The project programme was originally designed to take place over a 12 month period, divided into four 3-month stages. The original programme has since been varied, by agreement with English Heritage, to take place over a 2 year period, with completion in February/March 2010. The project team reports to a Steering Group which meets quarterly. Monitoring meetings and reports to English Heritage also take place on this quarterly schedule.
December 2009
Revision of the Research Strategy draft has taken place during the autumn of 2009, following the July 17th Steering Group meeting and subsequent comments received from them.
The revised draft is due for resubmission to the Steering Group in mid-December for final comment by mid-January 2010. Final revisions to the document will then take place and it will be returned to the Steering Group for formal sign-off in February before being sent to English Heritage for comment.
July 2009
The first draft of the Research Strategy text was compiled following the March 2009 seminar and submitted to the project Steering Group in June 2009. A meeting with the Steering Group on July 17th 2009 identified a number of key actions required and revisions needed.
March 2009
The final stage of the project began in January 2009 with the rescheduled review and collation of the consultation findings. This included follow-up meetings with key organisations and individuals to discuss their priorities in more detail.
A research seminar was added to the programme to aid in the review of the overall findings and to present the draft synopsis for the proposed publication text to consultees in order to collect further comment. This meeting took place on March 20, 2009.
Click to view the draft synopsis outline (PDF 52kb, opens in a new window) and "GLHERF" definitions (PDF 39kb, opens in a new window)
November 2008
The third stage of the project, between August and November, included the second part of the consultation. Aside from a number of contacts and meetings with key individuals and organisations, this stage of the project also included a Historic Environment Research Seminar at the British Academy on October 2nd.
Given the importance placed on carrying out the broadest possible consultation it was decided to extend this stage of the project to the end of 2008.
July 2008
The second stage of the project, between May and July, included the first part of the general consultation, which was centred around a series of seminars held at the LAARC. The draft research review was compiled in advance of the seminars and made available to participants in order to prompt debate.
The seminars attracted well over 100 individuals and generated lively but thoughtful discussion.
View a summary of the seminar discussions (PDF 46kb, opens in a new window)
In order to further focus on some of the topics covered in the seminars we have created a questionnaire, which can be accessed by following the link in the navigation panel on the left of this page.
April 2008
The first 3-month stage of the project, between February and April, involved the design of the project website, creation of consultee lists, initial contacts and mail shots.
The project's consultee list includes over 300 individuals and organisations, reflecting a broad range of heritage interests. Consultees include curators, archives and local studies libraries, commercial contractors, conservation and local government officers, consultants, English Heritage staff, elected individuals at the GLA and councils, museums and their staff, planning officers, local societies and community groups, archaeological specialists and university departments.