-
Search the archive
-
IHBC’S NewsBlogs usually only summarise third party reports. Links to other sites may not be active so you may need to contact the host site for the original text.
Unless made explicit, IHBC NewsBlogs are not IHBC endorsements.
Categories
Monthly archive
Links
-
Recent posts
- IHBC welcomes COTAC’s new ‘Developing Personal Competences’ volume: Insight 2 – ‘…for those seeking re-accreditation…’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 15/09/2026
- IHBC launches ‘Early Career Network’ with calls to join up, as new Working Group explores plans for support and services 15/09/2026
- Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional! 15/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: HE Guidance on ‘Control of Microorganisms in Historic Buildings’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’….IHBC sponsors Gardens Trust on ‘New Town Landscapes,’ 23-24/09, Milton Keynes 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Albert Bridge gets fresh paint job during repair closure 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Historic status ruled out for Edinburgh block earmarked for demolition 15/09/2026
- TownsWeb digitisation grant: SPAB at 150… ‘from Stonehenge to St Mark’s, Venice’ 15/09/2026
- CITB on ‘Why construction skills strategies must become place-based’ 15/09/2026
- UK Heritage Pulse on ‘Skills Exchange Request the skills you need. Offer the ones you have 15/09/2026
- Charity Commission issues ‘Research and analysis Charity Sector Risk Assessment 2026’ 15/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Robots could harvest lava from volcanic eruptions to make ‘concrete’ of the future 15/09/2026
- IHBC’s newest ‘Branch Committee Bulletin, from the IHBC’s Director’: IHBC’s national updates for local volunteer leads – Part 1 11/09/2026
- IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September 11/09/2026
- IHBC welcomes RICHeS Access Fund second call, opening 14/09 – ‘access… cutting-edge equipment, collections & expertise’, to £20K, for charities, social enterprises, commercial companies etc. 11/09/2026
- Join IHBC’s Membership Assessors now and ‘Shape our Conservation Professionals of the future’, with CPD, status, compensation, and more as thanks and benefits 11/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Management’ CPD Signpost: Some sector takes on the NPPF 11/09/2026
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: Dry Stone Walling Association issues Anthology of International Writing, from past and present, for the future’ 11/09/2026
- IHBC Director’ from HESPR’s £5.25m ongoing costed works: Heritage Estate body seeks condition surveys etc, to 09/09 11/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Plans to transform South Lanarkshire former mining village 11/09/2026
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Mentmore Towers: Council orders owner to repair ‘exceptional’ grade I mansion 11/09/2026
- HES Chief quits amid deepening governance crisis 11/09/2026
- Heritage Fund & HE: Understanding the impact of climate change on historic parks, gardens and cemeteries 11/09/2026
- HES launches pilot fund to support Scotland’s historic places of worship: Opens Autumn 2026 11/09/2026
Daily Archives: 15/09/2026
IHBC welcomes COTAC’s new ‘Developing Personal Competences’ volume: Insight 2 – ‘…for those seeking re-accreditation…’
COTAC’s newly issued ‘Insight 2’ provides helpful guidance, on the 14 ICOMOS Education and Training Guidelines for those seeking re-accreditation. Edinburgh Group Chair Ingval Maxwell said: ‘In describing conservation projects, professionals commonly use third-party accounts of what ‘we did’. However, … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged accreditation, competences, training
Comments Off on IHBC welcomes COTAC’s new ‘Developing Personal Competences’ volume: Insight 2 – ‘…for those seeking re-accreditation…’
IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September
image for illustration: Belfast, Photo via IHBC The IHBC is delighted to host a stall at the Heritage Network Conference 2026, on 28 September, with Branch and National Office leads attending, so if you are there be sure drop by, … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged Belfast, conference, conservation, heritage, Northern Ireland
Comments Off on IHBC hosts stall in Belfast’s Assembly Buildings, 28/09: Part of Heritage Network NI Conference: 27-29 September
IHBC launches ‘Early Career Network’ with calls to join up, as new Working Group explores plans for support and services
The IHBC is delighted to announce the launch of a new Early Career Network, to support the next generation of heritage and conservation practitioners, players and professionals, inspired by a new Early Career Working Group initiative. SIGN UP HERE for … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged careers, conservation, heritage, IHBC, skills
Comments Off on IHBC launches ‘Early Career Network’ with calls to join up, as new Working Group explores plans for support and services
Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional!
If you are no longer interested in holding on to your hardcopy Context don’t let it go to waste: ‘Help The Conservation Professional’ and pass it on to a friend or colleague, and help us all spread the word about … Continue reading
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Comments Off on Don’t need your paper Context? Do everyone a favour and pass it on, ‘Spreading the Word’ to help the Conservation Professional!
IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: HE Guidance on ‘Control of Microorganisms in Historic Buildings’
Historic England (HE) has recently published ‘Guidance on Control of Microorganisms in Historic Buildings’.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged irradiation, technology, UVC
Comments Off on IHBC’s ‘Practice’ CPD Signpost: HE Guidance on ‘Control of Microorganisms in Historic Buildings’
IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’….IHBC sponsors Gardens Trust on ‘New Town Landscapes,’ 23-24/09, Milton Keynes
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 IHBC on Building on new NPPF ‘a pretty bold swing’… … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged careers, education, heritage professionals, HESPR, jobs, skills
Comments Off on IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’….IHBC sponsors Gardens Trust on ‘New Town Landscapes,’ 23-24/09, Milton Keynes
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Albert Bridge gets fresh paint job during repair closure
image: Albert Bridge, Michael Coppins, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Council bosses are making the most of the ongoing closure of Albert Bridge to give the iconic structure a fresh coat of paint ahead of its planned 2027 reopening, … Continue reading
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged bridge, cast iron, repair
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Albert Bridge gets fresh paint job during repair closure
TownsWeb digitisation grant: SPAB at 150… ‘from Stonehenge to St Mark’s, Venice’
Thanks to a £3,000 digitisation grant awarded by TownsWeb, SPAB’s archive will be digitised, making some of its earliest and most interesting files available to a wider audience for the first time as it.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged Digitisation, funding, grants, SPAB
Comments Off on TownsWeb digitisation grant: SPAB at 150… ‘from Stonehenge to St Mark’s, Venice’
CITB on ‘Why construction skills strategies must become place-based’
The Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Insights Manager explains that as workforce mobility declines, the industry must shift towards place-based skills strategies to meet regional demand.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Comments Off on CITB on ‘Why construction skills strategies must become place-based’
UK Heritage Pulse on ‘Skills Exchange Request the skills you need. Offer the ones you have
UK Heritage Pulse is welcome all to its Skills Exchange, a service connecting heritage organisations with people looking to share their time and talents
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged expertise, heritage, skills
Comments Off on UK Heritage Pulse on ‘Skills Exchange Request the skills you need. Offer the ones you have
Charity Commission issues ‘Research and analysis Charity Sector Risk Assessment 2026’
The Charity Commission’s ‘Research and Analysis Charity Sector Risk Assessment’ for 2026 has been issued.
Posted in Sector NewsBlog
Tagged charities, Government UK
Comments Off on Charity Commission issues ‘Research and analysis Charity Sector Risk Assessment 2026’
IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Robots could harvest lava from volcanic eruptions to make ‘concrete’ of the future
A Reykjavik-based architect believes a lava flow could contain enough building material for the foundations of a city to rise in a matter of weeks, without the climate impacts associated with traditional construction, reports Sky News.
Posted in IHBC NewsBlog
Tagged built environment, construction, heritage, technology
Comments Off on IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Robots could harvest lava from volcanic eruptions to make ‘concrete’ of the future