IHBC’s April CPD Circular offers our current listing of accessible, cost-effective ‘Continuing Professional Development’ (CPD) opportunities for historic and built environment conservation professionals and their networks, with the usual range of Branch and network events, publications, awards and more.
IHBC writes (1 April 2025):
In this April issue, we are pleased to highlight several upcoming events taking place across the UK in the coming months.
The IHBC are delighted to support the upcoming ICOMOS-UK and University of Liverpool Symposium on 11th April, ‘Heritage in Transition: Skills and Approaches for Sustainability’ which will be available online or in person at the University of Liverpool. This one-day symposium will explore the evolving relationship between heritage preservation and sustainability with a focus on how we can sustainably adapt and retrofit heritage buildings to improve energy efficiency, enhance thermal comfort, and meet affordability needs while preserving their heritage values.
At the beginning of April, the Wales Branch is hosting an in-person event on Curtilage, led by Charles Mynors, in central Cardiff, to include lunch and networking. Meanwhile, the Scotland Branch will be in Dumfries for their event, ‘Refining Place: The Role of Heritage and Regeneration’, on the 24th April, and the East Midlands Branch will be hosting an event on ‘Fire Safety in Traditional and Historic Buildings’, in Newark, on the 28th.
Looking further ahead, the North Branch will be in Newcastle for their event ‘Power to All People: The Listed Byker Estate in 2025’ on May 1st, and then it’s back to the Scotland Branch in June for ‘Finding the Balance: Built Heritage & Landscape Conservation in Development Planning’ on the 20th.
IHBC Annual School Shrewsbury 2025 – Booking is now open!
We are happy to announce that booking for the Annual School on 12-14 June is now open. You can find full details, including a list of tours, venues and the full programme for Friday’s Day School online at shrewsbury2025.ihbc.org.uk.
This year, tours include Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, Shrewsbury Abbey and Churches, Shrewsbury’s wall paintings and a visit to Ironbridge and Coalbrookdale. Places are limited for tours, so we do encourage you to book early to avoid disappointment.
In person full school, day school and virtual delegate options are available, starting from just £35 +VAT.
IHBC Annual School Pre-conference CPD Series – Online & Free to Attend
As part of the Annual School, we are also offering a series of free lunchtime webinars, available on a variety of topics and relating to the school theme of ‘Heritage in Context’. If you haven’t already, there is still time to register to attend.
- 1 May: IHBC Annual School Pre-conference CPD Webinar – The changing face of Context in rural areas in the last fifty years with Carole Ryan Register Here
- 15 May: IHBC Annual School CPD Webinar – Shrewsbury’s Built Heritage: An Introduction with Dr Andy Wigley Register Here
- 22 May: IHBC Annual School CPD Webinar – Adaptive Release in the Historic Environment with Caitlin DeSilvey & Imogen Wood. Register Here
For more information on the Annual School, and to register your interest, visit the website at shrewsbury2025.ihbc.org.uk
Full Contents include:
- Introduction
- IHBC National & Branch Events
- IHBC Recognised CPD Providers Events
- Network Events
- Research Publications, Guidance Notes, & Calls for Papers
- Awards, Placements, Bursaries, & Scholarships
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