Category Archives: IHBC NewsBlog

IHBC’s support for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) includes our online registration for anyone – or any organisation – seeking our free recognition service and listing for CPD providers.

Lancashire Live has highlighted how photos from urban explorer No Limits Urbex show the once-grand Regal Super Cinema in Bacup is now a shadow of its former self.

There’s lots happening in the IHBC just now, and in advance of more details on recent achievements and new plans in our forthcoming Membership eletter update, here are some tasters to keep you ticking over during the break:

The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, offers two Awards – one celebrating civic contributions of retired IHBC members, and one for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a free … Continue reading →

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this week … Continue reading →

IHBC member and Policy Committee vice chair John Preston has drawn attention to an unusual listing application success in Cambridge that has important ramifications for the wider local economy as well as the neighbourhood, accompanied by a timely reminder from … Continue reading →

A seasonal complement to the Dickens-fest around Christmas comes from a Reading Design reminder on design history that may be new to some, as it highlights Dickens’ feature on the Female School of Design as ‘an early intersection of design, … Continue reading →

Following the IHBC’s support for the highly successful Edinburgh launch of the Climate Heritage Network – the Institute has re-affirmed its commitment to the Network and its objectives, while noting also the newly-published Action Plan, the Madrid-to-Glasgow Arts, Culture and … Continue reading →

A PWC report indicates that Oxford and Reading remain top-performing cities for the fourth year in a row, but Bradford is the most improved, all of reflects issues to be explored in the institute’s Brighton School, on 18-20 June 2020, … Continue reading →

IHBC’s members and prospective members are asked to study, scrutinise and feed back on the IHBC’s evolving Corporate Plan for 2020-25 – called  CP25 – and let us know what we need to add, change or develop in the forward plans for … Continue reading →

Devon Live reports that while many of the features of the Stover Country Park – ‘one of Devon’s most accessible and popular heritage sites’ and part ‘of the original 80,000-acre estate acquired  in the 18th century by James Templer’ – … Continue reading →

The Malvern Gazette has reported on how historic features of Brierley Hill high street could be restored if Dudley Council bosses are successful in their quest for funding.

Following the IHBC’s Policy Committee scrutiny of the commitments by members of Heritage Declares – the non-affiliated group urging the sector to react more quickly and effectively to the climate and ecological emergency – our Board has unanimously agreed to … Continue reading →

Convener Joan McAlpine led a parliamentary debate on behalf of the Culture, Tourism, Europe and External Affairs Committee on its report, The Glasgow School of Art Mackintosh Building: The loss of a national treasure, an tragic fire that also was … Continue reading →

An interactive map of small music venues indicates an alarming rate of loss of venues in recent years, an issue that may form a thread in the ‘Experience’ theme of the institute’s Brighton School, on 18-20 June 2020 – when … Continue reading →

IHBC’s support for Continuing Professional Development (CPD) includes our online registration for anyone – or any organisation – seeking our free recognition service and listing for CPD providers.

The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services working to the IHBC’s standards – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s top pick this week … Continue reading →

The Dudley News has reported on how more than 660 people have signed a petition amid fears green belt off Clent View Road in Stourbridge could be given over for a new housing development.

Designing Buildings Wikipedia (DBW) – host platform for IHBC’s Conservation Wiki – has featured a post on ‘Thermal mass’, from BRE, but it is not clear how might this be an issue for historic buildings. image: DBW

The IHBC’s Marsh Awards, developed in partnership with the Marsh Christian Trust, offers two Awards – one celebrating civic contributions of retired IHBC members, and one for successful learning in heritage skills – with prizes that include £500 and a … Continue reading →

A free Historic England (HE) webinar on ‘Acting in a flooding emergency’ will take place on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 from 1pm. image: for illustration purposes only by Joanna Theobald

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award will close on 31 July 2020, so if you have relevant coursework from history and theory to practice or enhancement, for ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2019 OR … Continue reading →

Stockport council wants to strip museum status from Chadkirk Chapel, reports The Manchester Evening News, but a heritage group has told town hall bosses it is ‘wholly opposed’ to plans that would see a 16th century chapel no longer operate … Continue reading →

The latest issue of the IHBC’s membership journal Context is now out, themed around exploring and learning from the ‘New Towns’ movement across and beyond the UK as it takes a ‘birds-eye’ view of the conservation contexts and challenges in … Continue reading →

To help heritage and conservation careers and employers across the UK, the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers about the diverse career opportunities posted on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc’ service, with recent offerings extending from heritage consultant roles in Scotland and … Continue reading →