Seventeen students from Spatial Design worked on a new course developed by Tutor Matthew Higgins and PSQT for a final year project (9 months). This investigated interventions and designs that access quarry environments for learning, visitor interpretation and leisure. An induction given by PSQT included a background to Portland, covering its cultural, social, geological and ecological aspects. PSQT provided details on the facilitates that might be required for the interpretation of geology, exhibition spaces, archive storage and retrieval, in order to access PSQT's Living Land Archive and materials resulting from the MIST5 project. Introductions to local groups developed a working relationship on ideas and requirements for the after-use of quarry sites on Portland. In depth discussions and meetings were held with Weymouth Outdoor Education Centre, and led to a brief for a climbing wall incorporating geological and artistic interpretation alongside other facilities in the quarry. This would extend team-building activities for children to include earth science and creative activities.

Student projects were based around the Trust's intended use of the Drill Hall and Independent Quarry, that will create a focus for the arts, cultural heritage, ecology and earth sciences - providing a central resource for information that gives access different quarry environments.
As part of their research, students interviewed the community, quarry workers, visitors attending courses with PSQT, local school groups and students from universities who are researching and learning from the site, as well as contributing materials to the project. The students' work took the form of exciting and imaginative interventions in the quarry landscape using maquettes, models, photomontages and drawings that were exhibited at their final degree show at Chelsea School of Art London and at the Drill Hall on Portland.
Based on the success of the first pilot course, Tutor Matthew Higgins has designed a new final year BA course called 'Landscape and Memory' that builds on the cultural context and findings from the MIST 5 project.