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- IHBC’s next OPEN & FREE ‘Management’ CPD Pre-School webinars for #IHBCReading2024 School theme, ‘Place & Building Care…’: ‘Enforcement’ (03/05) and ‘Munstead Wood’ estate (16/05) 19/04/2024
- IHBC’s ‘Research’ signpost: ICE advice for engineers to close the gender pay gap following on RAE research 19/04/2024
- IHBC issues 2024 AGM reminders: To voting members, ‘Please complete your proxy form’, and for all, to register in advance for Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, 30/04 19/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 19/04/2024
- ‘Money is still not the barrier’: Bursaries extended for IHBC’s 2024 School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June – ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 19/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR pick from £112K+ works this week: Heritage team seeks engineering services for canal restoration, £70K, to 10/05 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Claim – Torbay’s planning rules are being flouted due to lack of enforcement 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Proposals for £65m University Centre Blackpool set for decision 19/04/2024
- Copenhagen and Paris mayors discuss lessons learned after fires wreck landmarks 19/04/2024
- Joint statement on England’s Natural and Historic Environment published by NE, HE and Lottery: ‘Integrating the Management of the Natural and Historic Environment’ 19/04/2024
- Architects etc. – Professional Practical Experience Commission – Call for evidence, to 24/04 19/04/2024
- Office for Place Update: Free Places at 2024 Design Code Schools for LPA officers 19/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the global doorstep’: European Architecture Prize Philippe Rotthier 2024, closing 30/04. 19/04/2024
- IHBC welcomes formal signing by IHBC Chair and ICOMOS-UK President of new MOU, securing ‘closer ties and cooperation’ 17/04/2024
- Missed #IHBCReading2024 School webinar on ‘Applying BSI’s PAS 2038…’, co-hosted by Fit for the Future? Just catch it free on IHBC’s Youtube channel… 17/04/2024
- New closing date of 30 April for IHBC’s two Marsh Awards: ‘civic contributions by retired members’ and ‘successful learners’ 17/04/2024
- ‘Money is still not the barrier’: Bursaries extended for IHBC’s 2024 School, #IHBCReading2024, 12/13-15 June – ‘Submit now to be next on the list!’ 17/04/2024
- IHBC issues 2024 AGM reminders: To voting members, ‘Please complete your proxy form’, and for all, to register in advance for Robyn Pender on ‘… energy in buildings…’, 30/04 17/04/2024
- IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: Building on ‘world’s first full-scale commercial nuclear power station’ 17/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’, for #IHBCReading2024 too: Go for £9.5M revamp of Brutalist Reading Hexagon Theatre 17/04/2024
- IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Activists occupy house set for demolition by ‘not-for-profit’ housing association 17/04/2024
- CIC: Government must make up for lost time with an improved plan for healthier, climate resilient homes and buildings 17/04/2024
- York Minster receives generous donation towards new Centre of Excellence for Heritage Skills and Estate Management 17/04/2024
- Nearly 70 museums and libraries across England to benefit from £33 million boost 17/04/2024
- APPAG Inquiry on Archaeology and Metal-detecting in England launched 17/04/2024
Monthly Archives: August 2022
Second reprise from #IHBCAberdeen2022’s School + MarketPlace: IHBC NewsBlog etc. highlights
The IHBC is delighted to offer NewsBlog readers who visit less regularly a summary list of the key NewsBlog etc. posts on our 2022 Aberdeen Annual School in June.
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LAST CHANCE IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award: Closes 31/08 – £500 + free #IHBCSwansea2023!
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award has been launched for this academic year, closing on 31 August 2022, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2021 OR 2022 –submit it … Continue reading
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IHBC’s joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ (CPPP) survey: Add your thoughts now!
The joint ‘Conservation Professional Practice Principles’ consultation survey has been launched, as we look at renewing this cross-sector (IHBC-HTVF-Civic Voice) statement on practice principles for those working in built and historic environment conservation.
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IHBC signpost to funding: Heritage Skills grants from the Benefact Trust (formerly Allchurches Trust)
The Benefact Trust – formerly Allchurches Trust – Heritage Skills for Christian Buildings Grants Programme ensures that heritage skills are preserved and promoted through apprenticeships, scholarships and training courses.
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IHBC’s HESPR ‘Special Interest News’: DB features IHBC’s CPD Circular NewsBlog to 16000 registered users
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 Designing Buildings Newsletter headline to its 16K users reporting … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Millionaire, 70, jailed after refusing to tear down ‘Britain’s best man cave’
A millionaire accountant has been jailed for ignoring a court order to tear down ‘Britain’s best man cave’ after a marathon battle with the council, reports Metro.
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the doorstep’: Gormley’s ‘Alan Turing’ at King’s approved, but should the public view improve?’
