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- IHBC welcomes Government response to DCMS Committee inquiry into ‘Protecting built heritage…’: … supportive statements but little detail… 27/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 27/10/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 27/10/2026
- IHBC welcomes RICHeS Access Fund second call: ‘access… cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, to £20K, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 27/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Scotland’s ‘Our Past, Our Future’ (OPOF) Midpoint Report 2026 27/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: The professional ethics of AI in surveying, from the RICS 27/10/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC on Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – 10-12 June 2027 – as website opens! 27/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Eryri hydropower approval withdrawn following legal challenge 27/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Shapinsay has won a national public vote to transform the land around its historic Gas House into a community garden. 27/10/2026
- LGA: National cultural framework to reset how culture is delivered 27/10/2026
- Heritage Debate 2026 asks ‘How can Heritage stay relevant today?’, 18/11, online & free 27/10/2026
- New Commissioners Appointed to Historic England 27/10/2026
- Heritage Fund: Reopening Dewsbury Arcade as the UK’s first community-run shopping centre… ‘home to 16 affordable small shops… studios &… event space’ 27/10/2026
- Chief Construction and Scientific Adviser appointed to improve building safety 27/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: The Charles Rennie Mackintosh Society, on a Vape Shop next to Mackintosh Tearooms 27/10/2026
- Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance 23/10/2026
- IHBC looks forward, from our last Council: Public Practice Associate Programme open to 16/11, as Trustee Serena Cardozo highlights potential 23/10/2026
- IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026 23/10/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 23/10/2026
- CLOSING SOON: IHBC’s first joint National-Branch CPD Partnership event – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘Enforcement…’, 27/10: In person in London, and Online (from £15-£50) 23/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Design Economy – Evidencing the value of the UK’s design sector across nations and regions. 23/10/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: York Minster’s New Centre of Excellence for Heritage Craft Skills and Estate Management 23/10/2026
- IHBC Director’s ‘double-up’ taster from HESPR’s £969K works: Council seeks structural engineer for church (@£15K) & heritage trust calls for learning specialist on Schools resource (@£3.8K) 23/10/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: An 180-year old church has disappeared overnight, and people are angry 23/10/2026
- National Heritage Memorial Fund seeks Memorial Fund Panel Members, to 5 November 23/10/2026
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IHBC welcomes Government response to DCMS Committee inquiry into ‘Protecting built heritage…’: … supportive statements but little detail…
IHBC Chair David McDonald OBE has welcomed the Government response to the recent Parliamentary Committee’s inquiry into protecting built heritage but, on behalf of the IHBC, raised concerns about the lack of ‘detailed proposals for change’.
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Tagged built heritage, DCMS, Government UK, NPPF
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IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026
The IHBC has opened nominations for the next IHBC-MARSH Awards, under its new schedule, from 30 September to 15 December for 2026, offering awards that celebrate ‘Learning in Heritage Skills’ and ‘Community Contributions by Retired members’.
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Tagged education, heritage, IHBC Marsh Awards, learning, retired, skills
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Bursaries now open for IHBC Annual School 2027: Accessible, certified CPD on Climate Change & Significance
Applications are now open for Bursaries for the IHBC Annual School 2027, hosted in Bristol & Bath from 10 to 12 June, exploring the theme ‘Climate Change & Significance’, as we bring together conservation professionals from across the UK and … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes RICHeS Access Fund second call: ‘access… cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, to £20K, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc.
Now open: ‘RICHeS Access Fund Second Call’, with Applicant Webinar, 21 October & further information and next steps (guidance being refreshed).
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Tagged equipment, heritage science, RICHeS
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Scotland’s ‘Our Past, Our Future’ (OPOF) Midpoint Report 2026
Our Past, Our Future is Scotland’s strategy for the historic environment 2023-2028 with an accompanying infographic providing a visual summary of achievements outcomes and future priorities
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Tagged cpd, environment, HES, research, Scotland
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: IHBC on Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – 10-12 June 2027 – as website opens!
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 IHBC’s own ‘Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – 10-12 … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, expertise, heritage, professional, skills
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Eryri hydropower approval withdrawn following legal challenge
Eryri National Park Authority in Wales has agreed to withdraw planning approval for a proposed hydropower scheme near Llan Ffestiniog following a legal challenge by Cymdeithas Eryri (Snowdonia Society).
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Shapinsay has won a national public vote to transform the land around its historic Gas House into a community garden.
image: Shirley Grant, Shapinsay Gas House, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Shapinsay has won a national public vote to transform the land around its historic Gas House into a community garden, reports The Orkney News.
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Tagged community, conservation, heritage, Scotland
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IHBC looks forward, from our last Council: Public Practice Associate Programme open to 16/11, as Trustee Serena Cardozo highlights potential
Public Practice is recruiting talented, motivated and experienced planners from England and Wales to join place-shaping work in the public sector, while an IHBC trustee’s recent focus on the programme at our last members-only Council, and open to 10AM, 16/11.
