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- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors as interdisciplinary conservation practice standards deliver public benefit 19/12/2025
- Lodge your IHBC proxy vote (accredited members only) ASAP & book your online place (members only) for IHBC’s 2026 AGM, 7 January 2026, featuring HE’s co-CEO, from 5.30pm, with 6.00pm AGM 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s new Context, No185, ‘lifts the lid on roofing’, from craft to carbon, with essential, accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals & colleagues 19/12/2025
- IHBC’s Research Signpost from HE & EH: ‘Pathways Into Heritage Construction: A Strategic View/Models and Case Studies’ 19/12/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £101K+ of weekly works: Trust seeks fire engineer for GII* project to 15/01 19/12/2025
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- UK Government urged to step up maintenance to safeguard ageing infrastructure: Royal Academy of Engineering 19/12/2025
- Landmark Planning and Infrastructure Bill becomes law 19/12/2025
- England’s NPPF update: New consultation on proposed reforms and other changes to the planning system, to 10/03 19/12/2025
- AHRC PhD studentships on ‘barriers to creating healthier places’ 19/12/2025
- £2.9m heritage investment for Waterfront regeneration 19/12/2025
- Trowel and Error: A Public User Needs Survey for Archaeology 19/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Costa Carras European Citizens Awards for the Safeguard of Endangered Heritage 2026, entries open to 16/01/2026 19/12/2025
- IHBC welcome SAHGB’s new Colvin Special Award 2025, celebrating editors of The Pevsner Architectural Guides 16/12/2025
- IHBC issues formal notice for 2026 AGM, online on 7 January 2026, from 5.30pm (with special presentation!) for 6pm start 16/12/2025
- IHBC updates on ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’: Check out our web hub, with video & feedback, and help reduce damage to both health and heritage 16/12/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 16/12/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: How to get started in sharing knowledge and expertise on Designing Buildings 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hotspur Press will rise from the ashes as developers issue promise for fire-ravaged mill 16/12/2025
- Videogame to help protect Nottingham Cathedral and other heritage buildings: ‘Pugin’s Revival’ despite ‘structural ‘monsters’’ 16/12/2025
- UK Heritage Pulse Spotlight: Operational use of Artificial Intelligence 16/12/2025
- Public appointment: Members appointed to Historic Environment Scotland 16/12/2025
- HHBT to continue its work in the Highlands as part of SHBT 16/12/2025
- RIBA responds to Environmental Audit Committee report on sustainable housing growth 16/12/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’– WMF & EH receive grant for next phase of Coastal Connections Programme 16/12/2025
Daily Archives: 03/07/2015
£1Million est. of salaries on IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc’, (nearly)!
The IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc’ page has had another exceptional week, as it is currently advertising a range of jobs offering total salaries of some £987,673 – including £180,000 estimated for 6 posts – across 31 full and part-time jobs, and … Continue reading
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IHBC launches ‘Toolbox’, stage 2: The Home Page, but ‘Beta’
The IHBC has just launched the next stage in the evolution of its practitioner support ‘toolbox’, an integrated online resource for built and historic environment conservation practice that, with the new Beta (developing) Home Page, now offers easy-to-follow links – … Continue reading
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Join the IHBC’s online ‘jobs fest’: email alerts on ‘Jobs etc’ for all
The IHBC is extending its capacity to reach out to prospective members and heritage specialists with a new opportunity for non-members to add their names to our email alerts linked to our ‘Jobs etc’ service. IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly said: … Continue reading
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IHBC tweet: Now 5000+ followers on Twitter
Following busy times for the IHBC’s social media network at the Annual School in Norwich, the institute’s Twitter following has now reached over 5000; 5007 to be exact at the time writing! IHBC’s Social Media consultant Alison McCandlish said: ‘Whilst … Continue reading
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UNESCO 39th WHS session: Bonn Declaration, Liverpool WHS condition and designation of Forth Bridge
The 39th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee meets in Bonn from 28 June to 8 July, opening with a video message about the threats to world heritage from terror attacks while also considering the designation of new sites … Continue reading
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Update on construction wages: £40K for construction professionals
Research funded by CITB shows that construction professionals are earning almost double the average national salary. CITB writes: Construction professionals are earning nearly double the national average salary, new research has revealed. They are currently taking home £40,782, surpassing the … Continue reading
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UK’s only Getty Award: the NTS Hill House
The Los Angeles based Getty Foundation has announced $1.75 million of grants under the ‘keep it modern’ programme, including one project based in the UK, Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House in Helensburgh, while members at last year’s IHBC Annual School … Continue reading
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Taking part in heritage: DCMS data for England released
The latest figures for heritage participation have been released by the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and cover the period of April 2014 to March 2015, noting that ‘74.4 per cent of adults had engaged with heritage in … Continue reading
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World’s largest potash mine approved for NYM National Park
The world’s largest potash mine has been given planning permission by the North York Moors (NYM) National Park (NP) Authority. The North York Moors National Park Authority (NYMNPA) writes: Plans for the world’s largest potash mine were today approved by … Continue reading
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ICOMOS: Bridging natural and built cultural heritage
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) has released a new publication which explores the latest research around inter-disciplinary practice on the cultural value of built and natural heritage, and their latest annual report. The lnternational Council on Monuments … Continue reading
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Design Council BEEs: ‘Built Environment Expert’ recruitment by 31/07
Design Council Cabe is looking to recruit a diverse range of people from architecture and built environment backgrounds, academics and specialists in public health and community engagement to join its Built Environment Experts (BEE) network, with applications due by 31 … Continue reading
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HE’s new LGBTQ heritage project: Can you help?
Historic England (Historic England) is launching a new project that aims to celebrate and explore lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) history and is inviting contributions to the mapping project. HE writes: We are teaming up with Leeds Beckett … Continue reading
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SPAB: John Betjeman Award Winners announced
Conservation work on 20th century wall paintings at the Church of St Martin of Tours (Bilborough, Nottinghamshire) has been awarded the 2015 SPAB John Betjeman award, with St Mary in Nantwich being awarded a commendation. The Society for the Protection … Continue reading
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