Daily Archives: 22/06/2021

IHBC’s opening ‘BIG thanks’ to Brighton School (& MarketPlace) contributors, delegates, & sponsor MFL Affinity, as 96% offer 3 stars or more for our pandemic-led, 2-day School experiment, and 96% want more on-line learning from the IHBC!

The IHBC is delighted to offer early and all-encompassing appreciation to all involved in the IHBC’s pandemic-pivoted Brighton 2021 School & Heritage MarketPlace, with special thanks to informative speakers, splendid Stallholders, participating delegates and our Principal Sponsor MFL Affinity, as … Continue reading

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Serious about your staffing plans or career direction? Manage all the risks by staying ahead with ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’, with current post ranging from HES Deputy, to Townscape, education and more, so sign up now!

To help employers and practitioners the IHBC regularly updates NewsBlog readers on the diverse career opportunities advertised in our ‘IHBC Jobs etc.’ service, while recent posts range from ‘Consents and Advice’ deputy head in Scotland to Built Heritage in Wales … Continue reading

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IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Awards 2021: Win £500 and a free place on IHBC’s 2022 Aberdeen School by submitting your built environment/heritage coursework online, closes 31 July!

The IHBC’s celebrated 2021 Gus Astley Student Awards closes to entries on 31 July, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2020 OR 2021 – just submit it online and on time … Continue reading

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REMINDER: SAHBG-IHBC Research Award launched: Celebrating the ‘quality of architectural-historical research… in heritage and conservation practice’: Closing 01/07

The IHBC is delighted to announce a new joint venture with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) that celebrates the quality of architectural-historical research produced as private consultants or for public bodies etc., with winners to receive a … Continue reading

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IHBC’s signpost to COP26: England’s HEF seeks ‘good climate-change adaptation case studies’: Closing 28/06

England’s Historic Environment Forum (HEF) COP26 Task Group is calling for ‘best practice case studies across carbon reduction, adaptation, resilience and heritage/green skills’.

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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest Sector News’ pick: SAHGB – IHBC Heritage Research Award, closes 01/07, medal & IHBC School place prizes!

The 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 the joint IHBC- SAHGB Heritage Research Award for ‘architectural-historical … Continue reading

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IHBC’s features ‘Heritage from the (Borders) doorstep’: Former Scottish Borders textiles mill which sold under Ballantyne brand up for sale

A former major textiles mill site in Innerleithen in the Scottish Borders, which sold cashmere around the globe under the Ballantyne brand has been described as being ‘suitable for a variety of commercial uses or residential development’, is being put … Continue reading

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Digital drive to keep workers safe on Parliament refurb

Experts at?Heriot-Watt University?are being drafted-in to help protect construction workers on the restoration and renewal of the Palace of Westminster project. Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament

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Scotland’s climate campaign ‘Let’s do Net Zero’ launches ahead of COP26: Calls for collective action to tackle climate emergency

‘Let’s do Net Zero’ climate campaign has launched, and calls for collective action to help hit net zero, as major TV, radio and digital campaign to encourage people across Scotland to come together to tackle the climate emergency ahead of … Continue reading

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Beyond Net Zero – A Systemic Design approach from the Design Council

The Systemic Design Framework, launched by the Design Council in April 2021, has been developed to help designers working on major complex challenges that involve people across different disciplines and sectors.

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Spin-out from Heriot-Watt University awarded £1M to commercialise brick made of recycled construction waste

Kenoteq, a clean-tech spin-out from Heriot-Watt University, has been awarded £1 million in funding by Zero Waste Scotland to commercialise production of its revolutionary brick made of recycled construction waste, the K-Briq, to more than two million bricks per year. … Continue reading

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