Ahmed Khalil is a PhD researcher at the University of Greenwich. I would like to invite you to participate in my online questionnaire concerning digital building data longevity and interoperability issues, and their impacts on the documentation of heritage buildings. This questionnaire is a part of my PhD project, and I would greatly appreciate your contribution.

You can access the questionnaire through this link:
https://lnkd.in/dsU8NXfs

The online questionnaire is composed of two parts, the first part is exploring potential problems of digital data storage and re-accessibility as well as potential issues of data interoperability in the architecture and construction industries. the second part is specific to the heritage buildings sector.

This questionnaire is relevant to professionals and academics working in the architecture and construction industries who deal with digital building data. if you think you are suitable for this questionnaire, I would appreciate it if you would fill it in and/or forward it to other colleagues you would think are suitable.

All of the information collected will remain confidential. All information will be kept on secure encrypted devices. As soon as data is collected, all personal data will be anonymised. Any personal data will be deleted after the study. Anonymous answers will be used for research purposes only. Only anonymised questionnaire data will be kept for two years for further analysis and publications.

Follow

St Machar’s Cathedral is looking for tradespeople to do workshops for families and the general public in 2022. The workshops will have demonstrations on different aspects of the trade industry from roofing, carpentry and masonry to joinery, painting, construction and stained glass. The workshop leaders and teachers will be financially compensated so if you or you know anyone who would be interested then please get in touch with Phoenix Archer, Outreach Officer at St Machar’s Cathedral.

St Machar’s Cathedral, The Chanonry, Aberdeen 

Follow

We are delighted to announce, after two years pause due to the COVID 19 pandemic, we are now accepting applications for our summer 2022 field school in Italy. Now in its 22nd year, with alumni from over 170 colleges and universities worldwide, SGPS is dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage. We offer students the opportunity to study and travel in Italy where they acquire hands-on experience in restoration and conservation.

Session One (June 6 – July 1)

Building Restoration – Touching the Stones

Restoration of Traditional Masonry Buildings and Sketching and Analyzing Historic Buildings

(Program includes lectures and restoration field projects*)

Archaeological Ceramics Restoration

Analysis and Restoration of Archaeological Ceramics in Italy

(Program includes lectures and restoration workshop*)

Book Bindings Restoration

The Craft of Making and Restoring Book Bindings

Introduction to the Preservation and Preventive Conservation of Books

(Program includes lectures and practical workshop*)

Session Two (July 18 – August 12)

Paper Restoration

Restoration and Conservation of Paper in Books and Archival Documents

(Program includes lectures and restoration workshop*)

Traditional Painting Techniques

Traditional Materials, Methods of Painting and Art Restoration Issues

(Program includes lectures and painting workshop)

Preservation Theory and Practice in Italy

Restoration Theory, Ethics and Issues

(Program includes lectures and discussion)

*Field Projects:

• Restoration of the San Giovanni City Gate (13th century)
• Analysis of medieval buildings in San Gemini as part of an urban study of the city
• Restoration and conservation of artifacts from the Office of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage for the Abruzzo Region
• Restoration of the Historic Archives of the Dioceses of Terni
• Archaeological research of the Roman Baths in the Ancient City of Carsulae

Short Intersession Program (July 3 – 12)

Preservation Field Trip – Italy A ten-day trip visiting Siena, Florence and Rome: places of cultural interest, with emphasis on the urban and historical development of each town, including specialized visits to places of interest to restorers.

APPLY NOW

SGPS is a program of the International Institute for Restoration and Preservation Studies, based in New York. An academic relationship has been established with West Virginia University that offers our students the opportunity to apply for and receive credits through the WVU Art History Department. Also, a significant 3-year cooperation agreement has been signed with the Office of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage for the Abruzzo Region to study and conserve archaeological objects held in their museums, as well as a collaboration with the Historic Archives of the Dioceses of Terni for SGPS participants to study and conserve archival documents.

Our courses are open to students from various disciplines, both undergraduate and graduate. All lessons are taught in English.
If you know any students, scholars, or others interested in this type of study, please inform them about our program. We would appreciate it if you could list our program on your organization’s website as an available educational resource. Click here to print our summer 2022 flyer.

Follow

Are you passionate about heritage? Would you like to play an important voluntary role in leading and supporting heritage organisations? The Heritage Alliance is looking for new trustees.

The Heritage Alliance is the largest collaboration of independent heritage organisations in the UK, with over 160 members representing more than 7 million volunteers, trustees, and staff. We are a charity that is passionate about promoting the importance of heritage to prosperity, wellbeing, our environment, creativity and social resilience. We are committed to promoting new thinking and conversations, and to ensuring that our sector better reflects the varied geographical, cultural and age characteristics of the UK. 

We are looking for up to three new trustees, and are particularly interested in hearing from people with experience in academia; communications and media relations; income generation, and membership development. 

Find out more here.

Follow

Open for entries!

