Heritage Crime Prevention Posters and Business Cards
MSDS Marine
by Alison James
3w ago
Do you work in a marina or at sea – or anywhere else associated with sea users? Then you can help us protect important marine heritage assets by putting up marine heritage crime prevention posters or distributing business cards. Hard copies of the posters in A4 or A3 and of the cards are available directly from MSDS Marine by emailing info@MSDSMarine.co.uk. The post Heritage Crime Prevention Posters and Business Cards first appeared on MSDS Marine and MSDS Heritage ..read more
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Opportunity: Marine Geophysics Training Placement
MSDS Marine
by Alison James
2M ago
Position: Marine Geophysics Trainee Location: Isles of Scilly Length of training placement: 8 days Closing day for applications: 28/02/2024 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Maritime Archaeology Society and MSDS Marine, will soon be undertaking a geophysical survey of a Protected Wreck site – HMS Colossus, which foundered in 1798. The survey has been supported by Historic England and will consist of magnetic and sidescan sonar surveys. The survey will be undertaken during the week 20-27 April 2024, and be based in the Isles of Scilly. CISMAS are offering a sponsored training place on the team to a ..read more
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2024 is Time for Change
MSDS Marine
by Alison James
3M ago
Is it the end of the 9 – 5, 5 day week? It might be at MSDS! The 9 to 5 day is well established as the norm yet is it the best fit for employers and employees? In the UK, it has been shown we work some of the longest working hours in Europe whilst having one of the least productive economies. Maybe its time for change? The 4 day week campaign thinks so and so do MSDS. We are excited to announce that in the first quarter of 2024 MSDS are trialling a four-day working week across the organisation with the aim of making it permanent if it works. The idea is that all staff work less hours with no l ..read more
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2022 MSDS Marine Grant Awards Revisited
MSDS Marine
by Alison James
4M ago
Each year MSDS Marine offer two grant awards, the first to support work on protected wreck sites and the second to support students. In this blog the 2022 Mel Taylor and Shu Yang recipients of the awards give an update on how the award has helped them. Mel Taylor – 2022 Protected Wreck Award Recipient I don’t think there would be too many dissenters if I said the weather this year has not been particularly favourable for diving the coast around the UK. Accessing the Mary site has been particularly challenging for us, being on the exposed south-west end of the Skerries archipelago and requiring ..read more
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Life after University: Diving into a new direction
MSDS Marine
by Alison James
5M ago
This year MSDS Marine have been able to host three internships thanks to funding from Historic England as part of our Landlocked and Looking Out project. The internships offered early career professionals and students the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the heritage sector – and the best bit is they were paid! In this blog Jack Doyle, reflects on his experiences with MSDS Marine this summer. This summer since graduating university I’ve probably been in one of the strangest situations in my life so far, for the first time being without a sense of direction about w ..read more
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Reflections from the 2-week advanced course with ICUA in Croatia
MSDS Marine
by Alison James
5M ago
Recently Asimina Porrou from MSDS Marine got to undertake two weeks of continuing professional development training with the the International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar. The course was designed to offer early career professionals the opportunity to gain valuable knowledge on theoretical and practical skills in underwater archaeology. It was designed to provide participants with advanced skills and training in underwater archaeology knowledge in project planning. In this blog Asimina reflects on the experience and all that she learnt. My fantastic experience with ICUA in C ..read more
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Introducing Senior Project Officer Alistair Byford-Bates
MSDS Marine
by Alison James
5M ago
We are pleased to welcome Alistair Byford-Bates to the growing MSDS team! In this blog Alistair introduces himself and the wealth of experience he brings to MSDS Marine. Marine archaeology has been a fascination of mine long before I learnt to dive in 1996, with my first archaeology course the following summer doing the Nautical Archaeology Society’s Summer School. Fast forward to 2009, and following 25 years in farming, I received my degree in Archaeological and Forensic Sciences from Bournemouth University, before going back to undertake my Masters by Research with my dissertation on huma ..read more
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Innovative marking technology will help protect nation’s protected shipwrecks from heritage crime
MSDS Marine
by Alison James
6M ago
For the first time in the UK, artefacts including cannons are being forensically marked underwater on some of the 57 Protected Wreck Sites in English waters which have the highest level of protection due to their historic and archaeological importance Announced by Historic England to coincide with events around the 50th anniversary of the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, the project aims to reduce the risk of heritage crime including unauthorised salvage from Protected Wreck Sites As part of this project, UK and Dutch maritime archaeologists carry out more dives to research the 17th century war ..read more
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What an experience! Diving into a #PWA50 internship
MSDS Marine
by Alison James
6M ago
This year MSDS Marine have been able to host three internships thanks to funding from Historic England as part of our Landlocked and Looking Out project. The internships offered early career professionals and students the opportunity to gain valuable experience in the heritage sector – and the best bit is they were paid! In this blog Flora Tomlinson-Pilley, reflects on her experiences with MSDS Marine this summer. I have thoroughly enjoyed every minute of my internship and am finishing it this week having gained valuable paid experience. The knowledge and skills will aid me in my future c ..read more
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Protected: Life at sea on an offshore vessel
MSDS Marine
by Alison James
6M ago
Password Protected To view this protected post, enter the password below: Password: Submit The post Protected: Life at sea on an offshore vessel first appeared on MSDS Marine and MSDS Heritage ..read more
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