Don’t miss your opportunity to recognise a valued colleague at our Emerging Talent Awards.

With the submission deadline of Friday 7th March there’s still time to recognise someone that you think has made a positive contribution to the industry!

Click here to make a nomination.

IHBC Marsh Award for Successful Learning in Heritage Skills is designed to recognise the contribution to heritage of an individual for their significant learning in traditional building activities and craft skills.

Nominate for SUCCESSFUL LEARNING

Applications close: 31 March

The IHBC Marsh Award for Community Contribution (Retired Member) is offered to celebrate the contribution to the community by a retired IHBC member (e.g. through BPT involvement, neighbourhood planning, civic and local trusts with heritage interests).

Nominate for RETIRED IHBC

Entries close: 31 March

The New European Bauhaus (NEB) Prizes celebrate innovative projects and ideas that embody NEB values—sustainability, inclusivity, and beauty. Over four editions, the competition has attracted over 5,000 applications and awarded EUR 1.54 million to 72 winners. The Prizes inspire regions, cities, and towns to embrace NEB principles, foster youth participation, and promote intergenerational dialogue.

In this section, you can find an overview of the main elements of the NEB Prizes 2025.

Applications for this award are now open! You can apply from 14 January 2025 to 14 February 2025. Learn more about the upcoming edition below.

Find out more here

he British Library annual placement scheme offers doctoral researchers from all disciplines the chance to develop and apply transferable skills and expertise outside the university sector.

Projects cover activities ranging from cataloguing, conservation and interpretation to policy research, resource development and research or community engagement. The duration for each placement is 3 months (or part time equivalent).

Current research themes are available on the British Library’s website, where more information on each theme is available. The themes open for applications now are:

• Sarah Sophia Banks’s guide to her ‘Ceremonies &c p = print’
• Imprimerie Royale Proofs 1640-1789 
• Computational analysis of early printed book descriptions
• Curating the manuscripts in the Lady Eccles Oscar Wilde collection: provenance, preservation and access
• Examination of the British Library’s collection of American underground comix and related ephemera 
• Understanding user needs on climate change and sustainability
• Unearthed at the British Library: achieving a sustainable exhibition
• Afro-Brazilian history and culture in print: surveying the British Library collections
• Mapping the collections: oral histories of architecture in the British Library

Deadline: 21 February
More information and booking here.