{"id":13577,"date":"2016-08-27T16:06:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-27T15:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=13577"},"modified":"2016-08-26T18:41:46","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T17:41:46","slug":"rsa-heritage-index-update-thoughts-on-criteria-and-datasets-sought-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=13577","title":{"rendered":"RSA Heritage Index Update: Thoughts on criteria and datasets sought now"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Royal Society for Arts (RSA) is asking for help to update last year\u2019s Heritage Index, including both thoughts on criteria (survey closing 7 September) and suggestions for new data.<\/h3>\n<p>The RSA writes:<\/p>\n<p>In September 2015, we launched the first iteration of the RSA\u2019s Heritage Index. This was an unprecedented data exercise, bringing together over 100 ways to measure the richness of heritage assets and activities across every local area in England, Scotland and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>We are now in the midst of work to refine the previous index, and to expand on the range of data included. To make sure we don&#8217;t miss anything, we are asking you to consider submitting data, and to suggest improvements to the way in which we combine the many sources of data to produce a single Heritage Index score. We are also building a Northern Ireland index\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Now we&#8217;re looking to make the Heritage Index bigger and better for 2016.<\/p>\n<p>If you think you have or can recommend data that could meet our criteria email <a href=\"mailto:jonathan.schifferes@rsa.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">jonathan.schifferes@rsa.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d also like you to tell us what you thought of the way in which we combined the many indicators of heritage. <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1cFxBSlaPLE2MxQvY4SBCLnNqZACxZ6Nuv5gQFU5roMg\/edit#gid=0\">Have a look at how we balanced the indicators<\/a> to produce a single Heritage Index score \u2013 for example, we \u2018weighted\u2019 UNESCO World Heritage Sites more heavily than Grade II listed buildings.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.co.uk\/r\/HI2016England\" target=\"_blank\">Fill out the survey now<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Links to Wales and Scotland are available through the survey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thersa.org\/action-and-research\/rsa-projects\/public-services-and-communities-folder\/heritage-and-place\" target=\"_blank\">Links to the Index\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thersa.org\/action-and-research\/rsa-projects\/public-services-and-communities-folder\/heritage-and-place\" target=\"_blank\">Read more &#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thersa.org\/discover\/publications-and-articles\/rsa-blogs\/2016\/08\/help-us-develop-the-heritage-index-for-2016\" target=\"_blank\">See\u00a0the call for more data<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Royal Society for Arts (RSA) is asking for help to update last year\u2019s Heritage Index, including both thoughts on criteria (survey closing 7 September) and suggestions for new data. The RSA writes: In September 2015, we launched the first &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=13577\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13577"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13578,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13577\/revisions\/13578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}