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!

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

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.