Meg Kirkpatrick

Consultant at Commonwealth Heritage @CWHeritageForum | PhD Researcher @UniofOxford | Published author

[Meg Kirkpatrick @MAKirkpatrick95]

Excited to be working with the Commonwealth Heritage Forum&World Monuments Fund in Hyderabad for the next fortnight in my new role as Policy&Comms Consultant with the CHF. Follow our progress @CWHeritageForum @WorldMonuments @HamishOgstonFdn

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Join us tonight @8pm UK time for a talk on the boom and decline of Farina, a once thriving town in South Australia. https://t.co/Mtr4eNwjya

[Meg Kirkpatrick @MAKirkpatrick95]

Really enjoyed developing this series - it starts on 11 June and will run for 6 weeks.

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Join us for a compelling series of free online talks exploring built heritage abandoned or lost due to war, natural disasters, climate change, & neglect. While some sites have been irretrievably lost, others are the focus of long-term restoration efforts. https://t.co/Mtr4eNwjya

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My article on the Bengali Renaissance is featured in this:

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Read our highlights on cultural heritage in Nuristan, Afghanistan and on a Conservation Management Plan for Jamestown, St Helena. We also cover the rich diversity, but increasing vulnerability, of Bengali architecture. You can read our Newsletter here: https://t.co/bILnxA8fSw

[Meg Kirkpatrick @MAKirkpatrick95]

This has been a fascinating series to lead on, join us for the first lecture on 27 November!

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Our next lecture series highlights irreplaceable architectural and cultural sites at risk across the globe. Featuring talks from: @robertbewley @EnglishHeritage @WorldMonuments @APAAME @ucl @HistoricEngland

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Enjoyed editing this one☝️

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Our Newsletter is live! Featuring inside insights into the @V_and_A exhibition on Tropical Modernism, the planned works on Old Fourah Bay College Sierra Leone, & personal stories on the significance of the global teak trade. Read more via our website: https://t.co/iiMriHq55s

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Our Newsletter is live! Featuring inside insights into the @V_and_A exhibition on Tropical Modernism, the planned works on Old Fourah Bay College Sierra Leone, & personal stories on the significance of the global teak trade. Read more via our website: https://t.co/iiMriHq55s

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The @CWHeritageForum will be offering a total of 7 posts in 2024, based across the Commonwealth. Keep an eye on the website https://t.co/XUEvo8zNEx

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Applications open for Fiji based Training Champion. The successful applicant will work for 12 months with local partners to build local capacity in heritage management and hands-on skills training. Deadline: 30 July. More on salary & application https://t.co/kne3QzdrUt

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Very lucky to be in Sierra Leone supporting the delivery of this programme!

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Work has started in Freetown, Sierra Leone! Students from Freetown Polytechnic&Fourah Bay College & staff of the Ministry of Works are developing the skills needed to conserve a Krio board house, a traditional architecture of outstanding cultural value. https://t.co/Nt91Ju27W5

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We have a new Instagram account: 
@commonwealthheritage 

Please do follow us for news on our training programmes taking place across the Commonwealth and for updates on our next lecture series and forthcoming newsletters.

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We have had an incredibly successful 2023, delivering heritage skills training in Barbados, Antigua, Singapore, Scotland, & Kolkata, along with funding students on The King's Foundation MA. With projects in 17 countries in development, 2024 will be as busy https://t.co/xhpd1Zv31f

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Our ‘Railways across the Commonwealth’ lecture series starts next week. Christian Wolmar is our first speaker – he’ll be talking about railways in India. To join these free lectures see our website: https://t.co/eUNshbmJcb

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The CHF are exploring how to support the conservation of the unique heritage of Georgetown, Guyana. Philip Davies (left) and Francis Maude (right) pictured with the Hon. Mark Phillips, the Prime Minister of Guyana. An update on this initiative features in our Nov. newsletter.

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There's still time to join our team of heritage consultants - apply online by Sunday 15 October.
https://t.co/Tzwuef4DJ2

[Meg Kirkpatrick @MAKirkpatrick95]

@Atulmaharaj @Andrew007Uk @jayesh_ranjan @nalrag @nuts2406 @paddukonisetti @niha_jaya @DeccanArchive @HyderabadTrails @HiHyderabad @DalrympleWill Thanks so much! This tweet is sadly an old one though - I was in Hyderabad in October last year with @CWHeritageForum. Hope to be back one day soon though. Thanks for all your kindness and support anyway!

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It was great to meet the students at Dumfries House and see them learning the traditional crafts skills that have the potential to transform approaches to conservation in their work places and communities. 🤗

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4 Commonwealth students have completed The Prince's Foundation Summer School at Dumfries House. Discover how they'll apply the hands-on heritage skills they've learned to their projects in Winnipeg, Singapore, Penang, & St Catherine, Jamaica: https://t.co/Z70tmhFSUW @PrincesFound

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Listen to Philip Davies Consultant CEO of the Commonwealth Heritage Forum discuss our record £12.26m grant and the importance of heritage skills on Times Radio @HamishOgstonFdn https://t.co/Fp2G0iOD0f

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We are very grateful to be the recipients of £12.26m of this generous grant - funding the development of heritage skills in the UK and across the Commonwealth.

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Excited to support delivery of this Commonwealth Heritage Skills Training Programme over the next 4 years🙋‍♀️

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Record £12.26m pledged to our Commonwealth Heritage Skills Programme will train 3,500 people in countries where there is little capacity to address heritage at risk. Grateful to @HamishOgstonFdn for making the largest ever investment in heritage skills in Commonwealth history🙌

[Meg Kirkpatrick @MAKirkpatrick95]

Exciting opportunity to support our small & dynamic team 👑

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Join our team! We are recruiting for a new Consultant Training & Skills Coordinator to oversee our training activities in the UK & across the Commonwealth🎉 https://t.co/Tzwuef4DJ2

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Join our team! We are recruiting for a new Consultant Training & Skills Coordinator to oversee our training activities in the UK & across the Commonwealth🎉 https://t.co/Tzwuef4DJ2