservation of Stone (Ref 08/08*)
6 MONTHS:
Belfast Natural Sciences Conservation (Ref 08/09*)
Guildhall Art Gallery, London – Conservation of Frames (Ref 08/10*)
24 MONTHS:
Blickling – Conservation of Tapestry (Ref 08/11)
Information on all placements and details of eligibility can be found on the Icon website at www.icon.org.uk . Interviews for short-listed applicants will be held in July and August. All internships will start in mid-September 2008.
Apply using the form available on the website - www.icon.org.uk
Forms may also be obtained by e-mailing training@icon.org.uk or by telephoning 0131 240 5038/2. Please use electronic format for enquiries and applications, wherever possible.
The Training Development Manager
Icon, 22-26 George St., Edinburgh EH2 2PQ