The SPAB Heritage Awards are re-launching in 2022 and we couldn’t be more excited. We will be championing excellence in built heritage across the UK and Ireland, bringing established SPAB awards together with fresh new ones, and waving the flag for all the gifted craftspeople, dedicated custodians and environmentally conscious practitioners that work tirelessly to ensure that our astonishing built heritage has a bright future. 

Main entry period: 1 October 2021- 28 March 2022

Philip Webb Award entry period: 18 July 2022 – 12 September 2022

Follow

The Conservation Guest Scholars Program provides opportunities for professionals to pursue research on topics that bring new knowledge and fresh perspectives to the field of conservation. Guest Scholar grants are for established scholars, or individuals who have attained distinction in their fields. Applications are welcome from researchers of all nationalities working in conservation, historic preservation, heritage science, and related fields.

Applications for the 2022-2023 residency period are now available. The deadline to apply is November 15, 2021.

For eligibility, terms, and how to apply, visit https://gty.art/GCIScholars.

For questions regarding the program or the application process, please contact: GCIScholars@getty.edu

Follow

The 4^th annual ASBP Awards return for 2021-22 and are set to be bigger than ever, with entries welcomed across three categories including exemplary sustainable building projects, innovative products and forward-thinking initiatives.

Find out More

Last year’s ASBP Awards took place in the heart of the Covid pandemic, as we all adapted to the ‘new normal’. This meant that we had to re-think our approach, with a focus on recognising people’s lockdown epiphanies, innovative ideas, and radical climate action, rather than building projects. Many of the ideas shortlisted were formulated during the pandemic and provided much-needed respite and inspiration during what was, and continues to be, a difficult period for many. The 2021-22 ASBP Awards will see a return to our usual sustainable building projects and products focus, whilst once again recognising inspirational initiatives.

Follow

Applications are now open for the Year of Stories 2022 Community Stories Fund. Community groups and organisations can apply for funding of between £500 and £5,000 to support public facing activities and events taking place in Scotland during 2022, either in person, virtual or hybrid. Full details here – the application deadline for the first funding round is 5pm on 1 October 2021.

Follow

The Tiles and Architectural Ceramics Society are inviting application for small grants of up to £2000 to carry out conservation work on historic tiles or architectural ceramics. The grant scheme is primarily aimed at churches or museums and may include work on cleaning, accessioning and storage of collections or preliminary conservation reports for proposed restoration.  Other charitable institutions and community groups will also be considered.  For more information contact;

info@tacsuk.org    or  go to   https://tilesoc.org.uk/tacs/

Follow

Building recording, here the (photo)graphic capturing of data showing a historic building or site’s physical configuration, condition, and evolution at a point in time, is integral to understanding and conserving the historic built environment.

Suvey here: Decision-making in Recording Historic Buildings (qualtrics.com)

I am a PhD researcher interested in understanding how specification for historic building recording is thought about by different professions and in different building project contexts. The aim of this questionnaire is to assess how current recording processes and protocols impact the creation, management, and reuse of historic building records. You can find out more about me and my project here.

Questionnaire closing date: 31 August 2021

Follow

Vacancy – Chair of The Board of Trustees

The Heritage Alliance is looking for a Chair to lead the Board of Trustees and staff from Autumn 2021, to be formally appointed at our AGM in early 2022. The Chair is an important public face of The Heritage Alliance, representing its work in a range of forums and to key decision-makers and influencers in politics and Government.  

The Heritage Alliance is the largest coalition of independent heritage organisations in the UK, with over 160 members. We are a charity. We embrace some very large organisations and many smaller ones; the unifying factor between them is a love of our diverse built, natural and created heritage. We are passionate about promoting the importance of heritage to prosperity, wellbeing, our environment, creativity and social resilience. We promote new thinking and conversations. We have active programmes aimed at building capacity and capability amongst our members and the wider sector. We promote partnerships, host events and debates and offer practical support and information. We are committed to being recognised for achieving the highest standards of inclusion, diversity and equality of opportunity in our work and activities. 

The Board of Trustees set the overall vision and strategic direction for The Heritage Alliance, and we are looking for a strategic leader as Chair who can be a powerful advocate for the organisation and its work. At the same time, we are looking for someone who will prioritise the business of running a successful advocacy charity, ensuring effective governance and supporting the work of the executive. In the face of significant ongoing challenge and change, the Alliance will play a key role in shaping future outcomes for the sector, and will need to reflect and respond to the needs of our membership and a diverse society through delivering new fundraising and sector resilience activities. We are therefore looking for a Chair with passion and vision who can work with us to shape how the organisation could develop and progress in the coming years. 

The Chair serves a three-year term, which is renewable. The role is not accompanied by any financial remuneration, although reasonable expenses are payable. The Heritage Alliance is currently based in Southwark.

To apply, please send your CV and a covering letter to Ingrid Samuel, the Deputy Chair of The Heritage Alliance to ingrid.samuel@nationaltrust.org.uk by Sunday 15 August.

If you would like to discuss the role further, please contact Ingrid via email or call 07919 419999. Interviews will be held on 17th September.

