Training in the Conservation of Paintings - Calouste Gulbenkian ...

RECOMMENDATIONS
(iii) shorter advanced and refresher courses open to British
and foreign restorers (paragraph 46);
(iv) lectures and classes on the implications of conservation,
the technique of painting and history of materials for curators
and art historians (paragraph 47);
(e) that the Institute should award a certificate:
(i) on the satsifactory completion of its four/five years advanced
course, after such tests of proficiency as may be considered
appropriate (paragragh 55);
(ii) externally, on the recommendation of the training authorities
and after the appropriate tests of proficiency, to
students or trainees from other conservation studios (paragraph
56);
(d) that encouragement should be given to such other institutions
as have the capacity to accept students for advanced training
(paragraphs 58 (a) (i) and (b) (i), and 71);
(e) that, provided sufficient facilities for advanced training are
known to exist, as and when additional basic training becomes
necessary, a further course of basic training should be started at
a technical college closely associated with a good local gallery and
within reach of the specialist facilities of a university (paragraph
?o);
(f) that students for the advanced course should be supported as
appropriate in individual cases either by Department of Education
and Science State Bursaries, or by privately financed scholarships
vested in the Institute, or towards the end of their training
as salaried trainees. We envisage that the students of its other
courses would be financed as appropriate by their own employers,
by scholarships or otherwise at the discretion of the Institute's
authorities (paragraph 57).
Estimates of cost
95. The following is a tentative estimate of the cost of the recommendations
made in the preceding paragraph. The assumptions of
location, size of building, staff and equipment on which these are
based are indicated in paragraphs 89-91.
I. Capital outlay
(a) building (see paragraph 92)
capital cost of accommodation of 15,000 square
feet in Central London
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