MA Heritage and Cultural Management

Collections, festivals, and listed fabric in London—management of culture, not a tourist brochure.

Online or on campus

18 months180 creditsEnglish (dual pathway: London campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard)

Overview

London’s cultural economy is weather, queues, insurance, and argument about whose story is on the wall. This MA starts with those constraints. You will plan a collections move, a festival site, or a digital-access programme as management work: contracts, safeguarding, and the difference between a marketing caption and a catalogue record. Scottish cases sit at the centre—burgh museums, independent festivals, industrial heritage, Gaelic and Scots interpretation where it is actually used—not a generic ‘European heritage MBA’. Haverton University will not claim that online students receive a lesser London. Seminars, reading, and identity-checked assessment match the campus pathway. Faculty mark whether you can brief a board on damp, theft risk, and community consultation without hiding behind a pretty photograph of the Old Town. The award does not make you a chartered conservationist and it does not grant listed-building consent powers. It does train you to sit in a trust, a local-authority culture team, or a festival company without being the person who only cites visitor-number theatre. Capstones must use a named or tightly anonymised British collection, site, or cultural organisation. MA Heritage and Cultural Management is taught as one award, not a list of unrelated modules. The published length is 18 months, and the credit total is 36. Students move from UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers through UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers; Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts; Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office; Documentation, Condition, and Move Logistics; Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality; Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice, and finish on Writing for Trustees and Funders. Each course has a question, a method, and a submission. In this field, students diagnose one organisation and carry a decision through to a recommendation. Reading is a case, a short financial extract, and a stakeholder note. The artefact a marker expects is a consulting brief a manager could use. The award is built so that a graduate can do the following in practice: Write a trustee paper that separates conservation risk, money, and interpretation politics Plan collections access and digital surrogates without claiming a conservator ticket Design festival or venue operations under London weather and crowd constraints Teaching assumes the student can read a source, attempt a problem before the seminar, and revise after feedback. Attendance at live seminars is part of the design. The capstone or final course must use the methods of the earlier courses; a project that ignores them does not pass. The pages for each course name the topics that are examined. Those topics are the syllabus. A brochure line is not a substitute for them.

Thirty-six credits: heritage law and ethics in UK/British practice, collections and digital access, festivals and visitor operations, and a supervised management capstone. Dual pathway, tuition-free online option, examination fee only as published. Marketing must not imply Historic Environment England, National Museums, or festival-company endorsement.

Who This Programme Is For

Collections, venue, and festival operations staff
Local-authority culture and tourism officers (academic study, not a planning licence)
Trust and independent-museum managers
Community heritage groups professionalising governance

How you can study

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✦ Tuition: £9,500 / US$12,000/year
✦ Location: Du Cane Rd, London W12 0NN, United Kingdom
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What You Will Learn

Write a trustee paper that separates conservation risk, money, and interpretation politics
Plan collections access and digital surrogates without claiming a conservator ticket
Design festival or venue operations under London weather and crowd constraints
Read listing, planning, and funding instruments as a manager, not as a lawyer of record
Keep dual-pathway evidence standards identical to campus

Curriculum

Module 1: Heritage ethics, law, and money

Code	Course	Credits · hours
UOB541	UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers (UOB541) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB541-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers UOB541-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers UOB541-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers UOB541-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers UOB541-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers UOB541-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers	15 · 150 h
UOB542	Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts (UOB542) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB542-M1 · Forum, rule, and parties — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts UOB542-M2 · Claim, counterclaim, and the facts that would change the result — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts UOB542-M3 · A clause, briefing, or policy note for a named audience — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts UOB542-M4 · Sources, revision, and the strength of the authority — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts UOB542-M5 · Institutions and the limit of the award — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts UOB542-M6 · A supervised paper: question, sources, argument, and defence — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts	15 · 150 h
UOB543	Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office (UOB543) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB543-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office UOB543-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office UOB543-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office UOB543-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office UOB543-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office UOB543-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office	15 · 150 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

UOB541

UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers

UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers (UOB541) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB541-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers
UOB541-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers
UOB541-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers
UOB541-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers
UOB541-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers
UOB541-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — UK and British Heritage Instruments for Managers

15 · 150 h

UOB542

Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts

Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts (UOB542) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB542-M1 · Forum, rule, and parties — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts
UOB542-M2 · Claim, counterclaim, and the facts that would change the result — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts
UOB542-M3 · A clause, briefing, or policy note for a named audience — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts
UOB542-M4 · Sources, revision, and the strength of the authority — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts
UOB542-M5 · Institutions and the limit of the award — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts
UOB542-M6 · A supervised paper: question, sources, argument, and defence — Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts

15 · 150 h

UOB543

Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office

Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office (UOB543) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB543-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office
UOB543-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office
UOB543-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office
UOB543-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office
UOB543-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office
UOB543-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office

