Please do sign up and come along to this years' Student and Early Careers Conference - it's shaping up to be a great one! I'll be speaking in the first session at 3pm and chairing the third at 6pm.

Are you aged 18-25 and want to explore how traditional crafts can open doors to careers in heritage and beyond? Join us on Sunday 14th July at Scottish Crannog Centre for a free immersive day learning ancient skills, from pottery to hurdle making & more! 👉 archaeologyuk.org/festival/festi…

Shout Out Loud We also got to play a little at lunchtime thanks to Gary the Dark Knight from English Heritage 🤭 #FestivalOfArchaeology #YouthEngagement

We also wanted to say a big Thank You to all the English Heritage volunteers who supported the event, creating some fantastic hands-on activities for our participants 👏👏👏 #FestivalOfArchaeology Shout Out Loud 🧵2/2

I had a great time organising and running this event, with a great day had by all!

I will be speaking in session 1 with some of the other CBA Youth Advisory Board members and I will be chairing session 3 - please do come along!

Our Student and Early Careers Conference 2024 aims to provide students, early career archaeologists and heritage professionals, an opportunity to gain presentation and chairing experience in a friendly environment. 1/2 #festivalofarchaeology #archaeologystudent

This year's festival has been great and I've really enjoyed organising and running the Chester Castle Youth Event, with so many enthusiastic young people in attendance, and presenting and chairing at the Student & Early Careers Conference! Looking forward to next year already!

And finally, thank you to ... You, yes, you! 🎉 To everyone who engaged with us online or in person, attended an event, or explored a resource – your support is invaluable. You've made this year's #FestivalOfArchaeology celebration of archaeology and community truly special.

Check out the ECC talk from George Ellison, Jess Hornby (she/her), jess🕺🏻, and Ihini Aambreen! They share their vision for the future of archaeology and heritage, addressing key issues and proposing solutions. Watch here 👉 youtube.com/watch?v=ShfkfM… Thanks to funders Historic England

I'm having a great time supervising 10 students on the The Sutton Trust summer school in ASNC Cambridge! They're getting a chance this week to experience life as an ASNC, including, of course, manuscripts in the Wren Library Trinity College Trinity Library!

Are you interested in youth governance or working with young people in your organisation? We’ve developed a Youth Advisory Board Toolkit to help foster a more inclusive and youth-centred heritage sector. Explore the toolkit here 👉archaeologyuk.org/youth-engageme…

Hello! We have a new account. Please share this new account with as many people as possible to help us reach as many prospective students as possible! #Cambtweet

Not only is the YAC fun but it has huge educational and wellbeing benefits for its members. Obviously I knew this but it's fantastic to be able to demonstrate it to the wider world so convincingly!! 🤩🥳

Today, I'm at Amgueddfa Caerdydd for the SMA annual conference, giving a paper with Anna Robson on early career perspectives in the heritage, museum and archaeology sectors and suggestions and ideas for real and deliverable change.

Calling all website developers.... Great co-created project to bring to life our new Young Archaeologists' Club website. 📅 Deadline: Dec 9 💼 Project budget: £15,000 (exc. VAT)

We are delighted to announce that the SMA Conference 2025 call for papers is now open! The theme is: “Fresh thinking and new ideas in the archaeology of medieval urban lives (c.600-1600)”. Full details can be found on our website here: buff.ly/4fISnsF

For everyone moving to Bluesky, I have decided to do the same and to try and post on there more than I have on here! Please follow me: bsky.app/profile/george…