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- IHBC’s ‘Special Thanks’ to Student Award entrants for 2024, with record numbers seeking prizes (to £500) & places at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, via guest judge Nathan Baker, CIfA CE 12/11/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Practice’ Signpost: ICOMOS-UK Heritage Photography Competition, celebrating 60 Years Of ICOMOS, to 30/11 12/11/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Scot seeks museum to house big brick collection 12/11/2024
- Future of theatres unclear amid prolonged RAAC closures 12/11/2024
- Help SAVE Britain’s Heritage, with its 4-minute survey to plan for its 50th anniversary 12/11/2024
- National Trust: Cultural Heritage Magazine (autumn/winter) now out, and seeks feedback 12/11/2024
- Before the Budget: District Councils’ Network warned that ‘Robust local government is critical to the Government’s ambitions’ 12/11/2024
- Leeds Beckett University: Insulating solid walled homes has potential to cut energy bills up to 30% 12/11/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the global Doorstep’: Ireland needs 80,000 more workers to fix roads, homes and power 12/11/2024
- IHBC’s November ‘CPD Circular’: For cost-conscious learning, sector awards, calls and much more (including a CMP query!), with a simpler format too 08/11/2024
- IHBC ‘Research, Records & Analysis’ Signpost: The new ‘Arches for HERs’ Demo site, from the Getty Conservation Institute via HE 08/11/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Manchester soccer and government join up for regeneration at Trafford Wharfside 08/11/2024
- New era opens for Welsh historic environment legislation: Cabinet Statement welcomes ‘the most up-to-date historic environment legislation amongst the UK nations’ 08/11/2024
- Lottery: £30M awarded to 15 heritage projects ahead of our 30th birthday 08/11/2024
- RTPI proposes ‘Interim route map to strategic planning’ 08/11/2024
- Cultural organisations pledge commitment to change after major study into workforce dynamics 08/11/2024
- CIRIA and RSK Geosciences aim to produce first construction sector climate change guide 08/11/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Heritage from the global Doorstep’: City Competitiveness Redefined, from ARUP – the cities to thrive in the era of climate change 08/11/2024
- IHBC’s new ‘Board insight’ for members & readers: IHBC NewsBlogs etc as prompts & reminders to Trustees on recent achievements 05/11/2024
- Don’t forget IHBC’s free ‘Publications by Members’ webpage posting: Just send us the details, for all member categories 05/11/2024
- IHBC’s Finance & Economics Signpost: British Land on ‘Brownfield’ – how to deliver more growth, homes & jobs, with communities’ 05/11/2024
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Designing Buildings site features IHBC NewsBlogs etc to c.20K development sector users, from Scotland’s Standards to education from Venice 05/11/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (demolition) doorstep’: ‘Existential threat’ of ‘Embodied Carbon Briefing’ to demolition 05/11/2024
- National Churches Trust: The house of good & easing pressures on the NHS 05/11/2024
- Dorset dairy farm Wraxall Yard wins 2024 Stephen Lawrence Prize 05/11/2024
IHBC welcomes new CIfA CE Nathan Baker as Guest Judge for IHBC Student Award 2024: Selecting the next ‘Gus Astley’ winner, who’ll receive £500 + Shrewsbury School place, 12-14 June 2025
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IHBC@ICOMOS-CIF’s anniversary Symposium, ‘Peace and War: Educating for Conservation or for Reconstruction?’, includes IHBC Director on awards and more, blended, from Venice, 4-6/11
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Among those exploring the ICOMOS-CIF 2024 Symposium on 4-6 November, on ‘… Educating for Conservation…’, led by Cristina González-Longo, ICOMOS CIF President, and celebrating its 40th anniversary with the RIBA, will be IHBC Director Séan O’Reilly on IHBC conservation awards, celebrations, competency and more.
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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £1M+ of weekly works: Trust seeks design & build heritage services, to 1/11, and £616K
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members regular ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick this week is a call from a Welsh Trust for design and build interpretation services in a Heritage setting, to 01/11 and valued £616+.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Edinburgh) doorstep’: ‘A Plaque Too Far’ – Cockburn Association decries Netflix plans for branded promo plaque to Rom-Com
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The Cockburn Association has criticised a proposed plaque – with a bright red background and white lettering – to ‘advertise’ Netflix’s ‘One Day’, romantic drama series based on the 2009 novel by David Nicholls.
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English Heritage calls on public to help find ‘lost’ London plaques
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English Heritage has called on the public to help find ‘lost’ London plaques with its ‘Have you seen this plaque?’ programme.
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House of Lords Built Environment Committee launches ‘short inquiry’ into the Grey Belt in England, to 21/10
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A short inquiry by the House of lords Building Committee will seek to gain a better understanding of what Grey Belt land is, how it can contribute to housing targets and what sustainable Grey Belt development looks like?
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PM overhauls England’s apprenticeships to support ‘opportunity’
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Reforms to apprenticeship system in England have been announced alongside the publication of the first Skills England report highlighting nationwide skills gap.
