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- 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
- IHBC features our special ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’ welcome to the new ICOMOS Website 23/06/2026
- IHBC launches survey seeking suggestions for improvements from officers and advisers in local government conservation services across the UK 19/06/2026
- IHBC’s 2026 School welcomes ‘Exhibitor Hub’ for #IHBCNewcastle2026 with thanks to Exhibitors, with reminder that IHBC’s Virtual SCHOOL BOOKING CLOSES 6PM Thursday, 18 June 16/06/2026
- Still time to ‘join online’ – and check out our new-style programme pdf too)! IHBC’s Virtual School, a day on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, 19 June, from just £35+VAT (IHBC & RTPI members) 16/06/2026
- 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! 16/06/2026
- PASS ON THE NEWS: IHBC-member rates on offer to ALL RTPI members for our 2026 Virtual Day School, 19/06, from Newcastle and from £35+VAT 16/06/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest (members-only) Council, on local conservation services etc.: Informing a survey to shape Parliamentary advocacy, with IHBC’s Sarah Homer 16/06/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: DB on shaping the future of construction insight with DB Intelligence 16/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Mayor announces £1M for ‘iconic’ Moseley Road Baths restoration 16/06/2026
- CIOB urges UK Government to consider social media’s role in careers guidance in ban debate 16/06/2026
- ITFG publishes new guidance on managing competence in organisations across the built environment 16/06/2026
- Exploring the role and impact of small museums in places, by AIM 16/06/2026
- ARB accredits brand new qualifications from two universities 16/06/2026
- HEF publishes 2025-26 Year in Review informatic 16/06/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: World Architecture Festival Director blogs on UK planning and… collaboration 16/06/2026
Monthly Archives: May 2026
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: New Report Charts Path for Canadian Register of Historic Places
image for illustration: Just a Prairie Boy from Calgary, AB, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons A new report, ‘A Path Forward for the Canadian Register of Historic Places,’ finds that the Canadian Register of Historic Places (CRHP) remains a … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2026 ‘Adaptive Reuse’ School CPD Circular & Invitation: Your guide to accessible, low-cost CPD with a global reach online – Virtual School (19/06, IHBC rates for RTPI members), Free webinars (for all); Day & Full Schools with exhibitors (closed)
The IHBC has published its CPD Circular Guide to the 2026 School, on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, with our Virtual School on 19 June broadcast from Newcastle, offering a huge variety of accessible CPD pitched to all disciplines and levels of interest … Continue reading
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IHBC’s latest Council Update: LA Conservation service talks and feedback, learning lessons as we shape our staff survey for a new parliamentary push
IHBC’s latest Council received impressively positive feedback, as we advanced the 3rd of our Parliamentary ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation…’, to ‘Investigate… heritage management…’ – there focussed on helping conservation services in the UK’s local government, with … Continue reading
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EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses
The IHBC will soon launch a call to register ‘Interest’ in our new network – ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice’ – aimed at service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning programmes and courses etc., with resources allocated, advocacy … Continue reading
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Hear more from the RTPI , IHBC’s Newcastle School ‘Friends’ – as IHBC-member rates on offer to RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06
IHBC’s 2026 Day School, broadcasting from Newcastle on 19 June, boasts The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as our School ‘Friend’, offering reduced Virtual School rates to RTPI members as delegates while delegates will hear from former RTPI President Timothy … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2026 School FREE pre-conference webinars: Accessible learning for all (& excellent CPD too!) 29/05 (… intervention in international contexts), 05/06 (… skills… for Adaptive Reuse, a planning take with the RTPI, 2026 School Friend)
As the IHBC’s looks ahead to our 2026 Annual School in Newcastle in June, we are delighted to announce a series of free webinars, all led by expert speakers and linked to the School’s theme, ‘Adaptive Reuse’, an excellent opportunity … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ and ‘Research’ Signpost: Call to help Scottish survey of heritage-related content in construction education
A new survey – by Maryam Forghaniallahabadi – seeks input to inform how heritage-related knowledge, traditional building skills, and historic building materials are currently included within construction-related courses in Further Education and Higher Education institutions across Scotland.
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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: UNESCO sites offer a lifeline to biodiversity, new report shows
UNESCO’s latest report highlights the extraordinary contribution of its sites for both people and nature.
