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- IHBC’s FINAL 2026 School pre-conference webinar, on ‘skills… for Adaptive Reuse’, our planning take with RTPI, 2026 School Friend, as RTPI members get IHBC rates for Virtual School 02/06/2026
- EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 02/06/2026
- PASS ON THE WORD: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06 02/06/2026
- IHBC welcomes HE’s Heritage at Risk Capital Fund : EoIs to 7 June 02/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer 02/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: ‘What does the future of Planning look like? Engaging the next generation and beyond’, via RTPI & CIC 02/06/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: PBC Today on ‘views on the state of ethical governance of AI’ 02/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (construction) doorstep’: King’s Speech sets out several key bills that will shape the construction sector 02/06/2026
- AHF: Heritage Revival Fund relaunches to rescue and repurpose more historic buildings across England 02/06/2026
- THA & University of Oxford explore ‘what makes partnerships across heritage sector and academia work’: Survey closing extended to 12 June 02/06/2026
- MPs endorse next Chair of Office for Environmental Protection but insist relations with farmers and environmentalists must improve 02/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Nature and the City – how Vacaresti Urban Park supports biodiversity in Bucharest 02/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer 30/05/2026
- IHBC welcomes HE’s Heritage at Risk Capital Fund: EoIs to 7 June 30/05/2026
- PASS ON THE WORD: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06 30/05/2026
- EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 30/05/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: New Future_Scapes platform launched to help places respond to climate change and complex challenges 30/05/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2M+ costed works this week: Buildings Trust seeks heritage exhibition leads, to 22/06 & 180K 30/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (quarry) doorstep’: Former brick shale quarry in Lancashire to be turned into wildlife sanctuary 30/05/2026
- Victorian Society’s ‘Top Ten Endangered Buildings 2026’ now out 30/05/2026
- Heritage Sector Resilience & Collaboration 2025-26: Call for case studies and survey responses to 19 June 30/05/2026
- Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) User Needs Survey – Year 2: Open to 31 May 30/05/2026
- THA & University of Oxford explore ‘what makes partnerships across heritage sector and academia work’: Survey closing extended to 12 June 30/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘Huge loss’… University student works to preserve national database on historic sites set to be unplugged 30/05/2026
- IHBC@Surveyor Live 26: At a ‘community event created by surveyors, for surveyors’ IHBC’s staff, volunteers & consultants advise and more, winning endorsements too (Thanks Richard Oxley!) 26/05/2026
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New Report by CIC: Task & Finish Group update on Apprenticeship Assessment Reform
The ‘Impact of Assessment Reform on Built Environment Technical & Professional Apprenticeships’ report warns that apprenticeship assessment reform in England must not weaken competence, professional recognition or employer confidence in technical and professional apprenticeships across the sector.
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Tagged built environment, construction, industry, professional, skills, technical
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New Government ‘national vision for archives in England’
The National Archives reports on the government’s new national vision for archives in England ‘Archives at the Heart of Society’.
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Tagged archives, collections, government
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Final recommendations for the memorial to Queen Elizabeth
The Queen Elizabeth Memorial Committee has announced its final recommendations for a permanent national memorial to Queen Elizabeth II, to coincide with the centenary of her birth.
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Tagged govenment, London, memorial, sculpture
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Renovations to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater now complete
image for illustration: Fallingwater, Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons After three years of careful work, the World Heritage Preserved project at Fallingwater is now complete, reports the World Heritage Preserved Blog.
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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors, as interdisciplinary Conservation Professionals & heritage employers see public & personal benefits
To connect employers’ needs with practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates our NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts and tell your boss or team how our low-cost service … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Historic England’s Strategic Plan 2026-31: On ‘growth, place and sector’
The IHBC has welcomed the launch of Historic England’s ‘Strategic Plan 2026-2031’, which ‘sets out how Historic England will deliver against our three new priorities of growth,?place?and sector.
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IHBC’s 2026 School FREE pre-conference webinars: Accessible learning for all (& excellent CPD too!) 22/05 (Old Buildings, New Rules…), 29/05 (… intervention in international contexts), 05/06 (… skills… for Adaptive Reuse, a planning take with the RTPI, 2026 School Friend)
As the IHBC’s looks ahead to our 2026 Annual School in Newcastle in June, we are delighted to announce a series of free webinars, all led by expert speakers and linked to the School’s theme, ‘Adaptive Reuse’, an excellent opportunity … Continue reading
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IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know!
The IHBC has recently secured permission to seek a Charter while delivery of our 5 Parliamentary Commitments is under way and Branch Consultants are in place, and much more too, so we’re now calling for volunteers to help, and grow … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: The Engine Shed on Scotland’s ‘Traditional Materials Framework – Supporting Sustainable Supply and Best Practice Use’
The Traditional Materials Framework (TMF) sets out a clear delivery framework to guide work on sustainable supply and best practice use of traditional building materials in Scotland.
