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 it online and on time to have a chance to receive a cash prize at the IHBC’s Annual School in Bristol/Bath in June 2027, on ‘Climate Change & Significance’.
For the 2026 Award, as ever, a cash prize of £500 is on offer to the winner, with smaller cash awards to commended entries. Free places at the IHBC’s Annual School, valued at around £500, are also on offer to selected entries.
Summary details of the IHBC Student Awards (See full terms etc HERE):
- The Student Award for 2026 is presented for an outstanding submission on ANY under-graduate or post-graduate course in the TWO years now extended to 3o SEPTEMBER 2026
- Content need not be on conservation, but can relate to ANY aspect of the Built or Historic Environment, including for example, its evaluation (e.g. history, research, investigation or recording); management (e.g. planning, policy, finance or linked operations and tools such as site management or conservation plans), and/or intervention (e.g. design, technology and project plans), as well as more general practical or theoretical considers with conservation implications
- Submission for this award is ONLY possible online. If your coursework can’t be easily digitised – such as craft work – we can accept suitable digital records, such as a film
- Any submission must be of a form that can be authenticated by the course tutor in accordance with our guidance.
See a list of past winners
Find out more about the awards, terms, and how to enter on the Gus Astley Student Award website
See more on the past winners and Testimonials, with Terms etc. HERE
Download the Awards notice HERE
See more about the history of the IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards
To keep in touch and follow progress on IHBC’s 2027 Bristol/Bath School, where the next Awards will be presented, sign up for the IHBC’s NewBlogs HERE
See more on the IHBC’s 2026 Newcastle School HERE and on the NewsBlogs HERE
See more background to the most recent presentations, as IHBC looks back… at Context 182 – Gus Astley Student Awards, viewed from across the pond – … and ahead…
