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- IHBC’s SelfStarter opens accessible learning to all: On our Home Page, with new branding, updates & more for emerging Conservation Professionals – so say what more you need 14/02/2025
- IHBC calls for Vice President nominees (to 24/02): Help lead IHBC’s Council from our FIRST hybrid Council, in London and online, 24 March 2025 – ‘Statements’ due 24 February 2025 14/02/2025
- IHBC’s Council ‘Diary Date’: On 24 March, welcome IHBC’s next President Rebecca Thompson, new VPs, Mike Brown in new role, with Asset Management CPD & more, all at IHBC’s FIRST blended Council, from London’s Charterhouse 14/02/2025
- Nominations sought for IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards: ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025 14/02/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Amenity & Professional’ Signpost from 2024: Cardiff Coal Exchange on Victorian Society’s Top Ten Endangered Buildings list for the second time 14/02/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £595K of weekly works: Council seeks architectural practice with conservation lead for ‘iconic project’ to 10/03 and £500K 14/02/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Lewes’ Gail’s makes fresh bid to keep new doors 14/02/2025
- HOL Parliamentary Inquiry: ‘Grey belt’ land development won’t help the Government reach its ambitious housebuilding targets 14/02/2025
- CIC on new industry initiative to promote Built Environment careers in Schools and College from the BE Schools Trust 14/02/2025
- RIBA condemns ‘ill-advised’ ARB accreditation rule 14/02/2025
- MHCLG seeks ‘Technical independent advisers’ for College of Experts 14/02/2025
- Consultation on ‘Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings’ regime, to 26/02 14/02/2025
- Scottish House Condition Survey 2023: Key findings published 14/02/2025
- National Trust launches new 10-year Strategy for 2025-2035 14/02/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ‘What’s URBACT up to in 2025?’ 14/02/2025
- IHBC’s February ‘CPD Circular’: For cost-conscious and time-sensitive conservation learning – events, awards, calls and more – including welcomes to new Providers 12/02/2025
- Nominations sought for IHBC’s TWO Marsh Awards: ‘Successful Learning’ AND/OR ‘Community Contribution (Retired Members) – to 31 March 2025 12/02/2025
- IHBC calls for Vice President nominees (to 24/02): Help lead IHBC’s Council from our FIRST hybrid Council, from London and online, 24 March 2025 – ‘Statements’ due 24 February 2025 12/02/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 AGM is coming 13 May: To take your membership to a new level, as Trustee, be sure to · Check our guidance · Explore options with us · Sort your CPD · Submit your case 12/02/2025
- IHBC Research Signpost: ‘Developing a People Centred Place-Led Approach: The Value of the Arts and Humanities’, from Glasgow University 12/02/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Planning Resource on Reeves on the ‘boost infrastructure delivery’ plan 12/02/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic seafront structures on Southsea Promenade Portsmouth restored as part of a coastal defence scheme 12/02/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’:Britain’s oldest public beach hut set to be demolished by Council 12/02/2025
- UK Government: 85 local treasures to be saved and restored 12/02/2025
- Policy Lab: People-centred and participatory policymaking 12/02/2025
Daily Archives: 28/05/2024
IHBC Research for Practice Digest No. 4: Connecting conservation research & practice, featuring Strathclyde’s research with updates on heritage research, funding etc
The fourth IHBC Research for Practice Digest has been issued to networks and subscribers – sign up HERE – and features a profile of Dr Cristina Gonzalez-Longo, founder and director of the University of Strathclyde’s fully recognised IHBC course, and … Continue reading
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IHBC to be represented at Housing Cymru conference and exhibition 11 July 2024 – Charities etc. FREE!
IHBC Technical Panel Chair Professor John Edwards will share the stage with Jill Fairweather of Cadw and natural insulation product manufacturers to talk about the need for a more informed approach towards retrofit and insulation of traditional building.
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£400 savings on ESC Level 3 courses on ‘Energy Efficiency in Older and Traditional Buildings’ to mid-June, 29-30/05 & 10-11/06
The Environment Study Centre (ESC) has been offered funding to deliver two more courses at a hugely reduced cost saving £400 per place.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (railway’s) doorstep’: Boosting York with a £1bn development
Network Rail has signed a £1.1bn agreement to regenerate one of UK’s largest brownfield sites – York Central – in a significant boost the economy. image for illustration: Aerial view of York by DACP, CC BY-SA 2.0, Commons Wikimedia
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Inscribed stone found in a Coventry garden
A MYSTERIOUS medieval inscribed stone thought to date back more than 1,600 years, is to go on public display, reports The Coventry Observer. image for illustration: Ogham Stone Rathass Church Tralee Kerry by Jaqian, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons
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Sustainable Development Foundation(SDF) on STBA’s ‘Championing natural materials to de-risk retrofit’
The Sustainable Development Foundation(SDF) has hosted a new paper from the Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (STBA), that identifies a number of barriers to best practice retrofit of traditional solid wall buildings. image for illustration
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Mavisbank will be saved!
Thanks to a major grant of £5.3m from the National Heritage Memorial Fund we are now able to begin rescuing Mavisbank: one of the most important buildings at risk in Britain. image for illustration: Mavisbank – en:William Adam (architect), Public … Continue reading
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UKGBC meeting with the Government to champion stronger new build standards
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has met with Baroness Swinburne to discuss our concerns about the draft Future Homes and Buildings Standard.
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European Parliamentary Research Service: ‘The impact of climate change on cultural heritage’
The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) has issued a briefing on ‘The impact of climate change on cultural heritage’. image for illustration
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SPAB’s ‘Best Loved’ Award now open
SPAB’s ‘The Best Loved Award’ recognises and celebrates old buildings getting the maintenance they deserve, and the people looking after them.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Historic Obelisk Bridge near Drogheda to reopen
An historic bridge in Ireland has been re-opened after repair works, reports RTE. image for illustration: Drogheda – Obelisk Bridge over the R Boyne by Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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