King’s College Cambridge has been given planning permission to install Sir Antony Gormley’s sculpture commemorating Alan Turing, but some councillors called for a more public view, reports the Cambridge Independent. image: for illustration – Alan Turing – age 16 by … Continue reading
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UK Government announces Youth Worker Bursary Fund 22/23: Call for delivery closes 11/09
A Grant Competition for the delivery of the Youth Worker Bursary Fund (2022-2023) has been announced, and government is offering a grant to deliver the £500,000 Youth Worker Bursary Fund, with a deadline of Sunday 11 September.
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Investing in Scotland’s workforce: Up to £15K for eligible businesses
Businesses can now apply for up to £15K to help retrain and upskill their workforce through the Scottish Government’s Flexible Workforce Development Fund.
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Progress updates on Govt. UK ‘25 Year Environment Plan’ and indicator framework
The UK Government has published reports setting out the progress made in improving the environment through the ‘25 Year Environment Plan’ and indicator framework.
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To save Norway’s Stave Churches, conservators had to re-learn a lost art for weatherproofing
To save Norway’s Stave Churches, conservators had to relearn a lost art as these iconic wooden buildings require ancient weatherproofing technology. image: for illustration – Tjensvoll stave Church from 1999 By Arne Kvitrud – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89819139
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Bon Accord Baths and The Little Kicks on video: A first reprise (and more) from #IHBCAberdeen2022
The IHBC is delighted to further extend our thanks to the Bon Accord Baths Trust for hosting our 2022 Annual School Thursday Reception in June, with a signpost to another notable record. image: Jonathan Taylor
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Conservation on the BBC, with IHBC too, as You and Yours features local Buildings at Risk
The You and Yours episode on 25/05 featured an important piece on Buildings at Risk – local and national – including a ‘very positive’ contribution from IHBC Member Mike Tagg, CO at Bassetlaw District Council. image: for illustration only – … Continue reading
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LAST CHANCE for SAHGB-IHBC Heritage Research Award, closes 31/08
The IHBC is delighted to announce the 2022 joint Award with the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) celebrating ‘the quality of architectural-historical research.. in heritage and conservation practice’ is open for submissions, closing 31 August.
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IHBC’s reminder signpost: Heritage Fund consultation: Heritage sector workers (and public) surveys open to 5/09
The National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) is looking for views to shape its new 10-year strategy, and has opened a survey for those working in the heritage sector, with a deadline of 5 September.
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LAST CHANCE IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award: Closes 31/08 – £500 + free #IHBCSwansea2023!
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award has been launched for this academic year, closing on 31 August 2022, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2021 OR 2022 –submit it … Continue reading
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IHBC’s HESPR pick from £105M+ costed works: University seeks consultant for chapel works closing 9/09
The IHBC’s heritage business register HESPR – our Historic Environment Service Providers Recognition quality assurance service – emails members weekly ‘News and Tender Alerts’, and the IHBC Director’s pick for this week is a call from a university for a … Continue reading
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IHBC features ‘Heritage from the (Scottish) doorstep’: Govt. ignores experts as 45% of planning decision appeals win
Ministers have come under fire for ignoring specialist decision-making as it emerged they overturned nearly all appealed planning decisions made last year. image: for illustration – Open Government Licence v3.0
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Victorian Society says farewell to founder Dr Mark Girouard
It is with great sadness that the Society has learned of the death of Dr Mark Girouard, architectural historian and a founder of the Victorian Society.
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UK Government recommends cutting unnecessary bureaucracy in research sector
The Government has published the final report of the Independent Review of Research Bureaucracy, launched in March 2021 to identify ways to substantially reduce unnecessary bureaucracy in all parts of the research system.
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UK Finance and FMB launch guide to development finance for SME house builders
A new guide offers practical advice on how small house builders should present their finance applications to lenders to improve their chances of success.
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Design Museum: Open Call for Design Researchers in Residence 2022/23 closes 19/09, with ‘Islands’ theme
The Design Museum has announced that applications are now open for Design Researchers in Residence on the theme of Islands and the deadline for entries is Monday 19 September 2022 at 09.00 am.
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CIAT Chief Executive, Francesca Berriman MBE to leave
CIAT Chief Executive, Francesca Berriman MBE, will step down from her role at the end of the year, after 34 years at the Institute.
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SPAB Scholarships for 2023 applicants opens
SPAB is welcoming applications for 2023 between June and October 2022 from Architects, building surveyors and structural engineers etc.
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US: Preservationists say Library of Congress makeover plan is ‘vandalism’
The library’s Main Reading Room, included in a $60 million renovation of the Thomas Jefferson Building, now lands on the D.C. Preservation League’s list of endangered places. image: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/LOC_Main_Reading_Room_Highsmith.jpg
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