IHBC welcomes HE’s new Joint Chief Executive-in-waiting: Claudia Kenyatta and Emma Squire

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC has welcomed the appointment of Claudia Kenyatta and Emma Squire to become the new ‘Joint Chief Executive’ of Historic England following the retirement of Duncan Wilson in October 2025.

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IHBC UPDATE – DEADLINE EXTENDED for our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey: Open to 22 May

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to thank all for your strong response to our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work survey, helping us understand the current state of wellbeing among those working and volunteering in the heritage sector, and to ensure we capture a full and representative picture, we’re extending the deadline to Wednesday 22 May, 11.59pm.

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IHBC & friends are at London’s UK Construction Week (with The Stone Show too) 7-9 May, Excel, all free CPD, with HE on 9/05, on ‘Stone’!

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

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With just a couple of weeks until London’s UK Construction Week (UKCW) – this year co-located with The Stone Show & Hard Surfaces – the event is set to be the biggest and best yet, so the IHBC will be there, with partners from the SPAB, ICON, and our host partners, Historic England.

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IHBC’s Finance and Economics’ signpost: Kings Foundation on ‘Best Value in Land: a decision-making framework for Landowners and Trustees’

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

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The Kings Foundation has launched a new publication, ‘Best Value in Land…’ offering case studies and a decision-making framework to help landowners navigate choices.

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IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s £16Mn of weekly works: NPA seeks team for works, to 26/05 and £50K

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

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 National Park Authority (NPA) for a team for new works, to 26/05 and £50K.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (civic society) doorstep’: For World Heritage Day, the Cockburn Association reflected on 150 years of civic guardianship in Edinburgh

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

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On World Heritage Day, the Cockburn Association enjoys a moment of particular reflection as it celebrates its 150th anniversary.

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First new-style degrees set for accreditation in major milestone for ARB’s education reforms: ‘an innovative integrated format’

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has agreed to approve three new Master’s level qualifications by the University of Leeds, two of which ‘take an innovative integrated format’.

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Wales consults on new building control regime for higher-risk buildings and wider changes to building regulations, to 25/05

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

Welsh Government Consultation want your views on proposed changes to the building control regime and building regulations in Wales, closing 25 May.

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Design Council Homes Taskforce: ‘Advising… government on the… challenge of… 1.5Mn homes… in… binding climate commitments’

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

A new Design Council report – ‘Advising the government on the design challenge of creating 1.5 million homes within the UK’s legally-binding climate commitments’-says better housing design could save hundreds of millions of tonnes of carbon while delivering government house building target.

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AHF and HES: £2Mn partnership funding for the sustainable community re-use of Scotland’s historic buildings

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

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The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) is delighted to announce the extension of its long-standing strategic partnership with Historic Environment Scotland (HES) as, thanks to the HES Partnership Fund, the AHF will continue and enhance delivery of core grants and project support in Scotland.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage – UK consultation update (12/04/2025)

Posted on 02/05/2025 by IHBC

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Government UK has issued the response to consultation on the 2003 UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage.

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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ reaches across disciplines, levels & sectors, while posts from charities get c.25% off

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC updates NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts, and telling your boss about our targeted subsidies for adverts, outlined below, helps your prospects too!

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IHBC UPDATE – DEADLINE EXTENDED for our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey: Open to 22 May

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to thank all for your strong response to our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work survey, helping us understand the current state of wellbeing among those working and volunteering in the heritage sector, and to ensure we capture a full and representative picture, we’re extending the deadline to Wednesday 22 May, 11.59pm.

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IHBC’s Annual School 2025 pre-conference (and free!) webinars: Accessible & engaging learning for all (and special CPD for Conservation Professionals), with Carole Ryan on ‘… changing face of Context in rural areas…’, 01/05

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

Following on from the launch of the 2025 Annual School and the linked pre-conference CPD in Redruth on 13 March, the IHBC is delighted to announce a series of online lunchtime webinars across a variety of topics that relate to the school theme of ‘Heritage in Context’, all open to everyone and free to attend, and all supporting #IHBCShrewsbury2025.

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HE’s Chief Executive Duncan Wilson offers online welcome & Q&A at IHBC’s 2025 Day School, 13/06: #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – Schools… ‘one of the pre-eminent regular events in… heritage’

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

The IHBC is delighted to announce that Duncan Wilson CBE, Chief Executive at Historic England, will offer an online welcome and take questions at the IHBC’s Shrewsbury Day School on 13 June – #IHBCShrewsbury2025 – opening a unique day of insights, learning, discussion and investigation into how context and conservation combine.

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IHBC looks back at Context 182: Gus Astley Student Awards, viewed from across the pond, and ahead as 2024 Awards at #IHBCShrewsbury2025, and 2025 Awards open to 31/08

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC
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The previous issue of IHBC’s members’ journal, Context – No. 182 – included a special update from our guest Student Awards judge for 2024, John Fidler, responding to the submissions, a sound reminder both of submissions for 2025 and the awards presentations at our 2025 School, #IHBCShrewsbury2025, on 13 June.

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IHBC’s ‘Design’ Signpost: ‘Guidance on Inclusive Design for Town Centres and Busy Streets’

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

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New non-statutory national guidance has been developed by Transport Scotland to support the design of town centres and busy streets that are inclusive for all.

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IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Government’s new Inventory of Traditions, with community nominations across seven categories

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance scheme for heritage services – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and this week features plans for the UK’s plans for a new inventory of traditions, with nominations to be accepted under seven categories.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (training) doorstep’: Farnborough College unveils ‘Half-house’ for Sustainable Construction training

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

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Farnborough College of Technology’s construction campus in Aldershot has unveiled the Half-house, a cutting-edge facility designed to teach sustainable building practices.

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Government unleashes next generation of construction workers to build 1.5m homes

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

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New training will help deliver 1.5 million homes which will transform communities and drive growth through the Plan for Change.

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Tony Juniper CBE reappointed to continue protecting nature and boosting growth as Natural England Chair

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

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Tony Juniper CBE reappointed to continue protecting nature and boosting growth as Natural England Chair. His reappointment comes as Environment Secretary, Steve Reed, is rewiring and reforming Defra and its arm’s-length bodies to unlock growth under the Plan for Change.

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HE: Grant to Secure the Future of Colchester’s Iconic Jumbo Water Tower

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

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Historic England (HE) has awarded a grant of £550,000 for the repair and restoration of the Jumbo Municipal Water Tower in Colchester, continuing its commitment to saving this significant local landmark.

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Higher Education Student Statistics: UK, 2023/24 – Notes

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

The Statistical Bulletin has been produced by Jisc in collaboration with statisticians from the Department for Education, the Office for Students, the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government and the Department for the Economy Northern Ireland and been released according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.

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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: URBACT Call for Transfer Networks, to 30/06

Posted on 29/04/2025 by IHBC

URBACT’s Call for Transfer Networks, is running from 1 April until 30 June 2025. Discover the Good Practices that will be transferred, note the dates of the information sessions in your agenda, and get ready to hop on the transfer train!

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IHBC & friends are at London’s UK Construction Week (with The Stone Show too) 7-9 May, Excel, all free CPD, with HE on 9/05, on ‘Stone’!

Posted on 25/04/2025 by IHBC

image for illustration: London Skyline by © User:Colin and Kim Hansen / Wikimedia Commons

With just a couple of weeks until London’s UK Construction Week (UKCW) – this year co-located with The Stone Show & Hard Surfaces – the event is set to be the biggest and best yet, so the IHBC will be there, with partners from the SPAB, ICON, and our host partners, Historic England.

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