15 · 150 h

Module 2: Collections and interpretation

Code	Course	Credits · hours
UOB545	Documentation, Condition, and Move Logistics Documentation, Condition, and Move Logistics (UOB545) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB545-M1 · The indicator and the unit it counts UOB545-M2 · The source of the data and how it fails UOB545-M3 · Bias, missing data, or a definition that flatters the result UOB545-M4 · A comparison and the assumption inside it UOB545-M5 · A figure a marker can recompute UOB545-M6 · What the number must not be used to decide UOB545-M7 · How uncertainty is reported UOB545-M8 · The submission: a measurement note with the error. The assessed course is People, work design, and change.	15 · 150 h
UOB546	Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality (UOB546) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB546-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality UOB546-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality UOB546-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality UOB546-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality UOB546-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality UOB546-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality	15 · 150 h
UOB547	Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice (UOB547) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB547-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice UOB547-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice UOB547-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice UOB547-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice UOB547-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice UOB547-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice	15 · 150 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

UOB545

Documentation, Condition, and Move Logistics

Documentation, Condition, and Move Logistics (UOB545) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB545-M1 · The indicator and the unit it counts
UOB545-M2 · The source of the data and how it fails
UOB545-M3 · Bias, missing data, or a definition that flatters the result
UOB545-M4 · A comparison and the assumption inside it
UOB545-M5 · A figure a marker can recompute
UOB545-M6 · What the number must not be used to decide
UOB545-M7 · How uncertainty is reported
UOB545-M8 · The submission: a measurement note with the error. The assessed course is People, work design, and change.

15 · 150 h

UOB546

Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality

Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality (UOB546) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB546-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality
UOB546-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality
UOB546-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality
UOB546-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality
UOB546-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality
UOB546-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality

15 · 150 h

UOB547

Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice

Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice (UOB547) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB547-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice
UOB547-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice
UOB547-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice
UOB547-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice
UOB547-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice
UOB547-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice

15 · 150 h

Module 3: Venues, festivals, and the city

Code	Course	Credits · hours
UOB549	Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations (UOB549) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB549-M1 · Order, nodes, delay, and a flow map — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations UOB549-M2 · Demand, capacity, stock, and stock-out — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations UOB549-M3 · A break in the chain and the response — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations UOB549-M4 · Cost, time, and who pays for the buffer — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations UOB549-M5 · One lane, site, or corridor — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations UOB549-M6 · A change recommendation with cost and risk — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations	15 · 150 h
UOB550	Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling (UOB550) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB550-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling UOB550-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling UOB550-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling UOB550-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling UOB550-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling UOB550-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling	15 · 150 h
UOB551	Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction (UOB551) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB551-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction UOB551-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction UOB551-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction UOB551-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction UOB551-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction UOB551-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction	15 · 150 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

UOB549

Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations

Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations (UOB549) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB549-M1 · Order, nodes, delay, and a flow map — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations
UOB549-M2 · Demand, capacity, stock, and stock-out — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations
UOB549-M3 · A break in the chain and the response — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations
UOB549-M4 · Cost, time, and who pays for the buffer — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations
UOB549-M5 · One lane, site, or corridor — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations
UOB549-M6 · A change recommendation with cost and risk — Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations

15 · 150 h

UOB550

Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling

Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling (UOB550) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB550-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling
UOB550-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling
UOB550-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling
UOB550-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling
UOB550-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling
UOB550-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling

15 · 150 h

UOB551

Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction

Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction (UOB551) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB551-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction
UOB551-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction
UOB551-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction
UOB551-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction
UOB551-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction
UOB551-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction

15 · 150 h

Module 4: Capstone

Code	Course	Credits · hours
UOB553	Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage (UOB553) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB553-M1 · System boundary, constraint, and actors — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage UOB553-M2 · Indicators, sources of error, and a better measure — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage UOB553-M3 · Two options on cost, time, and downside — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage UOB553-M4 · Safety, environmental limit, and who bears the risk — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage UOB553-M5 · A site, grid, or product decision — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage UOB553-M6 · A recommendation with evidence and residual risk — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage	15 · 150 h
UOB554	Research Methods for Cultural Management Research Methods for Cultural Management (UOB554) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB554-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Research Methods for Cultural Management UOB554-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Research Methods for Cultural Management UOB554-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Research Methods for Cultural Management UOB554-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Research Methods for Cultural Management UOB554-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Research Methods for Cultural Management UOB554-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Research Methods for Cultural Management	15 · 150 h
UOB555	Writing for Trustees and Funders Writing for Trustees and Funders (UOB555) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree. UOB555-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Writing for Trustees and Funders UOB555-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Writing for Trustees and Funders UOB555-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Writing for Trustees and Funders UOB555-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Writing for Trustees and Funders UOB555-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Writing for Trustees and Funders UOB555-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Writing for Trustees and Funders	15 · 150 h