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CLOSING SOON: IHBC’s first joint National-Branch CPD Partnership event – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘Enforcement…’, 27/10: In person in London, and Online (from £15-£50)
The IHBC’s first joint Branch event is a National-Branch CPD Partnership event organised by IHBC London Branch, IHBC South East and IHBC South Branch, supported by London Branch Consultant Claire Hegarty, exploring Enforcement and taking place on 27 October in … Continue reading
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IHBC Director’s ‘double-up’ taster from HESPR’s £969K works: Council seeks structural engineer for church (@£15K) & heritage trust calls for learning specialist on Schools resource (@£3.8K)
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 double-up taster this week a Council call for a Conservation Structural Engineer for … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: What the Bayeux tapestry reveals about medieval buildings on both sides of the Channel
image: Bayeux Tapestry Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons For the architectural historian, it is the 33 buildings represented on the Bayeux embroidery that catch the eye, argues The Conversation.
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CLOSING SOON: IHBC’s first joint National-Branch CPD Partnership event – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘Enforcement…’, 27/10: In person in London, and Online (from £15-£50)
The IHBC’s first joint Branch event is a National-Branch CPD Partnership event organised by IHBC London Branch, IHBC South East and IHBC South Branch, supported by London Branch Consultant Claire Hegarty, exploring Enforcement and taking place on 27 October in … Continue reading
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Tagged Branch, cpd, enforcement, London, training
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Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Climate Change & Significance’, June 10-12 2027: IHBC’s Annual School, with online options, free pre-conference webinars & more…
The IHBC is delighted to announce the launch of its new Annual School website, featuring exciting updates on our 2027 School, across Bristol & Bath from 10–12 June, exploring ‘Climate Change & Significance’, with conservation professionals from across the UK … Continue reading
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IHBC Marsh Awards NOW OPEN: Nominate your ‘Successful learner’ (in Heritage Skills) or ‘Retired member’ (Community Contributions), to close 15 December 2026
The IHBC has opened nominations for the next IHBC-MARSH Awards, under its new schedule, from 30 September to 15 December for 2026, offering awards that celebrate ‘Learning in Heritage Skills’ and ‘Community Contributions by Retired members’.
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Tagged awards, heritage
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LAST CHANCE: IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral
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.
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CLOSING SOON: IHBC consults on ‘Corporate Plan 2026-30’ (‘CP30’): Feedback sought by 30 October
David McDonald OBE, IHBC Chair, and IHBC President Rebecca Thompson, have written to members and prospective members asking for input to the consultation around our next Corporate Plan, for 2026-30, (‘CP30’), with responses sought by 30 October 2026. See the … Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: WAF features as ‘Chapel wins Architects’ Journal Retrofit Award’
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 World Architecture Festival (WAFG) features ‘Le Corbusier and the stones of … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: New Brunswick bishop seeks ways to save historic cathedral from demolition
image: CLallaby, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The bishop of Bathurst, New Brunswick, says he hopes to have discussions with the city’s mayor about how to save the city’s historic Sacred Heart Cathedral, currently slated for demolition next spring, … Continue reading
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Save the Date for #IHBCBristolBath2027 – Accessible, Certified CPD on ‘Climate Change & Significance’, June 10-12 2027: IHBC’s Annual School, with online options, free pre-conference webinars & more…
The IHBC is delighted to announce the launch of its new Annual School website, featuring exciting updates on our 2027 School, across Bristol & Bath from 10–12 June, exploring ‘Climate Change & Significance’, with conservation professionals from across the UK … Continue reading
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Tagged annual school, climate change, cpd, IHBCBristolandBath2027, South West
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CLOSING SOON: IHBC’s first joint National-Branch CPD Partnership event – Bob Kindred MBE on ‘Enforcement…’, 27/10: In person in London, and Online (from £15-£50)
The IHBC’s first joint Branch event is a National-Branch CPD Partnership event organised by IHBC London Branch, IHBC South East and IHBC South Branch, supported by London Branch Consultant Claire Hegarty, exploring Enforcement and taking place on 27 October in … Continue reading
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CLOSING SOON: IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral
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.
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IHBC’s ‘History’ CPD Signpost: The Public Architect – A Five-Part Podcast Series now out from the SAHGB
A mini-series of the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) podcasts is available, funded by the RIBA and hosted by Jess Kelly and Claire Jamieson.
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IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: Government clears path for London’s City Plan 2040 as inspectors back City over HE approach to tall buildings
The City of London Corporation has welcomed a major decision for City Plan 2040 after the independent Planning Inspectorate concluded that its approach to managing tall buildings around the Tower of London World Heritage Site, strikes a better balance between … Continue reading
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