About us

The Centre for Museum and Heritage Management has a small core of staff supplemented by other academics in the University and visiting professionals.

Neville Stankley
B.A. Hons in Medieval and Modern History, PGDip in Heritage Studies, PGCHE, PECAM

Neville is the professional practitioner who set up the Centre for Museum and Heritage Management in 2005. He is very enthusiastic about broadening the professional skills of heritage professionals and integrating entry level training into the requirements of the sector. His unique approach to management training is a distinct feature of the programmes provided by the Centre. He came into heritage from project and financial management and whenever possible uses current students to assist in his capacity as a management consultant.

Graham Black
B.A History and Archaeology, FAHI, AMA

Graham is a current practitioner. His work on interpretation in museums and period houses has included the Galleries of Justice, winner of the £100,000 Museum Prize, and developing the Interpretation Plan for the National Trust flagship site at Tyntesfield. These ‘live' projects are brought into the course for the benefit of students. His book, The Engaging Museum, is a core text on many museum studies courses. His research is focused on what makes “good” history in museums.

Deborah Skinner
B.A History of Design, AMA

Deborah is a current practitioner with over twenty years experience as a curator. She continues to undertake collections-based work at the Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, alongside a freelance speaking programme within her areas of specialism. She acts as adviser on museum accreditation for the East Midlands and the North-West.

Dr. Stuart Burch
B.A. History of Art (European Union), MA Sculpture Studies, PGCHE, PhD

Stuart is the only UK academic involved in a multinational project led by Linköping University in Sweden. The four-year scheme will analyse the past, present and future role of national museums in northern Europe. Stuart will undertake a comparative study of art museums in the Nordic and Baltic states, looking at their architecture, audiences, collections, displays, management, educational activities, mission statements and research. The material will form the basis of publications and inform his teaching in museum studies, heritage management and public history.

Professor Bill Niven

Bill Niven's main area of research concerns Germany's attempts to come to terms with its “double past” of National Socialism and communism. His books Facing the Nazi Past (2001) and The Buchenwald Child: Truth, Fiction and Propaganda (2007, German edition autumn 2008) represent the most extensive outcomes of this research. As well as Germany, Bill is also interested in the broader relationship between culture, politics and memory in Europe as a whole. This dynamic is central to Public History. Bill is therefore ideally placed to lead the core component of Nottingham Trent University's unique postgraduate programme in Public History and Heritage Management.

B.A. Geography, M.Soc. Sci. (Heritage Management), PhD.

Angela Phelps is a full-time member of academic staff, teaching Geography and Heritage Management. Main teaching areas are heritage landscapes, tourism and global environmental issues. Angela's research interests lie in tourism and leisure management, and include visitor survey work for the Design Museum, London, The Galleries of Justice, Nottingham and the National Trust in the East Midlands.

The heritage team is supplemented by other academic staff within the University.