{"id":33574,"date":"2022-06-14T17:10:21","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33574"},"modified":"2022-06-14T17:10:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T16:10:21","slug":"cotac-expands-to-deliver-digital-educational-unit-in-appreciating-built-heritage-with-new-project-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=33574","title":{"rendered":"COTAC\u00a0expands\u00a0to\u00a0deliver digital educational unit in Appreciating Built Heritage\u00a0with new\u00a0project officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-18573\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/COTAC_icon.png\" alt=\"logo\" width=\"83\" height=\"135\" \/>Having recently obtained Heritage Lottery funding from their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/your.socialenterprise.academy\/course\/view.php?id=407\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/your.socialenterprise.academy\/course\/view.php?id%3D407&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1655303349037000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1b8G4tQgqRFAissc_8qAQS\">Steps to Sustainability programme<\/a>, COTAC is embarking on a project to deliver an entry-level heritage and historic environment conservation education unit delivered entirely digitally, with a search for a project officer under way.<\/h3>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800080;\">&#8230;especially attractive for a student or emerging heritage professional&#8230;<\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The unit will be based on COTAC\u2019s existing and freely available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cotac.global\/learning\/insight1\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cotac.global\/learning\/insight1\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1655303349037000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1TwXQM7uYigowp-hiy0Ru2\">Insight 1 series<\/a>\u00a0which seeks to help in gaining a comprehensive understanding of what the built heritage is all about.\u00a0 The target audience covers a wide range of cohorts including students, the general public, crafts, trades and professionals who wish to gain an appreciation of practical heritage conservation, its associated challenges, working practices and the philosophy which underpins it.<\/p>\n<p>COTAC hopes that by engaging a wide range of people who interact with the built environment but do not have a technical education in conservation, heritage values and understanding become more widely appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>To help deliver the unit COTAC also needs a Project Officer &#8211; part-time and temporary, and especially attractive for a student or emerging heritage professional &#8211; who wishes to learn about the heritage sector while helping develop an engaging, rewarding virtual learning environment.\u00a0 More information on the role can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/cotacnews.apps-1and1.net\/cotac-seeks-virtual-school-project-officer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/cotacnews.apps-1and1.net\/cotac-seeks-virtual-school-project-officer&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1655303349037000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3DlH6pFhe4VxmLxPGIb_t0\">here<\/a>, which has a closing date of 30 June.<\/p>\n<p>For more information or to volunteer to help deliver the project, contact Michael Netter COTAC Hon Secretary and also IHBC\u2019s Professional Services Officer, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:services@ihbc.org.uk\">services@ihbc.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cotac.global\/\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/cotac.global\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1655303349037000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Dfko50r8iw-F-m2girL3U\">COTAC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having recently obtained Heritage Lottery funding from their\u00a0Steps to Sustainability programme, COTAC is embarking on a project to deliver an entry-level heritage and historic environment conservation education unit delivered entirely digitally, with a search for a project officer under way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33574","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\/33574","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33574"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33574\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33575,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33574\/revisions\/33575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}