The IHBC and the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) have launched the 2026 joint Heritage Research Award to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, for research from 2024 & closing 20 August.
Continue readingThe third symposium hosted by The Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) in memory of Mark Girouard looks at women’s contributions to architectural history in Britain and Ireland, with sponsors that include the IHBC, will take place on 14 November 2026.
Continue readingIf you are an IHBC Full Member you can help evaluate the next generation of professionals, maintain our high standards, and earn valuable CPD along the way, by joining us as an IHBC Membership Assessor.
Please submit your Expression of Interest NOW HERE
Andrew Shepherd, Trustee and Chair of IHBC’s Membership and Ethics Committee said: ‘It is vital that established members come forward to join the Assessors panel so that their skills and experience can help to assess the burgeoning numbers seeking Full and Associate membership’.
Continue readingThe Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) has commissioned Icon to undertake the first ever UK-wide survey of the heritage and conservation science workforce and we need your help to make it count, open to 31/08.
Continue readingThe IHBC has launched its call to register ‘Interest’ in our new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’, for service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning & training programmes & courses, with resources allocated, advocacy a priority, and plans to be shaped by Network members.
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image: Worcester Cathedral interior by Steve McLeish for IHBC Annual School 2016
This IHBC and our West Midlands Branch will join the next West Midlands Heritage Trust (WMHT) Careers Fair, which will come to Worcester Cathedral on 21 October 2026.
Continue readingHistoric Environment Scotland is reporting on its ‘Monitoring and reporting’ strategy, considered ‘essential for the success of Scotland’s Historic Environment sector-wide strategy.
Continue readingUK Construction Week (UKCW)is updating its 2022 industry-wide survey to better understand the UK’s construction skills landscape, and IHBC’s Conservation Professionals and networks can contribute their knowledge to shape that agenda, and (with personal details) you may win a £50 Amazon voucher!
In 2022, UK Construction Week conducted an industry-wide survey to better understand the UK’s construction skills landscape. At the time, 26% of respondents felt that better careers advice in schools and colleges was the key to tackling the industry’s skills gap.
Now, we’re revisiting the survey to see how views have changed and whether the industry needs a reset.
We’d really appreciate just a few minutes of your time to contribute to this important piece of industry research.
With so much infrastructure, regeneration and development activity taking place across the Midlands and North, UKCW Birmingham has an important role to play as a national platform for the built environment to connect and turn insights into action.
Complete the survey for your chance to win a £50 Amazon voucher.
We’d really appreciate you taking the time to complete the UKCW survey and helping to shape both the industry’s and the show’s futures.
See more on the IHBC’s Competences
image for illustration: Union Corner, Glasgow (2024) Crowsus, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Network Rail has bought a miniature replica of Glasgow’s Union Street corner, preserving a piece of the city’s history and bringing it to life for visitors on the popular Glasgow Central Tours, reports Network Rail.
Continue readingThis is a unique annual fellowship scheme from the SPAB designed to broaden the skills and experience of craftspeople who work with old buildings, and is open to 7 September.
Continue readingNina Young, Founder & CEO, Surveyors UK suggests the UK surveying profession has a numbers problem that we are not talking about enough.
Continue readingHistoric England’s (HE) Hana Morel, Head of Climate Change, explains how heritage is part of delivering solutions to climate change.
Continue readingVancouver’s former Anglo-Canadian Warehouse building is being reimagined to align with the site’s original vision, with ‘adaptive reuse’ to include the addition of four more storeys, reports The Globe and Mail.
Continue readingIf you are an IHBC Full Member you can help evaluate the next generation of professionals, maintain our high standards, and earn valuable CPD along the way, by joining us as an IHBC Membership Assessor.
Please submit your Expression of Interest NOW HERE
Andrew Shepherd, Trustee and Chair of IHBC’s Membership and Ethics Committee said: ‘It is vital that established members come forward to join the Assessors panel so that their skills and experience can help to assess the burgeoning numbers seeking Full and Associate membership’.
Continue reading
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The IHBC is delighted to host a stall at the Heritage Network Conference 2026, on 28 September, with Northern Ireland (NI) Branch and National Office leads attending, so if you are there be sure drop by, and remember to encourage your colleagues and friends to come along too!
Continue readingThe IHBC and the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) have launched the 2026 joint Heritage Research Award to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, for research from 2024 & closing 20 August.
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The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award close on 31 August 2026, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 30 September 2025 OR 30 September 2026 – just submit it online and on time to have a chance to receive a cash prize at the IHBC’s Annual School in Bristol/Bath in June 2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’.
Continue readingimage: Worcester Cathedral interior by Steve McLeish for IHBC Annual School 2016
This IHBC and our West Midlands Branch will join the next West Midlands Heritage Trust (WMHT) Careers Fair, which will come to Worcester Cathedral on 21 October 2026.
Continue readingCARE – The Conservation Accreditation Register of Engineers (CARE) – in partnership with ICE and IStructE has updated (Rev. Nov. 2025, issued 2026) its guidance for engineers assessing heritage assets that are proposed to be demolished or partially demolished.
Continue readingUK Construction Week (UKCW)is updating its 2022 industry-wide survey to better understand the UK’s construction skills landscape, and IHBC’s Conservation Professionals and networks can contribute their knowledge to shape that agenda, and (with personal details) you may win a £50 Amazon voucher!
In 2022, UK Construction Week conducted an industry-wide survey to better understand the UK’s construction skills landscape. At the time, 26% of respondents felt that better careers advice in schools and colleges was the key to tackling the industry’s skills gap.
Now, we’re revisiting the survey to see how views have changed and whether the industry needs a reset.
We’d really appreciate just a few minutes of your time to contribute to this important piece of industry research.
With so much infrastructure, regeneration and development activity taking place across the Midlands and North, UKCW Birmingham has an important role to play as a national platform for the built environment to connect and turn insights into action.
Complete the survey for your chance to win a £50 Amazon voucher.
We’d really appreciate you taking the time to complete the UKCW survey and helping to shape both the industry’s and the show’s futures.
See more on the IHBC’s Competences
image for illustration: Road bridge over dismantled railway by Philip Jeffrey, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Campaigners have taken a first step towards securing the future of a historic Hertfordshire railway bridge, with hundreds signing a petition against an infilling scheme proposed by National Highways, reports Railway Ramblers.
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A Victorian signal box in Surrey is reopening to visitors after being transformed into a heritage attraction, reports BBC News.
Continue readingThe Scottish Government has issued new guidance to ensure safe conversions of traditional buildings.
Continue readingChildren in every part of the country is to get access to enriching activities to beat isolation online and build connections in the real world, the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government reported.
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The Normandy D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944, have become a UNESCO protected world heritage site, reports Reuters.
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