Applications Close: 9 December 2024

This year’s Winter conference is taking place on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th January 2025 at
College Court Conference Centre in Leicester. The theme is ” Pioneers in Vernacular Architecture:
examining the legacy of English Vernacular Houses, Houses of the Welsh Countryside and
other early scholars” and the attached brochure provides full details of the programme.

The Vernacular Architecture Group is able to offer two bursaries to assist registered full or part-time
students, recent graduates or professionals in the early years of their career to attend the conference.
The Committee is aware that the cost often makes attendance difficult for students and others who
might benefit from the lectures and discussions, and from the opportunity to meet people active in the
field.

Applicants must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Undergraduates, masters or doctoral students or those who have graduated within 5 years (with a preference for those studying vernacular architecture or a related discipline)
• Early career professionals working in the field or those with a junior professional role e.g. assistant heritage consultant, project officer or similar.

Candidates will be expected to:

• show evidence of an active interest in historic buildings, ideally vernacular architecture,
  including a list of relevant courses undertaken
• show evidence that they are active in the field, e.g. by membership of the VAG or other
  relevant groups, or through relevant work experience
• Explain how they hope to benefit from attending the conference

Applications and tutor endorsements/references should be sent by email to the VAG Secretary, Claire Jeffery, email secretary@vag.org.uk to reach her no later than Monday 9 December. The bursary will cover the full cost of the £217 residential conference fee but will not cover travel to or from the
conference or any other expenses. Applicants who are already members of the Group and propose to
attend the conference with or without the support of a bursary should ensure a place on the
conference by booking in the normal way. Anyone who has reserved a place at full cost but
subsequently obtains a bursary will receive a full refund.

Bursary recipients will be asked to write a resume of the conference for the VAG Newsletter. We hope
that they will be sufficiently inspired by the conference to join the VAG if they are not already
members. The VAG Committee would be grateful if you could bring this item to the notice of anyone
who is eligible and whom you feel would benefit from attending the conference.