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Master's

MA Heritage and Cultural Management (Online)

University of Brigant

University of Brigant

Master's

MA Heritage and Cultural Management (Online)

University of Brigant

University of Brigant (online)

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Tuition

Free (online)

Degree

M.A.

Delivery

Full-time · Online

Duration

2 years (18 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONALFree (online)

About University of Brigant

Historic UK university (founded 1883) with Edinburgh campus and tuition-free online degrees.

Overview

University of Brigant’s MA Heritage and Cultural Management is for people who already juggle condition reports, festival risk, and the politics of who gets to interpret Scotland in a gallery or a close. Based in Edinburgh with a tuition-free online twin, the degree treats heritage as operations: collections care, visitor flow, funding, and community objection—not as a creative-writing course with a castle in the background. You will write a collections or events paper that a trustee can interrogate, read listing and planning interfaces without pretending to be a conservation architect, and keep dual-pathway parity. No invented royal warrants and no fake institutional logos.

Delivered fully online with live seminars, recorded lectures, and tutor support.

**Award:** University of Brigant **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits

Module 1: Heritage ethics, law, and money

  • UOB541·UK and Scottish Heritage Instruments for Managers
    3 credits
  • UOB542·Trusteeship, Charity Law Literacy, and Conflicts
    3 credits
  • UOB543·Funding Mixes: Public, Trust, and Box Office
    3 credits
  • UOB544·Identity-Checked Assessment and Evidence Files
    3 credits

Module 2: Collections and interpretation

  • UOB545·Documentation, Condition, and Move Logistics
    3 credits
  • UOB546·Digital Surrogates and Licence Reality
    3 credits
  • UOB547·Gaelic, Scots, and Community Interpretation Practice
    3 credits
  • UOB548·Restitution Debates as Governance not Slogan
    3 credits

Module 3: Venues, festivals, and the city

  • UOB549·Crowd, Weather, and Temporary-Site Operations
    3 credits
  • UOB550·Safeguarding, Access, and Complaint Handling
    3 credits
  • UOB551·Old Town Fabric, Residents, and Event Friction
    3 credits
  • UOB552·Insurance, Contracts, and Supplier Failure
    3 credits

Module 4: Capstone

  • UOB553·Climate Risk to Collections and Outdoor Heritage
    3 credits
  • UOB554·Research Methods for Cultural Management
    3 credits
  • UOB555·Writing for Trustees and Funders
    3 credits
  • UOB556·Capstone: Scottish Heritage or Cultural Operations File
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces

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