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IHBC Annual School 2010 -
Going for Gold
Delivering Excellence in
Conservation
10th to 12th June, London
Book Here |
Principal sponsor
Supported by
This year’s Annual
School looks at the delivery of the very best in conservation
services and, specifically, how they are applied in the leisure
sector. The School will provide an opportunity to learn about
conservation practice across the public, voluntary and private
sectors and see how it has been put into practice by examining a
number of high profile projects.
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The role of retail
development in economic regeneration and its impact on historic city centres
Historic Towns Forum
27 May
Cardiff |
This event will explore how the Local Authority /
Developer partnership, with a significant investment in the public realm, has
underpinned regeneration in Cardiff. The issues will be examined together with
analysis of the St David’s 2 case study. Study tours of Cardiff Town Centre
and St David's Retail Development Retail development workshops This
conference will carry CPD certification
LINK |
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SEDA AGM
21st May -23rd May |
A weekend of talks and tours combined with the
business of our annual general meeting
Link to SEDA |
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Progress in
Saving China's Heritage
Global Heritage Web Conferencing
Monday, May 24th,5:00PM PST |
GHF's Executive Director, Jeff Morgan, just returned
from China and will be presenting a 20 minute progress report on GHF's
progress to save China's heritage in Pingyao Ancient City, Foguang, Shanxi and
a new project to preserve the Fujian Tulous. GHF’s China Project Manager, Ms.
Kuang Han Li and Jeff Morgan will provide a stimulating and thought-provoking
view on conservation and community development in one of China's only two
UNESCO World Heritage ancient cities. Questions will be answered from the
audience and we look forward to a stimulating discussion.
Register: Laura Mam
lmam@globalheritagefund.org |
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Historic
Characterisation and Spatial Planning
HELM
3rd June
Best Western Hotel, Luton
Places still available |
This HELM training course on Historic
Characterisation and Spatial Planning will provide specialist training for
Local Authority staff who are involved in local development frameworks and in
assessing the approporiateness of planning applications in a historic context.
It will also be of benefit to those working on regeneration projects. The
course is free of charge. Contact: Sam Channer on 01793 44 5029 or
HELMbookings@english-heritage.org.uk |
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Conservation Philosophies:
Global or Local?
Jointly organised by the Centre for Conservation Studies, University
of York and ICOMOS-UK
3-5 June 2010
King’s Manor, York, UK |
Is there such a thing as a global conservation
philosophy for cultural heritage? Should there be? Or should cultural heritage
conservation reflect cultural diversity? The Conference will consider these
thoughts through exploring conjunctions and differences between conservation
philosophies and principles in UK, India and China.
Call for Papers
Click here for
details |
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Conservation Studies CPD Courses Lime and Yorkshire Stone
June 7 - 9th, 17 -18
The Lodge Hotel, Malton |
The use of lime to conserve stone buildings is
a historic technique that has been proven effective time and time again. The
first three days of this course will cover the principles and methods behind
conserving building stone with lime. Underpinning knowledge lectures will be
reinforced by practical sessions, which will allow delegates to experience and
understand the materials and their characteristics. The second three days of
the course, which are also available independently, will deal with the
pertinent issues of the characteristics and conservation of Yorkshire Stone
and practical stone cleaning. Course Fee £550
Click here for details |
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A Historic Core Zone –
the solution to traffic management in a historic town?
Historic Towns Forum
10 June
Bradford on Avon |
A visit to the proposed Historic Core Zone in
Bradford on Avon will explore the issues of traffic management and the
potential for applying the principles of the HCZ projects. Wiltshire Council,
Bradford on Avon Town Council, Colin Buchanan and the Historic Towns Forum are
working together to find a solution to managing heavy traffic in the town
centre, and the feasibility study for the creation of a Historic Core Zone
will be shared with others facing these challenges.
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SAVE's 2010 Conservation Book Fair
22nd June 2010
The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London |
Leading heritage organisations and publishers
will once again be gathering together at Cowcross street to sell their
publications (many at special discounted rates). This year the event will be
supplemented by short talks and book signings by prominent architectural
authors including Dan Cruickshank, Marcus Binney and Jeremy Musson.
