ACE Foundation
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ACE Foundation is a non-profit, educational charity based in Cambridge, England, which supports cultural and international understanding in a variety of ways. These include running courses, seminars, study tours, summer schools and lectures. ACE operates both in the UK and overseas and, in addition to its own courses, provides grants and scholarships. The ACE Foundation was founded in 1958 by Philip Brooke Barnes
. Fields of study supported include history, architecture, archaeology, theory of education, theatre and literature, music, general history and natural history. ACE has been a pioneer in adult education, through its summer schools in Cambridge and Oxford, which began in 1958, and in life-long learning.
The ACE Foundation organised archaeological exchange programmes with Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War period. More recently the Foundation has supported aerial archaeological research in Eastern Europe, using airspace which was previously inaccessible due to political and security reasons.
A subsidiary business of the ACE Foundation is ACE Cultural Tours
, which emerged as a result of Philip Barnes’s recognition of the importance of context to education and understanding. ACE cultural tours visit various projects the ACE Foundation supports, including the Yachana Foundation in Ecuador, dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the Ecuadorian Amazon region.
An ACE visit to Ethiopia in 2002 resulted in the formation of Book Link - a charity dedicated to providing useful text books to schools in Ethiopia. The foundation has supported various Fauna & Flora International projects, such as Flower Valley in South Africa, and conservation capacity building in Cambodia and Romania.
Other projects which the Foundation has supported include the Cambridge Holiday Orchestra Association – Cambridge - England, Mathieson Music Trust – Calcutta - India, Feedback Madagascar - Madagascar and the Postwar Redevelopment Unit - York University - England.
Scholarship programmes offered by the ACE Foundation include those at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
, the annual Attingham Trust summer school and the Institute of Archaeology
, University College London.
The ACE Foundation began summer schools in archaeology in 1964. The 2010 British Archaeology Summer School was held in partnership with Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and directed by Sir Paul Mellars
, Professor of Pre-History and Human Evolution in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and ACE Foundation trustee.
, Lady Vaizey
, Roland Randall, Rupert Scott, Denis Moriarty, Colin Moses, Paul Brooke Barnes.
Philip Brooke Barnes
Philip Brooke Barnes was a pioneer of cultural travel who did much to foster understanding of different cultures amongst the more than 80,000 participants who signed up for his tours and the hundreds of scholars and projects he supported over five decades...
. Fields of study supported include history, architecture, archaeology, theory of education, theatre and literature, music, general history and natural history. ACE has been a pioneer in adult education, through its summer schools in Cambridge and Oxford, which began in 1958, and in life-long learning.
The ACE Foundation organised archaeological exchange programmes with Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War period. More recently the Foundation has supported aerial archaeological research in Eastern Europe, using airspace which was previously inaccessible due to political and security reasons.
A subsidiary business of the ACE Foundation is ACE Cultural Tours
ACE Cultural Tours
ACE Cultural Tours is an operator of educational and cultural travel tours. Specialising in small group tours with expert leaders such as Humphrey Burton, Andrew Wilson, Colin Bailey, Michael Nicholson & Julian Richards, the organisation provides tours in the UK, Europe and across the globe...
, which emerged as a result of Philip Barnes’s recognition of the importance of context to education and understanding. ACE cultural tours visit various projects the ACE Foundation supports, including the Yachana Foundation in Ecuador, dedicated to finding sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the Ecuadorian Amazon region.
An ACE visit to Ethiopia in 2002 resulted in the formation of Book Link - a charity dedicated to providing useful text books to schools in Ethiopia. The foundation has supported various Fauna & Flora International projects, such as Flower Valley in South Africa, and conservation capacity building in Cambodia and Romania.
Other projects which the Foundation has supported include the Cambridge Holiday Orchestra Association – Cambridge - England, Mathieson Music Trust – Calcutta - India, Feedback Madagascar - Madagascar and the Postwar Redevelopment Unit - York University - England.
Scholarship programmes offered by the ACE Foundation include those at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Corpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is notable as the only college founded by Cambridge townspeople: it was established in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary...
, the annual Attingham Trust summer school and the Institute of Archaeology
Institute of Archaeology
The UCL Institute of Archaeology is an academic department of the Social & Historical Sciences Faculty of University College London , England. It is one of the largest departments of archaeology in the world, with over 80 members of academic staff and 500 students...
, University College London.
The ACE Foundation began summer schools in archaeology in 1964. The 2010 British Archaeology Summer School was held in partnership with Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and directed by Sir Paul Mellars
Paul Mellars
Sir Paul Anthony Mellars FBA is Professor of Pre-History and Human Evolution in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge.- Academic career:...
, Professor of Pre-History and Human Evolution in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and ACE Foundation trustee.
Governance
The ACE Foundation is governed by a board of trustees: Margaret Braund, Stephen Briggs, Paul MellarsPaul Mellars
Sir Paul Anthony Mellars FBA is Professor of Pre-History and Human Evolution in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Cambridge.- Academic career:...
, Lady Vaizey
Marina Vaizey
Marina Alandra Vaizey, Lady Vaizey CBE is an art critic and author based in the United Kingdom.Marina Alandra Vaizey is a broadcaster, exhibition curator and journalist. She was educated at Harvard University and Girton College, Cambridge. She was formerly Art Critic for the Financial Times and...
, Roland Randall, Rupert Scott, Denis Moriarty, Colin Moses, Paul Brooke Barnes.
External links
- ACE Foundation http://www.acefoundation.org.uk
- ACE Study Tours http://www.acestudytours.co.uk