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- IHBC’s December ‘CPD Circular’ now out: Accessible, cost-conscious learning, events & resources, with Branch & National AGMs, Surgeries, CPD Partnerships & more 28/11/2025
- IHBC Supporter Surgery for aspiring Affiliates: Have you registered yet? 11 December, 1pm (IHBC CPD too!) 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 28/11/2025
- IHBC welcomes new joint CEOs at Historic England to post 28/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Professional’ & ‘Management ‘ Signpost: DB’s ‘brief outline of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill’, with terms, and amendments 28/11/2025
- IHBC Director’s pick from HESPR’s £2.4M+ of weekly works: BC seeks review of Conservation Areas, to £50K 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Two companies fined total of £190k for unauthorised Grade I listed building works following BNES council prosecution 28/11/2025
- Government consultation: ‘Reforms to the statutory consultee system’, to 13/01/2026 28/11/2025
- Gardens Trust on ‘Government Consultation on Removal of the Gardens Trust as a Statutory Consultee’ 28/11/2025
- NLHF launches Future Heritage Leadership Programme, open to 10/12, starting March 2026 28/11/2025
- As UK City of Culture 2029 opens, new ‘UK Town of Culture’ competition – to shine a spotlight on towns – opens soon too 28/11/2025
- UK Parliamentary Cttee. launches International Climate Policy Inquiry, ‘on UK climate policy and finance’, seeking evidence, to 7/01/2026 28/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: European Heritage Excellence Day 2025 spotlights innovation, creativity and community engagement 28/11/2025
- PAS 28/11/2025
- Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ services spans disciplines, levels & sectors, linked by interdisciplinary conservation practice standards delivering public benefit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s 2025 Parliamentary Briefing launches research-led ‘5 Commitments to Help Heritage Skills in Conservation’… From Crafts in Crisis to Rubbish in Retrofit 25/11/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Evaluation’ Signpost from Sheehan Quirke via Open Culture: ‘How did the world get so ugly?’ 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (duplicate) doorstep’: Plans for first Iron Age broch ‘in 2000 years’ approved for Highlands 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Lottery) doorstep’: Historic Birnbeck pier saved as surprise funding announced from NLHF 25/11/2025
- ‘Natural England’s Strategy: Recovering Nature for Growth, Health and Security’ – with ‘nature as essential to sustaining growth and a healthy society’ 25/11/2025
- HE & ACE issue first parts of suite of guidance, templates and factsheets etc. 25/11/2025
- Government’s Pride in Place: Strategy update 25/11/2025
- Winners of the Georgian Group Architectural Awards announced! 25/11/2025
- Joining the dots: A single EDI portal for the sector 25/11/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Worker dies after partial collapse of medieval tower in Rome 25/11/2025
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Career conscious & in conservation? IHBC’s ‘Jobs etc.’ services spans disciplines, levels & sectors, linked by interdisciplinary conservation practice standards delivering public benefit
To connect employers’ needs and practitioners’ skills, the IHBC regularly updates our NewsBlog readers on the wide-ranging opportunities on the ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, so sign up for free alerts and tell your boss or team how our low-cost service … Continue reading
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Tagged architect, church, conservation, expertise, heritage, IHBC, jobs, localauthority, private enterprise, skills, surveyor
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ARB registration of internationally-qualified architects – consultation results
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has published the results of its public consultation on proposed changes to international routes to Registration.
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Tagged architect, consultation, expertise, international, registration, skills
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Interim Chief Construction Adviser appointed, to ‘… provide expert, independent advice to… government on building safety and regulatory reform’
A new interim Chief Construction Adviser has been appointed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).
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Tagged architect, building, communities, construction, expertise, government, housing, local government, safety
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (regal) doorstep’: How the King’s vision is shaping next wave of new towns
image for illustration: Poundbury Dorchester by Nigel Mykura, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons The urban planning ideas of King Charles – which once saw him battling with the architectural establishment – are helping to inspire the next generation of new … Continue reading
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Tagged architect, building, conservation, expertise, heritage, planning, royal, skills, urban
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Barcelona rejoices as famed architect Antoni Gaudí is declared venerable
image for illustration: Sagrada Familia Barcelona by Canaan Commons Wiki Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 On April 14 2025 Pope Francis declared famed Spanish architect Antoni Gaudí venerable, recognizing his heroic virtues in a decree announced during a Vatican audience … Continue reading
RIBA condemns ‘ill-advised’ ARB accreditation rule
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has responded to the Architects Registration Board’s (ARB) decision to keep the wording of its Accreditation Rule 4.2: Degree awarding powers, which it changed from ‘qualification awarding powers’ to ‘degree awarding powers’.
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Tagged accreditation, architect, education, expertise, learning
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IHBC’s ‘Intervention’ Signpost for Christmas: AJ’s top stories for 2024 – the ‘Country house’ clause, SM, salaries & Kevin
The Architects’ Journal (AJ) has looked back at some of its most-read stories from the year, including country houses, in-depth data on architects’ salaries, social media star practices, and taking work (or not) in Saudi Arabia… and Kevin too (NB: … Continue reading
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Tagged architect, building, careers, social media
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RIBA slams ARB reforms to degree awarding powers: ‘The change risks haemorrhaging talent’
RIBA has issued its response to the Architects Registration Board’s (ARB) consultation on Accreditation Rule 4.2: Degree awarding powers, which proposes a change in wording from ‘qualification awarding powers’ to ‘degree awarding powers’.
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Tagged accreditation, architect, building, consultation, expertise, learning, qualification, skills
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