LINK |
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1st International
Meeting EAHN
European Architectural History Network
17-20 June 2010
Centro Cultural Vila Flor, GuimarãesPortugal |
This meeting proposes to increase the visibility of
the discipline, to foster transnational, interdisciplinary and multicultural
approaches to the study of the built environment, and to facilitate the
exchange of research results in the field.
Link |
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Promoting your mill to the public
Spab Mills Section
Friday 25th June 2010
Mill Green Watermill, Hatfield, Herts. |
This course provides delegates with practical
guidance on the effective marketing and promotion of mills as a tourist
attraction within their care, balancing the needs of an historic listed
building with health and safety and opening to the public.
Link to pdf |
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The Conservation of Historic Interiors
June 25, July 5 and 6 (plus practical day on either 24 or 26 June)
Various, Yorkshire |
The interiors of all kinds of buildings are often
relatively neglected, and there is even (unjustified) doubt sometimes whether
or not they are protected by listing. This course aims to cover the methods
and principles to be applied to the study and conservation of a variety of
kinds and periods of historic interiors; to cover the main aspects of
treatment of walls, floors, ceilings, furnishings including textiles, lighting
and presentation, painted decoration and glazing; and also through an
appropriate visit to match theory with an understanding of the constraints and
possibilities of practice. There will also be a consideration of the
introduction of modern services into historic interiors.
Click here for details |
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Planning: Shaping the Future
28-30 June 2010
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Westminster, London
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This year’s Convention takes place in the context of
a new and different world in terms of
resources and economics. We need to contribute to shaping the future while
learning the
lessons of the past.
The Convention provides the opportunity to reflect on where we are and where
we need to
go. As planners, we should be well placed to think strategically and find
solutions.
Link |
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Treftadaeth '10
1 July
Swansea
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To register your interest for Treftadaeth 2010,
please contact Rhodri Ellis Owen on 029 20 257075 or email
rhodri@cambrensis.uk.com |
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Building Appraisal, Pathology and Performance
Conference
Thursday 1st July 2010
London |
The inaugural BAPP conference is a high profile one
day event that will deal with a cross section of Building Pathology issues.
The event is aimed at all professions who are involved in building pathology
areas. Anyone attending the conference will automatically be enrolled as a
founding member when the organisation launches in July 2010.
£250 + VAT. (£150), if you book
online , please quote E585 in the promotional code box on the booking form
This price will also include five month's free membership to BAPP.
www.bapp.eu
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Anglo-American
Conference 2010: Environments Environments
1-2 July 2010
Senate House |
Our conference will explore where environmental
history has been and where it is going, its relationship to other scholarly
disciplines, and the ways in which historians of the environment can inform
global green awareness today.
Student Bursaries available
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Friends of the Lake District Annual Dry Stone
Walling Competition
Sat 3 July, 9 am - 3.30pm
Mazonwath, Little Asby
(Grid Ref: NY688082)
Signposted from Newbiggin-on-Lune |
Join us for our annual dry stone walling competition
and see some of the masters in this traditional skill at work. Open to
professionals and amateurs. Everyone welcome. No need to book. FREE
Contact: 01539 720788 or info@fld.org.uk
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Building a Medieval Castle
3 - 4 July
Corfe Castle, Dorset. |
A stonemason and a shingle-maker will be explaining
medieval construction techniques at National-Trust owned Corfe Castle over
this weekend, demonstrating quarrying, stone cutting, tracing, shingle-making
and carpentry...
.... an ambitious example of experimental archaeology that began in 1997 and
is scheduled to take twenty-five years to complete.
Booking is not needed but normal admission charges apply |
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CABE Summer School 2010
11th – 14th July
Birmingham |
Designing sustainable places Skills to face the
future....
Urban design skills are more vital now than ever....
This year the CABE urban design summer school returns
to Birmingham, a city recognised internationally for successful regeneration.
From the multi-award winning Brindley Place development... to the on-going
renewal of its old industrial sites and social housing stock, Birmingham is a
pioneer of design-led regeneration.
LINK |
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What Future for Social and Affordable Housing?
