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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.

The IHBC is delighted to thank all contributors, participants, sponsors, network partners, exhibitors and, especially, our RTPI 2026 School Friends, all of whom have helped make our Annual School in Newcastle, such a success, as we look ahead to June 2027 in Bristol, interrogating ‘Climate Change and Significance’.

All registered delegates will be emailed a link to download the IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School recordings

But you can still sign up for IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School recordings

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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.

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’.

Dr. Scott McGibbon IHBC, at Pvotal Consultancy, seeks help to develop flexible Silica dust CPD courses for professionals etc, and has launched a 5-minute survey to scope interest in tackling ‘One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’.

Historic England has issued guidance on ‘good emergency planning practices’ to ‘help with preparing for, responding to and recovering from incidents at heritage sites’.

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features a Building Design (BD) review of the ‘Royal Festival Hall: A Living Icon’.

More than four million homes were built in the UK during the Victorian era and yet, these homes are cooler in summer than many built more recently, explains ‘The Conversation’…

When the worst decisions are often made it is not because nothing should be done, but because speed starts to be confused with seriousness, reports Placemaking Europe, a non-profit organisation that supports practitioners working with communities to shape better cities.

The IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle Day School featured a wide range of exhibitors, adding even more CPD learning, engagement and networking opportunities for in-person delegates -see more HERE and below – as we make plans for June 2027 on ‘Climate Change and Significance’ in Bristol and Bath.

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has released new research to help ‘identify inaccuracies in EPCs and propose improvements.

The 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.

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’.

IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advance the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’ exploring Local Authority (LA) conservation roles and services, and now spotlighting a new film that could change conservation, on ‘pre-Pre App’ conversations.

Do you have professional or academic experience in flooding, flood risk management, and the built environment? Would you like to contribute to research on flood resilience in England?

The 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.

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s top taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call from a Trust for a feasibility study into a property in a World Heritage Site (WHS), to 24/07 and £60K.

Charity receives grant to progress plans for a sustainable future for Carlisle’s Victorian and Turkish Baths, reports Northwest Bylines.