GASA Award Ceremony
The UK’s most inclusive award for taught coursework relating to the past and future of valued places – The Institute of Historic Building Conservation’s (IHBC) 2015 Annual Gus Astley Student Award – is still open for submissions, with a closing date of 31 July 2015 and offering the chance of a cash award of £500 as well as places at the IHBC’s Annual School in 2016!
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 2014 award have been especially fortunate as they’ll have the chance to join us next June in Norwich where we’ll explore the ‘Conservation and the diversity of place’. Their contributions to this challenging topic will be especially welcome’.
IHBC Director Seán O’Reilly said: ‘Lecturers, trainers and educators on UK’s taught courses should be sure to circulate this news across their student and training networks, and remember that relevant disciplines range from history, heritage skills and management, to planning, regeneration and design.’
IHBC Education Secretary David McDonald said: ‘It’s great that the IHBC can continue to develop 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 do note 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, relevant 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: ‘With its inter-disciplinary standing and international cachet, alongside the incredibly high standard of so much of the work by the students, it is great to be able 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.’
For a chance to win a £500 cash prize, applicants should submit digital versions of work assessed on taught courses that end in July 2014 or 2015. Free places at the IHBC’s Annual School, valued at around £500, are also offered to the winner and any commended entrants so they can receive their prizes in person at the IHBC’s School Dinner in June of each year.
Eligible course work may cover any aspect of places, buildings, features or areas that relates to the past or future of the built and historic environment. Entries may cover history, heritage site management and planning, new architecture or investigative research. There are no restrictions on discipline, type of taught coursework, group numbers or age. The only requirements for eligibility are that the entry should represent a relevant and quality submission assessed as part of a UK taught course and that it be completed in the academic years ending in July 2014 or 2015.
The entry (or an appropriate digital record of the entry if it is not in a digitised format) must be submitted using the IHBC’s online procedures from the Award’s website.
Should the entry be selected for an award by the judge, the IHBC will require authentication by the relevant tutor.
The IHBC Award website gives full details on the process and terms of the award, including how to submit digitally in accordance with our guidelines which may be downloaded from HERE
IHBC newsblogs on the Gus Astley Student Award
IHBC’s 2014 School, attended by the winner of the 2013 Award