Monday 12 July 2010
Royal Commonwealth
Society, London |
This CPPS seminar brings together key figures from
across sectors in the important debate on how to successfully tackle the
challenges of delivering highest quality social and affordable housing to meet
established needs during and beyond the recession.
LINK |
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SG6: Painting on Light Glass-Painting Master-Classes with Jonathan Cooke
12 – 14 July 2010
King's Manor, York |
This three-day intensive master-class will be
conducted by one of England’s premier exponents of traditional glass-painting.
Click
here for details
Contact:
Pam Ward 01904 433997 pab11@york.ac.uk
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2010 TSA Annual
Conference
Transatlantic Studies Association
12 15 July 2010
St. Aidan's College Durham University |
2010 plenary speakers will be: Mitch Lerner (Ohio
State University) Rob Kroes (University of Amsterdam) Plus there will also be
a multi-disciplinary Roundtable on Vietnam and Transatlantic Relations chaired
by John Dumbrell (Durham University)
Panel proposals and individual papers are welcome for any of the general
or sub-panels. A 300 word abstract and brief CV should be submitted to panel
leaders or to Alan Dobson by 30 April 2010.
Click here for
details |
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What's new in heritage:
developments and challenges for the local historic environment
English Heritage and the Local Government
Association - second joint conference.
19th July
Local Government House, Smith Square, London, SW1P 3HZ |
The day will focus at what the future holds for
the heritage and local government sectors and will examine how unlocking the
value of your heritage assets can contribute to achieving local priorities...
There will be opportunities to hear what further changes are being proposed
and how other authorities are responding to these challenges and
opportunities.
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Conservation Studies CPD Courses The Conservation of Architectural Glazing
August 19, 20 and 21 or 27
Kings Manor, York |
The course will introduce people to the rich
history of glazing in Britain and current issues surrounding its conservation.
We will look at how developments in the manufacture of glass influenced
glazing in architecture, as well as a range of historic glazing systems that
might be subject to conservation of some form. Because the method of
conservation often depends on the characteristics of the glass, we will hear
about from a number of professionals about specific projects they have been
involved in. A practical day at the end of the course will give students an
insight into the properties of the material and how what they have learnt is
put into practice. Course fee: £350
Click here for
details |
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SAHGB Annual Conference
2-5 September
Hereford |
This year’s Conference will be based in the cathedral
city of Hereford and will concentrate on the architecture of Herefordshire.
Due to the popularity of the Annual Conference, applications will be
restricted to members only.
Click here for details
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HERITAGE SCIENCE IN
SCOTLAND
Historic Scotland in conjunction with NMS
7 September 2010
Glasgow Science Centre, 50 Pacific Quay, G51 1EA |
This conference will showcase the high quality work
in the field of heritage science that is currently going on in Scotland, and
explore the avenues whereby the wider benefits of heritage science can be
highlighted. The aim of the meeting is to both present some examples through
invited speakers, and also to have time for posters so that we can get a wider
snapshot of current activity in Heritage Science across Scotland.
Contact: Craig Kennedy
craig.kennedy@scotland.gsi.gov.uk |
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IIC Congress 2010:
Conservation and the Eastern Mediterranean
20 - 24 September 2010
Istanbul |
In conjunction with the Sakıp Sabancı Museum, the
many Congress events will focus on the conservation of moveable and immovable
heritage in or from the Eastern Mediterranean. This will include material held
in collections around the world, the care and conservation of works of art,
artifacts and sites, and the preservation of architecture, all reflecting the
influences that have made this region one of the world’s richest centres of
heritage.
Click here for details |
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Czech Historic Mortars
Conference 2010
22 to 24 September 2010
Prague, Czech Republic. |
Contributions are requested for the second
Historic Mortars Conference. Original papers from a wide range of disciplinary
perspectives are sought which address theoretical research, practical case
studies and innovations. Prospective participants interested in presenting
their research should submit an abstract of their proposed contributions. The
deadline for the submission of abstracts is 30 November. Submission should be
made by email to: HMC2010@itam.cas.cz
Click here for details
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Sustainable Scotland Conference 2010
7 Oct
Our Dynamic Earth,
Edinburgh |
Sustainable Scotland aims to bring together
leading exemplars of sustainable best practice, to showcase the latest
technical innovations and discuss the policy and initiatives that can deliver
a greener future for Scotland.
