Professional Archaeology Courses

Archaeology Courses for Practitioners

For talented heritage professionals ready to help their organisations push forward into a successful future

Dig Digital - work digital, think archives, create access

Need to plan and manage your digital data and create accessible archaeological archives? This online course, developed in partnership with CIfA and funded by Historic England (Project 9113), provides a structured learning approach to understanding and implementing CIfA’s Dig Digital toolkit for managing digital data - and will help you and your team create accessible digital archives.

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Audience Development for Archaeologists

Launching in Winter 2024, our introductory course on Audience Development will help get you up to speed on the what, how and most importantly – the WHY – of three pillars of successful audience growth. This course is Part I of DVs three step programme to Build Audiences, Generate Income, and Evaluate Impact.

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Crowdfunding for Archaeologists

Launching in Winter 2024, this short online course will take you on a tour of new income streams which can directly support the work you want to deliver. The course forms Part II of DVs three step programme to Build Audiences, Generate Income, and Evaluate Impact.

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Understanding Impact Evaluation

Launching in Winter 2024, this course is Part III of DVs three step programme to Build Audiences, Generate Income, and Evaluate Impact. With the increasing visibility of public impact and social value in heritage projects, this course drills down into the tools and thinking you need to embrace to understand how your work makes a difference.

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Alternative Business Models for Archaeology, with the Young Foundation

A future-proof and sustainable business model is crucial to success for any organisation or sector – including archaeology. We stand at an inflection point in UK archaeological practice. With both internal and external forces driving change, it’s a necessary time to turn an action-oriented eye towards how we lead, practice, and evolve as a sector. Our panel will discuss innovative business and governance models that challenge tradition and propose pioneering solutions that could help archaeology be more ambitious, sustainable, relevant and fit for the future.

Build award winning skills, fast

The last decade has had a profound impact on the heritage sector; the need to grow diverse audiences, new income streams and a sophisticated, evidenced understanding of our impact will be greater than ever before. Learn our award-winning strategies to help your organisation adapt to a digital, impact-driven landscape.

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Learn from anywhere, online

Learn on your own time, or be become part of a guided cohort. By sharing ideas, asking questions, and using the forums, you and your fellow learners will be able to provide each other with further encouragement to help your organisation adapt and thrive.

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DV Trends Live Events

The DV Trends event series brings together innovative minds, discussing transformative ideas emerging in the wider creative, tech, and cultural industries, creating a channel for archaeology to stay relevant in an ever-changing world.

Public Engagement for Archaeologists: CIfA’s New Toolkit

Join us for a panel discussion about CIfA's new toolkit, and how it can help archaeologists build the future of public engagement in archaeology.

Deep Time: collective intelligence and the search for our past

A panel discussion with the team behind Deep Time where we reveal the project's most important discoveries.

Are Archives in Crisis?

Archives are an integral part of the archaeological process, but how do we balance the importance of keeping valuable archaeological data with limited storage options and an eye towards sustainability?

Imagining The Future Of UK Archaeological Leadership

What is good leadership? Why does it matter? How do we set the example? What role does a culture of good leadership have to play? And how can you become a good leader?

Alternative Business Models for Archaeology, with the Young Foundation

A future-proof and sustainable business model is crucial to success for any organisation or sector – including archaeology.

AI for Archaeology, Heritage, and Public Engagement

As AI continues to seep into everyday use, how we do or don’t engage with AI is not only changing how we work, but also how we share our work with the public – and involve them in the process.

Reimagining Archaeology: Play, Immersion, and Cultural Connection

What happens when archaeology meets immersive technology? Could play and immersion change how we explore, research and teach the past?

Highly rated

All our courses are approved by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists...and of course by our community!

"Archaeology at Home did not just increase the accessibility of archaeology and act as a much needed social network during the pandemic, it also had a direct positive impact on cultural heritage."
Europa Nostra
"I credit the decision my daughter made to apply to uni to follow her archaeology dream to DigVentures. Had she not found DV, and done your online course, and had the opportunity to book a dig, she may not have had the courage to do that. So thank you for existing."
Melissa B
'‘A real role model to be followed by others - and a worthy outcome of the pandemic which forced so many cultural institutions to go digital.’
Europeana Heritage in Motion

Experienced tutors

All DV courses are led by our talented team members. Learn more about our specific skills on our 'Meet the Team' page

Lisa Westcott Wilkins

Brendon Wilkins

Maiya Pina-Dacier

Jonski Millar

FAQs

Are these courses accredited or linked to university credits?

DV’s professional courses are endorsed by the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists, and built upon the framework of National Occupational Standards (NOS) .

The NOS standards define the range of skills that heritage professionals may need to perfect in order to do their job, and provide the perfect framework for training programmes by breaking down a complicated job into a collection of individual skills and tasks. This is very effective for both professional and avocational archaeologists, as it provides a clear roadmap for skills development.

What is the difference between self-guided and cohort-led courses?

At DV, we use both formats, depending on the course. Here a bit more about how that works:

Self-guided courses are not bound to a fixed schedule and can be completed at any time. The pace of learning is set by the learner and all learning materials are available on-demand.

Cohort-led courses are those where a group of students advance through a course together. These will have time-sensitive assignments’ live sessions and opportunities for 1:1 instruction.

Be sure to make yourself aware of in which format the course you’re taking is offered!

Courses for everyone

As well as our learning modules for practitioners, our award winning team have put together a programme of online courses for anyone who wants to learn more about digging up the past - and have fun at the same time!

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