Daily Archives: 23/12/2013

IHBC’s Christmas gift to future conservation professionals: more clarity!

Posted on 23/12/2013 by IHBC NewsBlog

More help will soon be on offer to applicants seeking to become accredited as Full Members of The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), as the institute will soon introduce an intermediate membership stage to add more clarity to the … Continue reading →

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IHBC caveats DCMS consultation on new rules for LBs

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The IHBC has highlighted the central role of increasingly rare conservation skills and capacity in local authorities if proposals intended to streamline the regulatory burden for owners of listed buildings (LBs), now out for public consultation by the Department for … Continue reading →

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IHBC promotes widest input into EH’s Research Frameworks review

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The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC), the UK’s professional body for built and historic environment conservation specialists, is encouraging anyone interested in England’s heritage and history to contribute to the current review by English Heritage (EH) of their Research … Continue reading →

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RTPI’s Council planning team award

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For the first time the annual Royal Town Planning Institute Awards for Planning Excellence will include a category honouring the best local authority planning team, with a deadline for entries of 4.30pm on 31 January 2014. The RTPI writes: 30 … Continue reading →

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SAVE Britain’s Heritage wins HLF support

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SAVE Britain’s Heritage has received £10,000 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Catalyst Small Grants programme to develop a corporate fundraising strategy. SAVE writes: This will enable SAVE to reach out to key decision makers and companies who are interested … Continue reading →

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Conservation scholarships & funded PhDs

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Scholarships and funded doctorates are available in small a number of conservation related areas, in Scotland and Europe, with closing dates in the new year, while anyone interested in such opportunities is encouraged to keep up to date through the … Continue reading →

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ARB chief to leave

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The Chief Executive of the Architects Registration Board (ARB), Alison Carr, is to join Institution of Engineering and Technology. ARB writes: After seven years as Registrar and Chief Executive of the Architects Registration Board (ARB), Alison Carr is leaving in … Continue reading →

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New Crystal Palace: competition launched

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Plans to rebuild the Crystal Palace in south east London as a ‘major new cultural destination for the capital’ have taken a step further with the opening of a 3-stage competition to identify architectural teams to design the new building. … Continue reading →

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Half of councils with green belt land preparing to develop it, says NT

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Half of England’s councils that have green belt land are preparing to allocate some of it for development, according to new research by the National Trust (NT). Search Planning Resource: LINK

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Digital tech in the heritage sector: good content, poor revenue

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A report into new digital technology in the heritage sector, ‘Digital Culture: How arts and cultural organisations in England use technology’, finds that heritage is good at creating content but not at raising revenue. The Heritage Alliance writes of the … Continue reading →

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OWHC, NW Europe: position paper on World Heritage status

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The Organization of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) has published a new paper entitled ‘Safeguarding and Further Developing World Heritage Cities, Position Paper’ to give a ‘clear picture of what the World Heritage Status as a cross-cutting topic means for the … Continue reading →

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