Overview

Qualification Level:
MDes
Course Duration:
1 year
Starting Semester:
September
Location:

Heritage is not only the study of the past but an exploration of how the present can shape inclusive futures. Future Heritage is a speculative programme that applies Design Innovation principles to challenge hierarchies, reframe narratives, and uncover lost voices. Students collaborate with diverse human and more-than-human stakeholders to connect theory with practice, addressing real-world issues grounded in place yet responsive to global challenges. Based in the Scottish Highlands, the course explores themes like sustainability, collective memory, and cultural identity. Graduates pursue roles in cultural regeneration, digital heritage, community engagement, and research across heritage, design, and public-sector organisations.

Approach

This programme aims to develop critical engagement with, and a working knowledge of, heritage debates, history, environmental issues, and societal concern; and provide a speculative design perspective to explore the development of future heritage with emerging technology; as well as utilise theoretical and technical skills to complete a collaborative project within a heritage setting.

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Our Team

The Innovation School’s faculty and support staff come from a wide range of professional and academic backgrounds. Our varied expertise enables us to cover many specialisms as well as providing a holistic overview of Design Innovation. Each tutor has a thorough understanding of human-centred design methods, and many are involved in their own research or projects that feed into our constantly evolving programmes.

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