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Tagged building materials, Scotland, skills, sustainability, traditional materials
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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £350K+ costed works this week: BPT seeks consultant for community project, to £50K
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 tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call by a Building Preservation … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hidden stories of Belfast’s heritage in shipbuilding
The tragic story of the Titanic has captured the public’s imagination since it struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage in 1912 as, more than a century later, many designs and drawings are made available to the public for the … Continue reading
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Northern Ireland’s Heritage Delivers – an alliance of heritage organisations -on ‘Prosperity Progress Personality -Treasure the Past Enrich the Future’
An alliance of Northern Ireland’s heritage organisations, Heritage Delivers believes that ‘protecting and investing in our heritage is essential to creating a better future… Our heritage supports our prosperity, strengthens our society, and shapes our character.’
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Tagged culture, economy, heritage, investment, Northern Ireland, regeneration, tourism
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New partnership between Durham University and Historic England to focus on heritage challenges
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raby_Estate_Farms_-_geograph.org.uk_-_341583.jpgimage for illustration: Raby Estate, Hugh Mortimer via Wikimedia Commons Durham University has signed a new partnership with Historic England to advance research and public engagement on North East England’s natural and cultural heritage
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Tagged archaeology, heritage, HIstoric England, partnerships, science, skills, technology
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How RIBA is making built environment regulation work for all
The RIBA has set out its approach to ensure a competent built environment profession’ in ‘Repeal, Reserve, Regulate: Our campaign for a competence-led approach to regulating the built environment for the public good’.
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UK Parliamentary Committee on Tourism Call calls for Evidence – by 18 May
image for illustration: Arlington Row, Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The UK Parliamentary Committee on Tourism reports that a new inquiry, which will cover both domestic and international tourism, will explore how the UK promotes itself overseas, … Continue reading
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SAVE successfully challenges ‘irrational’ decision to approve Whitechapel office tower
Tower Hamlets Council must reconsider controversial plans after High Court ruling issued this week, reports SAVE.
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Tagged campaign, judicial review, London, planning, SAVE
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ICOMOS etc. ‘Call for Applications’: … World Heritage Management Plans… online site manager consultation on needs etc – to 5/06 for 10/06
ICOMOS, ICCROM and IUCN are inviting World Heritage site managers and heritage professionals to participate in an international consultation, to be held on 10 June 2026, focused on the development and revision of management plans for World Heritage sites.
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Tagged environment, global, heritage, ICOMOS, management, world heritage
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Spotlighting IHBC’s latest Council, on local government conservation: IHBC trustee Serena Cardozo (& her manager) highlight Public Practice’s potential to help local services
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, but was very busy, so this NewsBlog post spotlights a paper easily missed in this part of our ‘exploration of conservation services’ – in advance of a light-touch survey – all part of … Continue reading
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IHBC salutes STBA (& a few IHBC members too!) at Futurebuild 2026: 14 May, with free tickets too!
The IHBC is delighted to highlight STBA’s appearance at Futurebuild 2026 on Thursday 14 May, with Board members, Panel of Experts and sector colleagues in sessions on assessment, moisture management, performance measurement, place-based retrofit, and regenerative futures.
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Top marks for IHBC’s latest Council as LA Conservation service talks, papers & film get 10/10 from nearly 20% of 120+ delegates, shaping the survey for our new parliamentary push
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advance the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’, and ‘Investigate the complex challenges in heritage management processes and skills…’– here focussed on helping Local Authority … Continue reading
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IHBC & RTPI are 2026 Newcastle School ‘Friends’, sharing learning, CPD, support & more on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, as IHBC offers RTPI members IHBC-rates to our Virtual Day School on 19/06
IHBC’s 2026 Day School, broadcasting from Newcastle on 19 June, boasts The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as our School ‘Friend’, offering reduced Virtual School rates to RTPI members as delegates while delegates will hear from former RTPI President Timothy … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ CPD Signpost (and competition): Antigravity launches Project Eternal & challenge (to 24/06)
With Cyark, Antigravity, a drone specialist ‘created with a single mission: to make flight feel less like work and more like wonder’ and partners have created Project Eternal… ‘transforming 360 imaging into enduring 3D archives’, with a challenge too.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BBC on ‘Calls for public inquiry after derelict school fire’: GII Newell House, Sherborne
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 the BBC on ‘Calls for public inquiry after derelict school … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (island) doorstep’: Lady Grange’s House repaired on St Kilda
image for illustration: Hirta, St Kilda, Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The National Trust for Scotland has successfully repaired one of the most significant structures on St Kilda, following a major collapse in 2022.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (skip-)step’: Why a Luton entrepreneur has received the King’s Award for Enterprise while standing in a skip
A Luton entrepreneur who started his business from doors found in a skip has received the King’s Award, reports Luton Today.
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