The IHBC has announced that the prize for its 2014 Annual Gus Astley Student Award will rise to £500, while this still includes a free place at the IHBC’s 2014 Annual School for all commended entrants.
IHBC Chair Mike Brown said: ‘The award is one of the highlights of the IHBC’s calendar, and we are always delighted to welcome the winner to our Annual School, as well as those commended runners up of course! Indeed the winners from the 2013 award will be especially fortunate as they’ll have the chance to join us next June in Edinburgh where we’ll be exploring the ‘Art of conservation’, and their contributions to this challenging topic will be especially welcome’.
IHBC Education Secretary David McDonald said: ‘It’s great that the IHBC can continue to development this award in a way that reflects the efforts of the applicants as well as their tutors and course leaders. It’s a great honour for all involved, and a real privilege to see all that great work being properly celebrated.’
‘And remember too just how inclusive our Award is: you don’t have to be a member of the IHBC to enter, and all you need do is submit, digitally, coursework that you think does credit to you and your course. It could not be easier to participate.’
IHBC Education Vice Chair and Gus Astley Fund trustee Bob Kindred MBE said: ‘We’ve been looking at this very closely and, with donations to the fund continuing from IHBC Branches, and the huge profile IHBC’s Gus Astley Award has brought to the discipline of conservation since its inception, it’s clear that we need to capture that high regard more substantially.’
‘With its in inter-disciplinary standing and international cachet, alongside the incredibly high standard of so much of the work by the students, it seems only fair to offer real incentives and awards to those hard-working students, learners and career-changers that will be at the heart of our discipline in the future.’
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For the IHBC’s fees and hardship funds see: LINK
For the IHBC’s Annual Schools see: LINK
For the Gus Astley Student Award links, including former winners, entrants and guidelines, see: http://gasa.ihbc.org.uk/