Link
Contact: Daniel Rankine
drankine@publicservice.co.uk 0161 832 7387 |
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Maintaining
your windmill
Friday 15th Oct
NFU Mutual Headquarters, Tiddington, Stratford-upon-Avon. |
Windmills are a vital part of Britain’s heritage.
Learn how to look after your mill from the country’s top experts in the field.
Topics to be covered will include: creating a work plan, recording the past
and present at your mill, spotting problems, making materials last,
environmental issues and health and safety.
Link to pdf |
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UK Landscape
Conference 2010
8,9,10 November
Liverpool |
The European Landscape Convention provides us with a
people-centred and forward-looking way to reconcile environmental management
with the socio-economic challenges of the 21st century and to help people and
communities to re-connect with place. The Conference will showcase and
celebrate recent landscape thinking building on the Convention's call to
protect, manage and enhance landscapes everywhere: in town, country or coast
and help you in your work to influence change between people and place...
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Florence Art and Restoration Fair
11 - 13 November 2010
Stazione Leopolda, Florence, Italy |
This year the international vocation of the Fair is
growing and, once again, the event promises to maintain an extremely high
cultural and scientific level which reflects current research and trends in
the world of cultural heritage.
In particular, the Fair aims to become a forum for the exchange of information
between the many sectors operating in the market of cultural heritage .....
Click here
for details
Contact:
info@salonerestaurofirenze.org
Tel. (+39) 055 217940 |
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Cultural Trends International Conference A
"Golden Age"? Reflections on New Labour's Cultural Policy and its
Post-Recession Legacy
12th November
University College London |
A major opportunity for researchers to consider
whether what Tony Blair described as a Golden Age, in a 2007 valedictory
speech at the Tate, actually existed. This conference provides the occasion
for cultural commentators, policy analysts and historians to brigade the
evidence for cultural achievements since 1997 and consider the relationship
between culture and recessions since the 1970s, to bring together ideas for
the longer term impacts of what we observe, and to develop hypotheses about
cultural policy and activity in the future.
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Conservation Forum 2010
The conservation issues caused by the presence of bats in churches
Tuesday, 16 November 2010
The Guard Room, Lambeth Palace, London, SE1 7JU |
The problem of bats in churches is not widespread,
but where it is, it is a serious one, damaging fabric and artefacts, raising
health and safety issues, and imposing financial burdens on small rural
congregations who are already responsible for maintaining historically
significant buildings and trying to make them welcoming spaces for worship and
outreach to the wider community.
Recognised by the IHBC for CPD
Click here for details |
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On-going Courses & Events |
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Workshops
on the Code for Sustainable Homes
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Various courses
click here
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Certificate of Higher Education in Historic Building
Conservation |
This two-year course, offered in King's Lynn, provides an
introduction to historic building conservation covering the philosophy and
legislation of building conservation. The course centres on the use of
traditional materials and building methods and gives practical information in
the techniques of conservation, repair and restoration.
Click here for
details |
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 Courses for:
Contractors
Building Professionals and Homeowners
Masterclasses 2010
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A centre of excellence for traditional building skills, Charlestown Workshops
offers a comprehensive training and education programme ranging from 1 day hands-on workshops to longer courses that can lead to the
attainment of National Vocational Qualifications in Masonry Conservation.
We also offer bespoke training solutions ...
Link to website
Click here for programme
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Cornish Lime Company
CPD Lime Training Seminars
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As the longest established
manufacturer/supplier in the region with a proven track record in building
conservation, the Cornish Lime Co have an intimate craft understanding of old
buildings and the materials marketed by them for use repairing them, and the
advantages they often offer in comparison to their modern equivalents. Cornish
Lime is offering FREE CPD sessions.