Code

Course

Credits · hours

UOB553

Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage

Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage (UOB553) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB553-M1 · System boundary, constraint, and actors — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage
UOB553-M2 · Indicators, sources of error, and a better measure — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage
UOB553-M3 · Two options on cost, time, and downside — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage
UOB553-M4 · Safety, environmental limit, and who bears the risk — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage
UOB553-M5 · A site, grid, or product decision — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage
UOB553-M6 · A recommendation with evidence and residual risk — Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage

15 · 150 h

UOB554

Research Methods for Cultural Management

Research Methods for Cultural Management (UOB554) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB554-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Research Methods for Cultural Management
UOB554-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Research Methods for Cultural Management
UOB554-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Research Methods for Cultural Management
UOB554-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Research Methods for Cultural Management
UOB554-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Research Methods for Cultural Management
UOB554-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Research Methods for Cultural Management

15 · 150 h

UOB555

Writing for Trustees and Funders

Writing for Trustees and Funders (UOB555) is a course on MA Heritage and Cultural Management. It carries 15 credits and 150 notional learning hours, at 10 hours per credit. The course is taught at master's level. Students compare a weaker method, judge the evidence, and state what the result does not show. The chapters are the syllabus. Each chapter is a class of work this course assesses. Preparation is the reading, dataset, or case for that chapter. Seminar time is spent on the decision, the calculation, or the draft. The student revises after feedback. A pass requires the method named in the chapters, evidence a marker can check, and a stated limit on what the result does not show. Haverton University teaches this course on the published route for this degree.

UOB555-M1 · Position, rivals, and the choice in front of the organisation — Writing for Trustees and Funders
UOB555-M2 · A financial result and the operational cause — Writing for Trustees and Funders
UOB555-M3 · The decision, the team, resistance, and the plan — Writing for Trustees and Funders
UOB555-M4 · Stakeholders and what they can block — Writing for Trustees and Funders
UOB555-M5 · Ethics and the limit of the recommendation — Writing for Trustees and Funders
UOB555-M6 · A consulting brief: problem, evidence, recommendation, defence — Writing for Trustees and Funders

15 · 150 h

Career Paths

Heritage or museum operations manager
Festival and cultural-venue producer (operations)
Collections access and documentation lead
Local-authority culture programme officer
Independent-trust director (academic award; not a professional-body ticket)

Programme Highlights

London-grounded cases, not generic creative-industries copy
Honest non-licensure on conservation and planning
Dual pathway parity
No fake national-heritage logos
Capstone on a named British organisation or site

Assessment

Modules are assessed through a published mix of coursework, applied projects, and examinations. Exam windows are announced in advance so students in other time zones are not forced into overnight sittings. Alternative arrangements are available where documented.

Admission requirements

Academic entry

Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution (minimum 2:2 / GPA 2.5/4.0 or equivalent national scale)
Identity document for remote identity-checked assessment enrolment
Preferred: work or volunteering in heritage, museums, festivals, or cultural venues

English language

English proficiency: IELTS 5.5, TOEFL 46, or equivalent (waived for prior English-medium study). Dual-pathway applicants state London campus or tuition-free online as primary mode without changing academic standards. Gaelic/Scots programmes may require additional language evidence as stated on the programme page.

Documents

Statement of Purpose (500 words minimum) stating goals, professional context, and fit
Two academic or professional references with verifiable contact details
CV or résumé covering education and relevant work
Official transcripts (digital copies accepted at application; certified copies before award)

Programme questions

How long is the MA Heritage and Cultural Management?

The published duration is 18 months. Teaching language: English (dual pathway: London campus or tuition-free online; one academic standard). Actual time-to-complete depends on mode and any recognised prior learning.

Can I study this from my country?

You may study this award fully online from your country, or — where published — on campus at Haverton. Online study does not require a student visa. Campus study may.

What does it cost?

Degree tuition for this award is published as £0 / tuition-free on the online pathway. All online degree examinations and certificates are 100% free and sponsored — the only cost for online study is the application fee. Campus tuition and campus examinations are charged separately. Check the Fees page for details.

What are the entry requirements?

Requirements are grouped on this page (academic, English, documents). Equivalent qualifications are considered. English may be waived after prior English-medium study.

How is the programme assessed?

Assessment is typically a mix of coursework, projects, and examinations. Doctoral awards include a thesis or dissertation and an oral examination. Details sit in the programme specification and module outlines.

Will this award be recognised where I live?

Recognition of the award for local employment, professional licence, or ministry attestation is decided by your employer or regulator. Haverton University publishes verification pages for certificates. We do not claim automatic equivalence in every country.

How do I apply?

Start an application on this website. Progress is saved from the first step. Admissions: admissions@haverton.org.

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