Welcome to MA Heritage we are so excited to welcome you to our campus at the heart of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. We hope you will enjoy your time with us discovering the breadth of the heritage sector across modules that consider how the legacy of studying heritage has direct links to inequalities in society today (considering colonialism, Empire, hidden histories among other themes), as well as the notion of heritage management practices as ‘world making and future assembling’ with the capacity to ‘assemble radically different futures’ (Heritage Futures, 2020).

Dr Catriona Cooper
Course Director

Key dates

Course start date: 16 September 2024

Academic Calendar: Trimesters

View key dates for this Academic Calendar for 2024-25 including when teaching starts and finishes and when you break for holidays. 

Welcome and induction

Your Welcome Week is an essential introduction to your course and student life at CCCU, helping you to feel confident and prepared for your studies right from the very start.

It is important to check your Welcome Schedule for all the activities you are required to attend during the week.

If any of your welcome activities are in groups, your course team will contact you before your arrival to let you know which group you will be in.

Your teaching timetable 

UniTimetables provides an overview of all teaching activities on a course. Your individual timetable will be available via MyTimetable and is personalised to show you what modules and groups you are expected to attend.

Your individual student timetable can only be produced once you have engaged with online registration and created your computing account. It is essential you complete these tasks when invited, so that your course team can assign you to your teaching activities and publish your individual timetable.

Find out more about all aspects of timetabling for new students including user guides.

Welcome

The first time we meet you and your fellow students will receive key information to help you settle in Canterbury and prepare you for starting your studies. From day 1 you will join our community and become active participants in a evolving area of study that shapes how we conceive of the world around us.

Students come to this degree from a range of backgrounds and with a range of experiences, all of which offer unique approaches to the study of heritage. We are all fully committed to supporting you and helping achieve your goals and can't wait to see where you take your studies.

We wish you a very warm welcome and can't wait to get started!

Getting started

Activities during Welcome Week will help to get you organised and settled in and these continue throughout the year. The key to enjoying and getting the most from university and our course is to be fully engaged with what is on offer right from the start. If you would like a copy of the provisional course timetable, or any further information, please email: Catriona.Cooper@canterbury.ac.uk

Pre-course reading

There is nothing compulsory you have to do before you join us. However, if you would like to look at some core reading we recommend the following:

Harrison, Rodney, Caitlin DeSilvey, Cornelius Holtorf, Sharon Macdonald, Nadia Bartolini, Esther Breithoff, Harald Fredheim, et al. (2020) Heritage Futures: Comparative Approaches to Natural and Cultural Heritage Practices. UCL Press, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv13xps9m

Simon, Nina The Participatory Museum

Smith, Laura. 2006. Uses of heritage. New York: Routledge.

Otherwise go to Museums, look at the places around you, think about how we conceive of heritage, what that includes and how that is presented in the world around you.

International student success programme

International students: don't miss out! Make sure you register for our international student success programme which provides practical advice on preparing to live and study in the UK.

Contact details

Course Director: Dr Catriona Cooper

Catriona.Cooper@canterbury.ac.uk