Three bursaries are available for the 2017 Winter Conference of the Vernacular Architecture Group, which will take place in Leicester on 7-8 January, with the theme ‘Seeing the wood and the trees: the management of timber from source to building site’, and has a closing date for bursary applications of 26 November.
The Vernacular Architecture Group writes:
The Vernacular Architecture Group is able to offer three bursaries to assist registered students or professionals in the early years of their career to attend the Winter Conference. The Committee is aware that the cost often makes attendance difficult for students who might benefit from the lectures and discussions, and from the opportunity to meet others active in the field.
We hope that the recipients will be sufficiently inspired by the conference to wish to join the VAG if they are not already members. There is no age limit, and both full-time and part-time students are welcome to apply.
Applicants must normally be students of vernacular architecture or a related discipline. They should send brief details including a resume of academic courses and any special reasons for attending this conference that may help in the selection of an appropriate candidate. Candidates will be expected to show evidence of an active interest in vernacular architecture and explain how they hope to benefit from attending the conference.
Recipients of bursaries will be asked to write a resume of the conference for the VAG Newsletter. The responses from past recipients and their articles in our Newsletter have been very encouraging and I hope that we can continue to further this interest. The VAG committee would be grateful if you could bring this item to the notice of anyone who is eligible and who you feel would benefit from attending the conference.
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