The new home for the IHBC-recognised conservation course previously at Ironbridge is Birmingham City University, while the course retains its full recognition by the Institute as it beds into its new home.
IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly said: ‘Critical to the recognizing the course under these new arrangements are continuity, both of course content – which was renowned for its effective balance of practice and theory – and of course director, Harriet Devlin IHBC, who was recently awarded her well-deserved MBE for Services to Heritage and the Historic Environment.’
‘IHBC ‘recognition’ of her now-closed conservation course at Ironbridge will also continue, as any graduates from there interested in careers as conservation professionals can continue to reap the benefits of IHBC recognition through speedier application times when seeking IHBC membership.’
Harriet, who continues as course leader under the new arrangements, is directing the programme as a new post graduate course in ‘Conservation of the Historic Environment’, and it starts at Birmingham City University (BCU) this autumn.
Harriet says ‘This will be a fantastic new home for our exciting and flexible course. Hosted by the Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, in the School at Architecture, we’ll be able to tick all the boxes as we offer IHBC-recognised coursework to students and CPD to practicing specialists.’
‘BCU City Centre Campus is a buzzing place full of innovation and creative ideas, and with a long history and with great roots in practical skills’.
Places are limited so please contact harriet.devlin@bcu.ac.uk as soon as possible for a start this autumn. If a full degree isn’t possible at the moment- check out all the short CPD courses – the first lime course is in September, so get booking!
