Daily Archives: 14/08/2026

Join IHBC’s Membership Assessors now and ‘Shape our Conservation Professionals of the future’, with CPD, status, compensation, and more as thanks and benefits

If you are an IHBC Full Member you can help evaluate the next generation of professionals, maintain our high standards, and earn valuable CPD along the way, by joining us as an IHBC Membership Assessor. Please submit your Expression of … Continue reading

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IHBC NI’s update on hosting a stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09, at Heritage Network’s Conference

image for illustration: IHBC The IHBC is delighted to host a stall at the Heritage Network Conference 2026, on 28 September, with Northern Ireland (NI) Branch and National Office leads attending, so if you are there be sure drop by, … Continue reading

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CLOSING SOON: SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award 2026 open: Celebrates ‘research… in heritage and conservation practice’, to 20 August

The IHBC and the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) have launched the 2026 joint Heritage Research Award to celebrate ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’, for research from 2024 & closing 20 August.

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IHBC’s 2026 Gus Astley Student Award for heritage work on UK courses: Open to 31/08 – Win £500 + free place at #IHBCBristolBath2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’

The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award close on 31 August 2026, so if you have relevant coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 30 September 2025 OR 30 September 2026 – just submit … Continue reading

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IHBC’s WM Branch to join West Midlands Heritage Careers Fair 2026: ‘Inspiring the Next Generation of Heritage Professionals’, 21/10, Worcester Cathedral

image: Worcester Cathedral interior by Steve McLeish for IHBC Annual School 2016 This IHBC and our West Midlands Branch will join the next West Midlands Heritage Trust (WMHT) Careers Fair, which will come to Worcester Cathedral on 21 October 2026.

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IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: CARE & partners’ revised guidance on ‘Assessing historic assets that are proposed to be demolished or partially demolished’ (2026)

CARE – The Conservation Accreditation Register of Engineers (CARE) – in partnership with ICE and IStructE has updated (Rev. Nov. 2025, issued 2026) its guidance for engineers assessing heritage assets that are proposed to be demolished or partially demolished.

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IHBC’s ‘Professional’ CPD Signpost: Do you want to help shape the roadmap of UK construction, via UKCW

UK Construction Week (UKCW)is updating its 2022 industry-wide survey to better understand the UK’s construction skills landscape, and IHBC’s Conservation Professionals and networks can contribute their knowledge to shape that agenda, and (with personal details) you may win a £50 … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Fight underway to prevent Hertfordshire bridge ‘vandalism’

image for illustration: Road bridge over dismantled railway by Philip Jeffrey, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons Campaigners have taken a first step towards securing the future of a historic Hertfordshire railway bridge, with hundreds signing a petition against an infilling … Continue reading

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Signal box reopens as working museum

image for illustration: Murgatroyd49, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons A Victorian signal box in Surrey is reopening to visitors after being transformed into a heritage attraction, reports BBC News.

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Scottish Government: ‘Making historic buildings fit for the future’

The Scottish Government has issued new guidance to ensure safe conversions of traditional buildings.

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‘Every child to get access to enriching activities to build skills and confidence for life’

Children in every part of the country is to get access to enriching activities to beat isolation online and build connections in the real world, the 2024 to 2026 Starmer Labour government reported.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Normandy’s D-Day World War Two beaches become UNESCO heritage site

image for illustration: Omaha Beach, Jebulon, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons The Normandy D-Day beaches where Allied forces landed on June 6, 1944, have become a UNESCO protected world heritage site, reports Reuters.

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