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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £486K+ costed works this week: Trust seeks accredited lead for feasibility etc work on listed property, to £28K+
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – sends members exclusive ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with the Director’s tender taster for NewsBlog readers this week a call from a Heritage Trust … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (risky) doorstep’: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust places Hall’s Croft on HE’s at Risk Register
image for illustration:Kev747 CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust (SBT) has confirmed that Hall’s Croft, the Grade I listed home of Shakespeare’s daughter Susanna and her husband Dr John Hall, has been placed on Historic England’s … Continue reading
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CPRE launches urban countryside campaign: ‘On the Edge
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has launched its ‘On the Edge’ campaign, to be showcased in the garden of the same name at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2026, celebrating fragile, often-forgotten countryside on the edges of England’s … Continue reading
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Public Practice Recruitment & Skills Report 2025
The fourth Public Practice annual survey helps understand year-on-year trends and changes, to better understand the skills gap and the impact that the lack of resources is having on officers and their teams across each country.
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Tagged built environment, careers, heritage, local authorities, planners, planning, public sector, recruitment
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Martyn’s Law guidance… ‘to help businesses’
Government UK has issued new guidance published to ‘help organisations and businesses prepare for terrorist threats and protect lives’.
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Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) User Needs Survey – Year 2
The Heritage Science Data Service (HSDS) is a new national platform designed to support heritage science research across the UK.
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Historic weather station & landmark on Banff’s Sulphur Mountain returned to former glory
image for illustration: Sulphur Mountain Cosmic Ray Station, Kay Röllig, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons An historic weather station on Banff mountain peak has been restored, celebrates Rocky Mountain Outlook.
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EARLY NOTICE: IHBC’s new ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice Network’ soon to seek ‘Interest’ from leads in relevant conservation-led education, training & learning programmes & courses
The IHBC will soon launch a call to register ‘Interest’ in our new network – ‘Leaders in Learning for Practice’ – aimed at service leads in built and historic environment conservation-led learning programmes and courses etc., with resources allocated, advocacy … Continue reading
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Tagged building, conservation, expertise, heritage, IHBC, skills
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More updates from IHBC’s Council: On ‘Don’t Waste Buildings’ – A blog feature following a Council chat post by Celia Clark
image for illustration: Neil Owen, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Celia Clark, of the Portsmouth Society, the Hampshire Buildings Preservation Trust and the Sustainable Conservation Trust, remarked on the relevance of the relatively new ‘Don’t Waste Buildings’ (DWB) initiative … Continue reading
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IHBC’s 2026 School FREE pre-conference webinars: Accessible learning for all (& excellent CPD too!) 22/05 (Old Buildings, New Rules…), 29/05 (… intervention in international contexts), 05/06 (… skills… for Adaptive Reuse, a planning take with the RTPI, 2026 School Friend)
As the IHBC’s looks ahead to our 2026 Annual School in Newcastle in June, we are delighted to announce a series of free webinars, all led by expert speakers and linked to the School’s theme, ‘Adaptive Reuse’, an excellent opportunity … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptive reuse, conservation, cpd, heritage
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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ spans disciplines, levels & sectors, as interdisciplinary Conservation Professionals & heritage employers see public & personal benefits
To connect employers’ needs with practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates our NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts and tell your boss or team how our low-cost service … Continue reading
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Hear more from the RTPI , IHBC’s Newcastle School ‘Friends’ – as IHBC-member rates on offer to RTPI members for our Virtual Day School, 19/06
IHBC’s 2026 Day School, broadcasting from Newcastle on 19 June, boasts The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) as our School ‘Friend’, offering reduced Virtual School rates to RTPI members as delegates while delegates will hear from former RTPI President Timothy … Continue reading
IHBC ‘Intervention’ CPD Signpost: Hop Pole Inn – Grade II Listed Building retrofit
The Greengauge consultancy reports on its ‘deep retrofit of a heritage community-owned pub’.
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: ARB’s ‘RAP… to strengthen routes to registration’
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 the ARB on its new Registration Assurance Process (RAP), ‘to … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Midlands Church that leans more than the Tower of Pisa faces £100,000 bill to fix wonky floor
image for illustration: Dry Doddington church by Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons A church in the Midlands that has leaned at an angle greater than the Tower of Pisa is in need of more than £100,000 to repair … Continue reading
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NCT Survival stories: 77 churches saved for the future, thanks to new grants
image for illustration: Church of St Peter Melverley, Ralf Tenbrink, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The National Churches Trust (NCT) has reported on how, with supporters and Friends – those who leave a legacy to the National Churches Trust … Continue reading
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CIOB launches first-ever degree programme to develop the next generation of construction leaders
The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has announced the launch of its first-ever degree programme in partnership with De Montfort University in Leicester.
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