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- IHBC’s ‘quick query’ to Officers & advisers etc. in UK LG conservation, to help inform our ‘call for changes’ to governments, open to 10/07 & after, and for network circulation 26/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s recent Council film, ‘Do Drop-in, before they drop out’: Our new, must-see interview on pre-Pre App options, and how talking to applicants can help make things better! 26/06/2026
- As 90% of ‘Virtual’ Newcastle School feedback is ‘5/5’ or ‘4/5’, IHBC celebrates success in 2026, in learning, partnerships, friends & more, with thanks & congrats to all as Bristol 2027 looms, in June, on ‘Climate Change and Significance’ 26/06/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 26/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: ‘Help Tackle One of Construction’s Biggest Killers: – Dust’…. a 5-minute survey open to 31 July 26/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ CPD Signpost: Funding opportunity in AHRC large grants: Outline stage – to £3M, 16/09 26/06/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £10K+ costed works this week: Charity seeks Project Officer for its heritage events etc. programme, to 30/06 26/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (milling) doorstep’: Historic six-sailed windmill reopens following five-year restoration project 26/06/2026
- NAO assesses progress of Parliament Restoration and Renewal Programme 26/06/2026
- ARB introduces changes to routes to Registration 26/06/2026
- Government UK: ‘Energy security, jobs and investment boost through climate action’ 26/06/2026
- Consultation: Permitted development rights linked to schools, assets of community value, defence and conservation, to August 5 26/06/2026
- Better Planning Coalition sends letter to PM advocating for a planning system fit for climate, nature and people 26/06/2026
- Government’s UKREiiF update: ‘Chancellor puts regional growth at top of the agenda’ 26/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: WHUK on ‘Heritage Adapts!’ launch 26/06/2026
- As 90% of ‘Virtual’ Newcastle School feedback is ‘5/5’ or ‘4/5’, IHBC celebrates success in 2026, in learning, partnerships, friends & more, with thanks & congrats to all as Bristol 2027 looms, in June, on ‘Climate Change and Significance’ 23/06/2026
- IHBC launches survey seeking suggestions for improvements from officers and advisers in local government conservation services across the UK 23/06/2026
- REGISTER INTEREST NOW: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ seeks ‘interest’ from leads in conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses 23/06/2026
- IHBC sponsors SAHGB’s ‘Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History’ with ‘Call for Papers’ to 26 June 23/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ CPD Signpost: Local Heritage Listing – Identifying and Conserving Local Heritage, by HE 23/06/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: New research explored at the third National Cathedrals Conference 23/06/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £6.2M+ costed works last week: Council seeks Green Belt Assessment, to 27/07, £180K 23/06/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Dezeen on the ‘Sagrada Familia in LEGO’! 23/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Largest ever replica of a pre-historic building at Stonehenge 23/06/2026
- ‘Simpler, shared system’ for describing skills needs in the UK now launched 23/06/2026
Daily Archives: 28/07/2023
IHBC welcomes & explores Gove’s decision on the future of London’s M&S flagship store
The IHBC has formally welcomed the decision by Communities Secretary Michael Gove to block plans by Marks & Spencer (M&S) ‘to bulldoze and redevelop its flagship central London store’, while offering further analysis of its conservation context. image: Gary Rogers / … Continue reading
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IHBC launches online co-working, assisting Supporter applications for Affiliate membership: First session 9 August, 1.00 -2.15pm
Following on from the successful launch of the Supporter Surgeries in March this year, the IHBC is launching a series of online co-working spaces designed to help existing Supporters and those looking to apply for Affiliate membership to submit simple … Continue reading
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IHBC ‘Finance and Economics’ Signpost: UCL student 3-min survey on ‘Gaps and Impacts of .. Shortage of Economic and Financial Skill Sets’, closing 4 August
A UCL student survey by Charlie Shen on impacts and issues around the IHBC’s ‘Finance and Economics’ Competence is open to interested practitioners until 4 August, but also welcomes input after that date.
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IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award for heritage submissions on UK taught courses: Closes 31/08 – Win £500 + free #IHBCReading2024
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August 2023, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 31 August 2022 OR 31 August 2023 –submit it online … Continue reading
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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2023 celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’: Enter online before 1/09/23
The IHBC is delighted to announce the opening of the 2023 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, now open for submissions and closing … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes BLF Annual Gathering bursaries, for ‘Simplicity, Quality, and Modernity: A Legacy of Lime’, 1- 3/09, Lincoln; applications close 4/08
The 2023 Building Limes Forum (BLF) is offering bursaries (closing 4 August) for its Annual Gathering (and AGM), to take place in Lincoln (1-3 September) and focus on the themes of Simplicity, Quality, and Modernity: A Legacy of Lime’.
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £114K+ costed works: BPT seeks Head of Heritage…’, closing 14/08 and valued £50K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week features is the call from a leading Building … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Designing Buildings features IHBC’s NewsBlog on NE Wales Park Designation
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 Designing Buildings on IHBC’s NewsBlog ‘Evaluation’ Signpost’ on North East … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (eco) doorstep’: Nesta report: ‘All the things I could do: financing green home upgrades’
A new report from Nesta ‘All the things I could do: financing green home upgrades’, explores indicates testing options to help homeowners decarbonise. image: for illustration
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Canal and River Trust: Government funding cuts put future of nation’s historic canals at risk
The Canal and River Trust is issuing a stark warning that government funding cuts mean our much-loved canal network is at risk of closures. image: Canal & River Trust
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Full UNESCO Global Geopark status granted to ‘Mourne-Gullion-Strangford’ Geopark, as it ‘tells the tale of two oceans’
At the recent UNESCO Executive Board Meeting in Paris, Newry, Mourne and Down’s bid for full UNESCO Global Geopark status for Mourne-Gullion-Strangford was granted, recognising this area’s unique landscape and geology.
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Heritage Open Days launches, unwrapping England’s history of creativity: 8-17 September 2023
The country’s largest festival of history and culture Heritage Open Days (HODs) returns with a packed programme of free events 8th-17th September 2023.
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HES: ‘Employers skills survey’ closes 14 Aug
Historic Environment Scotland (HES) is conducting an ‘employers skills survey’, open until 14 August 2023, as the sector facing increasing challenges in regards to accessing skills provision.
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SLCT: 2023-2024 Traditional Building Skills Bursary Scheme
The Scottish Lime Centre Trust (SLCT) has launched the 2023-2024 Traditional Building Skills Bursary Scheme.
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