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- IHBC welcomes Vice President Torsten Haak as Guest Judge for 2025 Student Award: Selecting next ‘Gus Astley’ winner, to receive £500 + Newcastle School place, 18-20 June 2026 14/11/2025
- Context 184 under the spotlight: IHBC’s accessible CPD for Conservation Professionals, with Bob Kindred’s must-read review of heritage periodicals 14/11/2025
- IHBC warmly welcomes PCO approval to Petition for Charter 14/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: Designing Buildings on ‘What is the UK Centre for Mould Safety?’ 14/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Practice (Retrofit)’ Signpost: How RDSAP 10.2 impacts EPC assessments in traditional buildings – an Engine Shed blog 14/11/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £289K+ of weekly works: Parish seeks team for GII* church works, to 03/12 & £250+K 14/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (mouldy) doorstep’: ‘Poor’ insulation leaving houses mouldy needs wider investigation, government told 14/11/2025
- MPs to hold a debate on the 80th anniversary of UNESCO: 18/11 14/11/2025
- THA’s Ecclesiastical Heritage Heroes 2025: Nominations Open to 30/11 14/11/2025
- Landscape Institute opens Feasibility Study on ‘Landscape and Visual Impact Assessment (LVIA) Accreditation Scheme’ 14/11/2025
- Home Builders Federation – ‘State of Play: Challenges and opportunities facing SME home builders’: 89% highlight LA capacity constraints 14/11/2025
- NT’s Cultural Heritage Magazine Autumn/Winter 2025 issue 14/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: See the Parthenon without scaffolding for the first time in c.200 years 14/11/2025
- IHBC Toolbox’s latest Guidance Note update now out: ‘Local Planning Authorities in England on Consulting the National Amenity Societies’ 11/11/2025
- Need a MATE? Act soon & reserve your free online IHBC Accreditation guidance and update session soon (November closed; January still open) 11/11/2025
- UKRI RICHeS Access Fund addresses costs in supporting users and service providers with first call open to 10/12 11/11/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School ‘Save the Date’ notice & Home Page launch: IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School, 18-20 June, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’ & up to 20 hours CPD – accessible, interdisciplinary, cost-effective 11/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ Signpost: Update on the ‘Wellbeing and Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill’ 11/11/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Building on Adaptive Reuse and the ‘….Old War Office… historic elegance, modern air….’ 11/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: 700-year-old church tower suspended 45ft above the ground in City of London building site 11/11/2025
- RIBA on ‘Build it Together’ – Progress and planning towards gender equity in the architecture profession’ 11/11/2025
- Church of Scotland’s new guidance on purchasing a church or hall building when ‘handling off market sale requests 11/11/2025
- NT: Shropshire’s Ironbridge Gorge Museums saved for the nation 11/11/2025
- Six regions receive £25 million to bolster creative industries 11/11/2025
- Scotland’s second ‘Our Past, Our Future (OPOF)’ Annual Report now out 11/11/2025
Daily Archives: 03/06/2025
IHBC welcomes RICS Friend of the School Jessica Jones – RICS Building Conservation Advisory Group VC – to #IHBCShrewsbury2025: NB Virtual School booking (13/06, from £35+VAT) closes12/06,5.00pm
The IHBC is delighted to welcome as our 2025 Annual Friend of the School representing RICS Jessica Jones MA MSt FRICS IHBC, Vice-Chair (VC) of the RICS Building Conservation Advisory Group.
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SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2025 launched: Celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, to 18 August
The IHBC and the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) are delighted to announce the launch of the 2025 joint Heritage Research Award to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, for research carried … Continue reading
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IHBC welcomes Berrys as Saturday Tour Sponsor for the 2025 Shrewsbury Annual School: #IHBCShrewsbury2025
The Institute of Historic Building Conservation (IHBC) is delighted to announce Berrys, as the Saturday Tour Sponsor for the Institute’s 2025 Annual School from 12-14 June 2025, in person in Shrewsbury and online.
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IHBC’s SPECIAL OFFER and updates to Conservation Course networks & students: Free access to (and recordings of) our online 2025 Shrewsbury ‘Virtual School’ (13 June) and more…
IHBC’s Director Seán O’Reilly has written to members of the Conservation Course Directors Forum (CCDF) to let them know that for 2025 we have introduced a free option for network leads and their students to attend our Virtual School on … Continue reading
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IHBC CPD Circular – Special Edition – Your CPD Guide to #IHBCShrewsbury2025
IHBC’s 2025 Shrewsbury School CPD Circular offers our annual dedicated guidance on Continuing Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and resources for interdisciplinary conservation professionals at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, online or in-person.
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HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage
The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: Scottish Parliament launches Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) pilot to support climate scrutiny
image for illustration The Scottish Parliament has launched its first Areas of Research Interest (ARIs) as part of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) –funded programme enhancing engagement with the research community to support scrutiny of climate change.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: AJ features IHBC HESPR member Purcell on RIBA HQ
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 the Architects’ Journal (AJ) on IHBC’s HESPR member Purcell being brought … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (rewilding) doorstep’: ‘UK’s largest’ rewilding landscape registers as independent charity
image for illustration: Fiona Newton A rewilding landscape in Scotland, which claims to be the largest of its kind in the UK, has registered as an independent charity.
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Two guilty over Sycamore Gap tree felling
Two men have been found guilty over the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree.
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Connections Through Culture Grants 2025, to 23 June
image for illustration: Open Government Licence v3.0 A British Council grant programme designed to nurture fresh cultural partnerships between the UK and selected countries is open to 23 June.
HE Foundation launches ‘its first-ever Patrons’ Scheme’
Dr Fabian Richter, Chair of the Historic England (HE) Foundation has announced the launch of its new ‘Patrons’ Scheme’.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: UK Antarctic Heritage Trust launches ‘Virtual Visit’ website area, including 3d Model
image for illustration: Port Lockroy by Butterfly voyages – Serge Ouachée, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The UK Antarctic Heritage Trust calls on people to ‘Immerse yourself in our heritage – Making Antarctica Accessible’ reflecting its commitment to making … Continue reading
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