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European Urban Initiative: Autumn call for Peer Reviews is open to 13/11
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The European Urban Initiative (EUI) call for EUI Peer Reviews opens on 1 October and closes on 13 November.
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Leeds Beckett University sets new global standards to reduce heat loss in housing
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Leeds Beckett University’s ‘real-world’ research reports it has defined new standards to measure the aggregate heat loss from housing – a crucial lever to meet the challenge of Net Zero.
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MHCLG Demolition and retrofit survey launched to inform England’s National Planning Policy: Open to 31/10
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A new survey from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) on the future of national planning policy, specifically regarding the demolition, redevelopment, and retrofit of buildings, has been launched.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (global) doorstep’: Macron will fight hard to keep Emily in Paris in France
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Emmanuel Macron says he will fight hard to keep Emily in Paris in France, as the successful Netflix show has boosted tourism to the capital and beyond.
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Don’t forget IHBC’s free ‘Publications by Members’ webpage posting: Just send us the details, for all member categories
The IHBC is delighted to remind members of the IHBC who have published books still in print that they can promote these for free on our ‘Members Publications’ web page: Just send the details to Peter Badcock at it@ihbc.org.uk.
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IHBC seeks consultant ‘Support Officer’ service with good IT, comms & personal skills: Help boost capacity & value to Branches, members, partners & more, from £120-£160/day, 2-3 days/week, closes 18/10
If you would like to get involved at the hub of the IHBC’s UK-wide built and historic environment conservation practice network, have strong IT, comms & personal skills, and seek flexible home-working with huge potential for travel and learning, let us know by 18 October, as you could be our new Support Officer.
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IHBC Council: Charles Mynors, online and on ‘Better legislation for the historic environment…’ – A Presidential invite exclusive to ALL member categories, Wednesday, 16 October, 4.00pm
IHBC’s President Mike Brown has opened an exclusive invitation to ALL members categories for a free CPD programme headlined by Dr Charles Mynors exploring ‘Better legislation for the historic environment – lessons from Cardiff Bay’, online from 4.00pm on Wednesday 16 October.
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IHBC welcomes ‘Skills Needs Analysis for the Repair, Maintenance and Retrofit of Traditional (Pre-1919) Buildings in England, 2024’
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Historic England has published the ‘Skills Needs Analysis for the Repair, Maintenance and Retrofit of Traditional (Pre-1919) Buildings in England, 2024’, an update to the 2013 research.
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IHBC ‘Management’ signpost: Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023: Comes into force on 4/11
Cadw has issued a reminder that ‘The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023’ comes into force in November Continue reading
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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Parliament on AI terminology
IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – offers members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, with ‘News from the sector’, a dedicated news service with a commercial focus complementing our NewsBlogs.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (architect’s) doorstep’: … ‘grotesque’ Cotswolds house for Soho House boss defended
Architect Francis Terry has defended his firm’s heavily criticised proposal for a mansion house in a Cotswolds village, the AJ reports.
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British Chambers of Commerce: Planning reform must ‘move ahead at pace’
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The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is calling for swift action by the Government to reform planning in England, to help stimulate business investment and unlock growth.
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Buildings to prove they are net zero carbon: UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard pilot methodology launches – feedback sought
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The pilot version of the UK’s first cross-industry Standard to robustly prove a building is ‘net zero carbon’ aligned has launched, as architects and the real estate sector are encouraged to start using the pilot version, while a pilot testing programme will soon gather feedback.
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund awards nearly £5M for conservation ‘expansion’ in Church of England parishes
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The Church of England has been awarded nearly £5 million to fund a ‘much needed’ expansion in work to conserve cultural and historical heritage in parish churches in a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.
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AHF reports on Scotland Programmes: ‘Small amounts of money… carefully targeted… grows all this really big scale impact’
The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is delighted to share an evaluation report summarising the research findings of RF Associates, that demonstrate the impact of AHF grant and loan programmes in Scotland during the five-year period from April 2019 to March 2024.
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Projects to boost UK heritage science and conservation capability
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On 1 October, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) unveiled 31 projects to grow the UK heritage economy and protect cultural heritage for future generations
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IHBC features ‘History’ signpost ‘… from the (global) doorstep’: World Architecture Festival on the history of the Warburg Institute
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The World Architecture Festival (6-8 November) has published ‘The history of the Warburg Institute’ as a narrative for our times, by Jeremy Melvin.
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IHBC Council: Charles Mynors, online and on ‘Better legislation for the historic environment…’ – A Presidential invite exclusive to ALL member categories, Wednesday, 16 October, 4.00pm
IHBC’s President Mike Brown has opened an exclusive invitation to ALL members categories for a free CPD programme headlined by Dr Charles Mynors exploring ‘Better legislation for the historic environment – lessons from Cardiff Bay’, online from 4.00pm on Wednesday 16 October.
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