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- IHBC’s 2025 AGM concludes, featuring Griff Rhys Jones on #IHBCShrewsbury2025, new trustees (and old), a ‘stop-press’ update on our Charter-linked Memorandum and much more… 16/05/2025
- IHBC congratulates Conservation Wiki partner Designing Buildings as it reaches 20,000 articles 16/05/2025
- 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 16/05/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Members with benefits’: West Dean’s 10% discount on specialist Conservation courses for IHBC members (all categories) 16/05/2025
- IHBC REMINDER– DEADLINE EXTENDED for our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey: Open to 22 May 16/05/2025
- IHBC ‘Philosophy’ signpost from Designing Buildings: AI is killing the goose that laid the golden egg 16/05/2025
- IHBC’s ‘Director’s pick’ from HESPR’s weekly works: Church body seeks architect for works and bids, to 23/05 16/05/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: IHBC’s The Cockburn Association’s 150th Annual General Meeting 16/05/2025
- Department for Communities: Condition of NI’s Listed buildings declines by almost 25% in twenty years 16/05/2025
- Government on PBIS: Reforms to get Britain building will boost economy by billions 16/05/2025
- The Wildlife Trusts: Government amendment to Planning Bill threatens nature and infrastructure delivery… removing statutory consultees from NSIPs pre-app process 16/05/2025
- HSDS User Needs Survey (Year 1) open to 31 May 16/05/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Arran announced as 10th UNESCO Global Geopark in UK 16/05/2025
- IHBC welcomes Hirst Conservation to HESPR – IHBC’s register of quality-assured conservation and heritage practices 13/05/2025
- IHBC’s President keynote on ‘Historic & Heritage Places and Assets’, an essential heritage perspective, ‘… a huge focus at UKREiiF 2025’, Leeds, 20 May 13/05/2025
- IHBC’s Annual School 2025 pre-conference (and free!) webinars: Accessible & engaging learning for all (and special CPD for Conservation Professionals), with Dr Andy Wigley on ‘Shrewsbury’s Built Heritage..’, 15/5 13/05/2025
- IHBC REMINDER– DEADLINE EXTENDED for our Heritage Staff Wellbeing at Work Survey: Open to 22 May 13/05/2025
- IHBC’s Management signpost: ‘An independent review of Defra’s regulatory landscape…’ 13/05/2025
- IHBC HESPR’s ‘News from the Sector’: Defra, via LinkedIn, seeks 30 new Board Members for England’s NPAs etc, to 19/05 13/05/2025
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Irish) doorstep’: Thatch Repair Grant Scheme Opens in Donegal (with a little on ‘Fire Risk’) 13/05/2025
- Government: Experimental AI could help councils meet housing targets by digitising records to make planning data accessible 13/05/2025
- Local heritage to be protected with £20Mn funding 13/05/2025
- Wales Consultation: A New Approach to Volunteering in Wales: Closing 30/05 13/05/2025
- UK Government: Record £13.9Bn of R&D funding unveiled to boost innovation, jobs and growth 13/05/2025
- Defra seeks 30 Board Members of National Park Authorities and National Landscape Conservation Boards: to 19/05 13/05/2025
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Government: Experimental AI could help councils meet housing targets by digitising records to make planning data accessible
Government UK reports that a new AI tool aims to modernise council planning by replacing outdated paper systems with high-quality digital data, enabling faster, smarter decisions to support the government’s goal of building 1.5 million homes.
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Tagged AI, building, environment, expertise, government, planning, public, services, skills, technology
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UK Government: Record £13.9Bn of R&D funding unveiled to boost innovation, jobs and growth
A record £13.9 billion funding outlined to support transformational R&D in areas like life sciences, green energy, engineering and beyond has been reported by Government UK.
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Tagged climate change, environment, expertise, government, health, jobs, nature, research, science, skills, technology
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IHBC’s ‘Research’ Signpost: University of Edinburgh – ‘Turning 30Mn old photos into digital gold… Harnessing digital, data and AI’
A major supercomputing project is digitising one of the world’s largest collections of aerial photos, as builders, the economy and even unsolved crimes could benefit.
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Tagged archives, expertise, heritage, photography, skills, technology
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: Digitally Preserving Herschel Island-Qikiqtaruk Territorial Park, Yukon
image for illustration: Pauline Cove Hershel Island by Maedward, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons The University of Calgary reports on its exploration of how digital technology can be used to preserve, protect, and mobilize knowledge about Qikiqtaruk Herchel … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global doorstep’: UK redoubles Horizon push as Kyle forges deeper R&I links with EU
UK Science and Tech Secretary announces renewed push to turbo-charge UK-EU science and technology links, to tackle shared global challenges.
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Tagged conservation, europe, expertise, global, heritage, innovation, science, technology
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the Global (UK Research) doorstep 2’: UKRI developing new research data policy framework
A new pan-United Kingdom Research and Innovation(UKRI) research data policy framework will maximise the value of data arising from UKRI funding and support an open research and innovation culture.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: Explore the World’s First 3D Replica of St. Peter’s Basilica… made with AI
image for illustration: St Peter’s Basilica by Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons In the trailer below for the world’s first 3D replica of St. Peter’s Basilica, Yves Ubelmann speaks of using ‘AI for Good,’ which isn’t just an … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, church, conservation, digital, global, heritage, technology
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