Would you be interested in joining our events committee to suggest events and help plan our events programme? The events committee meets three times a year at our office in west London. To find out more please email janej@victoriansociety.org.uk.
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FollowTravel Bursaries – Industrial Heritage Conference
Our goal for the Reviving Places by Reusing Industrial Heritage Conference is to bring together as many people as possible, and we do not want costs to be a barrier to your attendance. We can now offer £100 and £75 bursaries to eligible individuals and groups.
Museum & Heritage Awards 2016
The Museum + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2016 are now open for entries for projects completed between January and December 2015. The awards continue to generate public recognition for the winners and shortlistees, and have been instrumental in helping many to secure funding and support from key stakeholders. Award winners have also enjoyed recognition both locally and further afield as the awards increasingly gain an international profile.
Traditional Building Skills CPD lectures
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
There are a number of free places fully funded by the CITY & COUNTRY GROUP BURSARY SCHEME. Bursaries are available to trainees, self-employed workers and anyone who is embarking on a career in traditional building skills.
Church Monuments Essay Prize
The Council of the Church Monuments Society (CMS) has launched a biennial prize of £250 called the Church Monuments Essay Prize, to be awarded with a certificate for the best essay submitted in the relevant year. The aim of the competition is to stimulate more people, particularly those who are perhaps aiming to write on church monuments for the first time or who are not regular contributors, to submit material for the CMS journal Church Monuments. The competition is therefore open only to those who have not previously published an article in Church Monuments. more….
Scottish Lime Centre Trust – 25% discount on various courses
The Scottish Lime Centre Trust has been selected by the National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Societies (NADFAS) as being a suitable partner institution to distribute grants to those studying or working in conservation through the Patricia Fay Memorial Fund. This allows us to distribute bursaries to anyone studying or working in conservation who want to attend our courses.
For more details contact: admin@scotlime.org
DPhil in Sustainable Urban Development
The Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford
The Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Sustainable Urban Development is a part-time doctoral programme that provides outstanding students an opportunity to pursue in-depth and rigorous research about the pressing challenges of urban sustainability and the processes of environmental, economic, and social development in urban environments around the world. more….
Eastern Academic Research Consortium (Eastern ARC Awards) PhD Studentship (Digital Humanities)
Deadline: 8 Nov 2015
The University of Kent is seeking at least one highly motivated and ambitious PhD candidate to apply to work within the field of Digital Humanities. The successful candidate(s) will join the exciting new research community of the Eastern Academic Research Consortium (EARC), which unites Kent with the Universities of East Anglia and Essex as a significant new force in research collaboration and training.
This studentship is available to UK, EU or overseas fee-paying applicants.
This opportunity is open to applications investigating any aspect of the digital humanities, broadly defined, but deploying substantial engagement with digital data or technologies. more…
Heritage Lottery Fund/National Heritage Memorial Fund: Trustee for Wales
In addition, to the responsibilities common to all Trustees, the Trustee for Wales is:
• a Deputy Chair of the Board (along with the Trustees for Scotland and for Northern Ireland)
• the Chair of the Committee for Wales and has particular responsibility for representing NHMF/HLF in Wales and for representing the interests of Wales at the Board. The successful appointee will be required to actively engage with stakeholders in the heritage and cultural sectors in Wales and with the Welsh Government.
Average of at least five days per month, plus time to read the necessary papers.
Deadline: 9 Nov 2015
Preventative Conservation Internship – NT
Rowallane Gardens, County Down & National Trust property
If you want a career in Conservation, we can offer you some of the most interesting places to work. Our visitors tell us that they love coming to our beautiful places and spaces where they can appreciate the wonderful work we do, so come and be a part of our preventive conservation team and play your part in taking what we do into the future.
This internship work based placement is for 18-24 year olds, and would suit a recent graduate in preventive conservation ( arts/heritage degree also considered) who wishes to develop a career in Collections care in the cultural heritage sector. more…
Anthony Nutt PhD Studentships 2016
The Open University Business School invites applications for full-time PhD studentships starting in February 2016.
Studentships are attached to specific research projects in the new Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership which are described at www.open.ac.uk/business-school-phd. The studentships cover tuition fees, a research training support grant and a starting stipend of circa £14,000 per year. These are full-time three-year studentships and candidates would be required to live in the UK within commuting distance of the Milton Keynes campus.
We are looking for highly motivated candidates who have a good honours degree at a minimum of 2:1 or equivalent in a related subject, plus around 120 credits of advanced research methods skills or ideally a Masters in research methods. more…
HLF: Board and Committee Vacancies
There are 12 committees across the UK, supported by our local teams. Each year we recruit to replace committee members who have reached the end of their appointment period. Chairs and members are normally appointed for three years in the first instance with potential for a second term.
East of England, Committee Chair and Member
South East England, Committee Chair and Member
South West, Committee Chair and Member
West Midlands, Committee Chair and Member
North West, Committee Member
Scotland, Committee Members
Subsidised Training -Traditional Building Repair & Maintenance
Historic Scotland is once again running a programme of heavily subsidised training events in Stirling over the winter 2015-16.
These seminars also counts towards RIAS, RICS and IHBC CPD.
Training focuses on the repair and maintenance of traditional buildings and covers topics which range from the repair of earth structures, roof leadwork and chimney heads to energy efficiency measures.
International Innovation & Research Awards
Celebrating Excellence: Showcase your innovative achievements!
Can you help us build a better future? Do you have a great idea? Have you produced ground-breaking research? Are you transforming life on site? If the answer is yes, we want to hear from you.
CIOB International Innovation & Research (I&R) Awards celebrate achievement across the built environment, from academic research to industry innovation. The I&R Awards 2015 are bigger and better than ever before, with cash prizes of up to £2,000.
The closing date for entries to all categories is 2 October 2015, and except the Masters Dissertation Award which closes for entries on 20 November 2015.
Heritage Plastering, Masonry and Carpentry Specialist Apprenticeship Programmes.
The Twyi Centre in Wales has limited numbers of places each of the Heritage Plastering, Masonry and Carpentry Specialist Apprenticeship Programmes. Is there anyone in your company who would benefit from working towards this Heritage NVQ Level 3 and being able to apply for the CSCS Heritage Gold Card?
The first 2 weeks of training starts on Monday 21st September for the Masonry and the Carpentry, and on the 5th October for the first week of Plastering. There is CITB grant to cover the course cost if the trainee and your company are eligible.
Construction Companies are invited to enrol their employees on an NVQ Level 3 in Heritage Stone Masonry (Mason QUH870), Plastering (Solid QUD870) or Wood Occupations (QUG870). This is a 20-day training course, followed by on-site assessment over a year. The training will commence in September 2015. CITB grant is available for eligible companies and employees. Registration closes on 14<sup>th</sup> August 2015. Course flyer/booking from and FAQ’s attached.
More information on the requirements expected of employers is available, and if you have further questions, please do contact Angela James or Helena Burke for details. 01558 824271 or acjames@carmarthenshire.gov.uk or hburke@carmarthenshire.gov.uk