About David Hopes

MICRO-BIO

  • I'm currently Head of Collections & Interiors for the National Trust for Scotland. I hold a Master's degree in Museum Studies and was briefly a Research Associate there with the Research Centre for Museums and Galleries. Previous to this I was D...More

EXPERIENCE

  • The National Trust for Scotland
    • Head of Collections and Interiors (Policy)
    • Conservation and Policy
    • Present

EDUCATION

  • University of Birmingham
    • PhD
    • October 2011 to July 2014

    With a strong focus on communities of practice and shared modes of learning, my thesis examined how we interact with artefacts in physical and digital environments.

  • University of Leicester
    • MA
    • November 2000 to June 2002

    Museum Studies. Six modules including interpretation, conservation, management, and ethics. Dissertation analysed a long-closed museum from various semiotic perspectives. Distance learning.

  • Open University
    • BA (Hons)
    • August 1996 to May 1999

    Arts course which included comparative history: The Enlightenment, Britain and America from 1760-1820, Post colonial literature in English, and The Roman Family.

  • University of Glasgow
    • BSc
    • September 1991 to May 1994

    Chemistry

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