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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 15/05/2026
- IHBC welcomes Historic England’s Strategic Plan 2026-31: On ‘growth, place and sector’ 15/05/2026
- 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) 15/05/2026
- IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know! 15/05/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: The Engine Shed on Scotland’s ‘Traditional Materials Framework – Supporting Sustainable Supply and Best Practice Use’ 15/05/2026
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £350K+ costed works this week: BPT seeks consultant for community project, to £50K 15/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hidden stories of Belfast’s heritage in shipbuilding 15/05/2026
- Northern Ireland’s Heritage Delivers – an alliance of heritage organisations -on ‘Prosperity Progress Personality -Treasure the Past Enrich the Future’ 15/05/2026
- New partnership between Durham University and Historic England to focus on heritage challenges 15/05/2026
- How RIBA is making built environment regulation work for all 15/05/2026
- UK Parliamentary Committee on Tourism Call calls for Evidence – by 18 May 15/05/2026
- SAVE successfully challenges ‘irrational’ decision to approve Whitechapel office tower 15/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ICOMOS etc. ‘Call for Applications’: … World Heritage Management Plans… online site manager consultation on needs etc – to 5/06 for 10/06 15/05/2026
- Spotlighting IHBC’s latest Council, on local government conservation: IHBC trustee Serena Cardozo (& her manager) highlight Public Practice’s potential to help local services 12/05/2026
- IHBC salutes STBA (& a few IHBC members too!) at Futurebuild 2026: 14 May, with free tickets too! 12/05/2026
- Top marks for IHBC’s latest Council as LA Conservation service talks, papers & film get 10/10 from nearly 20% of 120+ delegates, shaping the survey for our new parliamentary push 12/05/2026
- IHBC & RTPI are 2026 Newcastle School ‘Friends’, sharing learning, CPD, support & more on ‘Adaptive Reuse’, as IHBC offers RTPI members IHBC-rates to our Virtual Day School on 19/06 12/05/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ CPD Signpost (and competition): Antigravity launches Project Eternal & challenge (to 24/06) 12/05/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: BBC on ‘Calls for public inquiry after derelict school fire’: GII Newell House, Sherborne 12/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (island) doorstep’: Lady Grange’s House repaired on St Kilda 12/05/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (skip-)step’: Why a Luton entrepreneur has received the King’s Award for Enterprise while standing in a skip 12/05/2026
- Icon launches Conservation Skills at Risk Project 12/05/2026
- New European Urban Initiative Survey (EUI) on sustainable urban futures launched 12/05/2026
- Planning appeals in England to follow new, streamlined process -Simpler, faster planning appeals are coming 12/05/2026
- ‘Heritage Matters’: Europa Nostra (with RSA Scotland) in Edinburgh highlight longtime link to country and looks ahead to renewed partnerships 12/05/2026
Daily Archives: 15/05/2026
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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IHBC welcomes Historic England’s Strategic Plan 2026-31: On ‘growth, place and sector’
The IHBC has welcomed the launch of Historic England’s ‘Strategic Plan 2026-2031’, which ‘sets out how Historic England will deliver against our three new priorities of growth,?place?and sector.
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Tagged HIstoric England, strategy
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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 #IHBCNewcastle2026, built environment, cpd
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IHBC is planning for growth, so grow with us by volunteering, with our Committees, Boards and Branches, or Panels, Groups and more as suits – just let us know!
The IHBC has recently secured permission to seek a Charter while delivery of our 5 Parliamentary Commitments is under way and Branch Consultants are in place, and much more too, so we’re now calling for volunteers to help, and grow … Continue reading
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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: The Engine Shed on Scotland’s ‘Traditional Materials Framework – Supporting Sustainable Supply and Best Practice Use’
The Traditional Materials Framework (TMF) sets out a clear delivery framework to guide work on sustainable supply and best practice use of traditional building materials in Scotland.
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Tagged building materials, Scotland, skills, sustainability, traditional materials
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IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £350K+ costed works this week: BPT seeks consultant for community project, to £50K
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 by a Building Preservation … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Hidden stories of Belfast’s heritage in shipbuilding
The tragic story of the Titanic has captured the public’s imagination since it struck an iceberg on its maiden voyage in 1912 as, more than a century later, many designs and drawings are made available to the public for the … Continue reading
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Tagged heritage, history, industrial, museums, Northern Ireland
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Northern Ireland’s Heritage Delivers – an alliance of heritage organisations -on ‘Prosperity Progress Personality -Treasure the Past Enrich the Future’
An alliance of Northern Ireland’s heritage organisations, Heritage Delivers believes that ‘protecting and investing in our heritage is essential to creating a better future… Our heritage supports our prosperity, strengthens our society, and shapes our character.’
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Tagged culture, economy, heritage, investment, Northern Ireland, regeneration, tourism
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New partnership between Durham University and Historic England to focus on heritage challenges
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raby_Estate_Farms_-_geograph.org.uk_-_341583.jpgimage for illustration: Raby Estate, Hugh Mortimer via Wikimedia Commons Durham University has signed a new partnership with Historic England to advance research and public engagement on North East England’s natural and cultural heritage
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Tagged archaeology, heritage, HIstoric England, partnerships, science, skills, technology
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How RIBA is making built environment regulation work for all
The RIBA has set out its approach to ensure a competent built environment profession’ in ‘Repeal, Reserve, Regulate: Our campaign for a competence-led approach to regulating the built environment for the public good’.
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Tagged architecture, built environment, conservation, government, planning, regulation, RIBA
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UK Parliamentary Committee on Tourism Call calls for Evidence – by 18 May
image for illustration: Arlington Row, Mike McBey, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons The UK Parliamentary Committee on Tourism reports that a new inquiry, which will cover both domestic and international tourism, will explore how the UK promotes itself overseas, … Continue reading
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Tagged building, government, heritage
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SAVE successfully challenges ‘irrational’ decision to approve Whitechapel office tower
Tower Hamlets Council must reconsider controversial plans after High Court ruling issued this week, reports SAVE.
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Tagged campaign, judicial review, London, planning, SAVE
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: ICOMOS etc. ‘Call for Applications’: … World Heritage Management Plans… online site manager consultation on needs etc – to 5/06 for 10/06
ICOMOS, ICCROM and IUCN are inviting World Heritage site managers and heritage professionals to participate in an international consultation, to be held on 10 June 2026, focused on the development and revision of management plans for World Heritage sites.
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Tagged environment, global, heritage, ICOMOS, management, world heritage
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