Follow

Ahmed Khalil is a PhD researcher at the University of Greenwich, working on the digital documentation of heritage buildings. As a part of his PhD project, he has prepared an online questionnaire concerning digital building data longevity and interoperability.

The questionnaire can be accessed through this link: https://forms.office.com/r/vMEZ2vuE13 

The online questionnaire is composed of two parts, the first part is exploring potential problems of digital data storage and re-accessibility as well as potential issues of data interoperability in the architecture and construction industries. the second part is specific to the heritage buildings sector. The questionnaire is relevant to professionals and academics working in the architecture and construction industries who deal with digital building data.  

All of the information collected will remain confidential. All information will be kept on secure encrypted devices. As soon as data is collected, all personal data will be anonymised. Any personal data will be deleted after the study. Anonymous answers will be used for research purposes only. Only anonymised questionnaire data will be kept for two years for further analysis and publications. 

Closes November 2021

Follow

applications are now open for Steps to Sustainability Round 2 and would be grateful if you could share this fantastic opportunity round your networks. Full details in the attached brochure.

About the programme

This programme, starting in September 2021, will provide a pathway for a further 30 heritage organisations across the UK to be ambitious, forward thinking and deliver exciting new projects. Each participant must have a business idea which they will have the opportunity to develop throughout the duration of the programme and present for 2-stage funding up to a maximum of £10,000 at the end of the delivery period.

Quick programme overview:

• 8 day programme of activities over 6 months to help you prepare for, and build sustainability, including masterclass, webinar, networking and good practice sessions
• 9 month development period to embed your learning, including access to coaching / business mentoring
• Funding of up to £10,000 to help shape the success of the business idea
• Resources and toolkits for success
• A network of peers and sector leaders from across the UK
• Each cohort is taken on a supported journey of development over the entire programme. Each cohort will work together and have the chance to mix more widely at connect sessions, webinars and masterclasses.
• Joining fee £50 per person, per organisation

Please see the website for full programme outline, dates, eligibility and how to apply.

• Deadline for applications – 23 July 2021
• Programme starts September 2021
• Steps to Sustainability

Who is this for?

Staff, volunteers and trustees of small to medium heritage organisations across the UK who can commit to taking part in one of the 6 programmes.

A presentation and Q & A session is being held on Zoom on 25th June 2021, 2pm-3pm – RSVP to stos@socialenterprise.academy

Round 1 learners reflection on their experience –

‘A really valuable way to invest time for the future of your organisation’

‘All aspects of the programme have been useful, it has been very beneficial to gain insight into other projects which has made us think about our community involvement and engagement much more’

“The programme has been brilliant and wonderful to do with a colleague”

Also attached in this email is a promotional pack with resources that may be helpful.

Follow

A post-graduate student of MSc Programme in Sustainable Urbanism at UCL’s Bartlett School of Planning is currently conducting a comparative policy evaluation of the Green Deal and Green Homes Grant schemes as part of her final dissertation. She is seeking organisations representing industries or sectors affected by the schemes and their failure to take part in short (30mins) semi-structured interviews conducted remotely via zoom. 

The main research objective is to critically evaluate the Green Deal and Green Homes Grant to determine which factors caused the two schemes to be unsuccessful in reaching their objectives and to be stopped prematurely. Alongside the interviews the research consists of media discourse analysis and literature review on energy efficiency schemes and policy failure in the UK and internationally. 

If you wish to take part in this study please contact Karolina Krzystek-De Ranter at karolina.ranter.20@ucl.ac.uk, ​​​for more information see the Interview Participant Information Sheet, Participant Consent Form, and an indicative list of Interview Questions.

Follow

Historic England are working with partners, Shropshire Council and the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings, to bring Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, home of the world’s first iron framed building back in to use for a third century. As part of the project we are offering a programme of work placements across various aspects of the project. At the moment, due to Covid-19, these placements are taking place online.

Online Training Coordinator – Online/remote working placement opportunities

We are offering two work placements to help us develop online training materials that will introduce non-specialist audiences to the site and its conservation.  Participants will have the opportunity to be part of Historic England’s flagship project, working with the Flaxmill Maltings Project Team as well as our Sector Resilience and Skills Department, whose aim is to build capacity in the heritage sector.

We are looking for applicants who have great communication and IT skills and an interest in both heritage and learning and development. If that sounds like you, these placements will be a great opportunity to gain experience on a major conservation-led regeneration project.

The work placements will be full-time, Monday to Friday, for 2 weeks from 28 June to 9 July. As these placements will take place online, participants will need to have access to a reliable internet/wi-fi connection. A bursary will be paid to the successful candidates.

How to apply

Please read the work placement specification for further information about what is involved and what skills and interests you will need to take part. If you are interested in applying you should complete the application form and send it to juliet.baillie@historicengland.org.uk by 10am on Wednesday 16 June.

Interviews are expected to be held on Monday 21 and Tuesday 22 June (online).

Follow