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Toolkit for managing the ownership of archaeological finds in England Consultation Extended: October 7th Deadline
The Toolkit for Managing the Ownership of Archaeological Finds in England consultation deadline has been extended to October 7th. Historic England…
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Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy Committee Needs a New Chair!
The current chair of Scotland’s Strategic Archaeology Committee (SSAC) is due to step down in December 2025. The SSAC is…
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Breaking Barriers: Disability Inclusion in Archaeology call for employer participants
A doctoral student is looking at the employment of disabled people in archaeology and is co-produced guidelines which they would…
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New Edition of First Aid for Finds
A new, fourth edition, of the First Aid for Finds has been published. The first edition of First Aid for…
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State of the Archaeological Market 2023-24
We are proud to announce the publication of the newest State of the Archaeological Market Report. It presents the results…
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The FAME carbon calculator for archaeology has been published
FAME has commissioned the creation of a carbon calculator tool that allows archaeology organisations to: This calculator has been made…
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FAME at 50 from the Honorary Life President
This year is FAME’s 50th anniversary and at the FAME Forum the attendees were presented with a letter from the…
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Change of suppliers for FAME CEO and Deputy CEO
From January 2025, both FAME’s CEO and Deputy CEO have separately movedto work for new employers, and the contracts to…
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Call for Submissions for Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2025
Scotland’s Archaeology Strategy has opened a call for submissions for Celebrating Archaeology in Scotland 2025. It seeks to showcase the…
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FAME Forum and AGM 2025
The Annual General Meeting of the Federation of Archaeological Managers and Employers Ltd will take place at Merchant Taylors’ Hall,…
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Heat Stress Indices for Safe Archaeological Work
With global warming leading to increased extreme weather events and warmer average temperatures, FAME members have been considering using heat…
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Development-led archaeology Health and Safety statistics 2023-24
This is FAME’s 7th Health and Safety Injury Survey; the first was for the 2009-10 financial year, and since 2018-19,…
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Shape the future of the Heritage Science Data Service
The Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) was launched in October 2024, when UKRI Arts and Humanities Council…
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Archaeology and Tick-borne Diseases – a FAME Guide
The FAME Health and Safety Working Group creates our Health and Safety Guides to provide detailed practical advice to our…
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Digging deeper for net zero
FAME members are working on methods and processes to cut their carbon use, to help tackle climate change. To support…
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Development-led archaeology Health and Safety statistics 2022-23
A goal of FAME’s Health & Safety strategy is to assemble industry injury and accident data to assist with the…
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The FAME carbon calculator for archaeology
FAME has commissioned the creation of, and will then make freely available, a carbon calculator tool that will allow archaeology…
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Medication Side-Effects: Cold Sensitivity – update to FAME medication guide
We have updated the FAME Medication Side-Effects: Heat and Sun Sensitivity guide to now include cold sensitivity. The updated guide…
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New Draft Resource for Those Involved in Preparing and Transferring Archaeological Archives for England
FAME have been pushing for years for a new system for transfer of title of archaeological finds, especially orphan archives,…
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FAME AGM draft minutes and reports
At the FAME Forum in June, FAME held an AGM. The minutes (draft), accounts, Chair’s report and CEO’s report can…