Click here for details
www.cornishlime.co.uk
Tel 01208 79779 or
sales@cornishlime.co.uk |
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Traditional Building Skills Courses, Seminars & Lectures
2010-2011
Cressing Temple + onsite
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Since 1997 the Historic
Buildings and Conservation
team at Essex County Council
has run a series of one, two or
three day hands-on courses in
traditional building skills.
The courses aim to raise awareness of the importance of protecting our
historic buildings by using the appropriate methods and materials to repair
and conserve them.
Link to Programme inc. CPD
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Design Training
Study Tours |
We offer FREE project based design training courses
for community groups and young people working on regeneration projects.
These are FREE one-day tours investigating inspiring regeneration projects
relevant to your scheme.
Click here for
details |
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Brooking Collection Workshops
October - December -various
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These workshops are designed to give a maximum of eight
participants an understanding of the historic evolution of the window, door,
staircase and cast iron features in British architecture.
Click here for details |
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HELM Training Courses 2010 |
HELM Training courses are free of charge (unless
stated) and funded through the HELM training programme. Training events are
tailored to meet the needs of specific audience groups including conservation
officers, planning officers, development control and councillors. HELM
training courses address current issues and respond where possible to local
training demand.
Contact: Jane Driscoll on 01483 252057 or email at
HELMbookings@english-heritage.org.uk |
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MSc/Postgraduate Diploma - Building Conservation
(Technology and Management)
(Distance Learning Only) |
The conservation of our built heritage is
important both culturally and for the contribution it makes to the national
economy....
The course is based on the internationally agreed
ICOMOS Training and
Education Guidelines for interpretation and analysis of monuments and sites,making
judgments and managing outcomes of building conservation ...
Click here for
details |
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The Historic Towns Forum
Events - various |
The Historic Towns Forum (HTF formerly EHTF) has been
supporting professionals working in the historic built environment since 1987.
The Forum’s events and publications focus on perennial and topical issues,
drawing together practitioners across the disciplines and sectors.
http://www.historictownsforum.org/
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Events - Various
Icon is the lead voice for the conservation of cultural
heritage in the UK. As a charity, Icon is committed to public benefit through
promoting public understanding of and access to all the diverse elements of
cultural heritage.
ROSSLYN CHAPEL CONSERVATION
SEMINARS 2010 A series of lecture-seminars by distinguished experts
related to the current conservation and repair programme at Rosslyn Chapel.
These seminars shall count towards Continuing Professional Development,
though responsibility for judging relevance lies with the individual.
(Limited Numbers)
Contact:
peterburman@btinternet.com copied to:
nic@nb-sc.co.uk
www.icon.org.uk
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Ironbridge Institute
Postgraduate Courses and Professional
Development in Heritage
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The Ironbridge Institute is a partnership between the
University of Birmingham and the
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
and builds on both institutions' experience to provide top-class taught
postgraduate courses in Heritage.
Link
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Heritage Skills Initiative 2009 |
The Heritage Skills Initiative was set up to promote and
raise awareness of heritage skills and subsequently provide practical
opportunities for training and hands on opportunities.
Recognised by the IHBC as providing the CPD
requirements of a full member, and the training courses may provide evidence
towards the new NVQ3
in Heritage Skills and CSCS heritage cards.
Flyer
Contact:
Link or
0191 232 9279 |
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The Planning Portal
Planning Portal's FREE workshops
Various locations
January and February 2010 |
The Planning Portal is starting 2010 with a series of
free events aimed at planning agents and applicants to promote the benefits of
submitting planning applications online
Contact:
Link
events@planningportal.
gsi.gov.uk or 0117 372 8232 |
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SPAB
CPD Technical Events 2010
Dates: various
37 Spital Square London E1 6DY
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SPAB run a number of different technical courses -
topics vary each year (inc. bespoke courses).
Click here
for details
Contact:
info@spab.org.uk
www.spab.org.uk
020 7377 1644 |
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SPABFIM
Faith in Maintenance Training
Days
Various
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Faith in Maintenance is a unique project providing
training for volunteers who help to maintain historic places of worship. Run by
SPAB and supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund and English Heritage, the scheme
provides one-day training courses including practical sessions and professional
speakers.
Contact Kate Minnis, SPAB Faith in
Maintenance, 37 Spital Square, London E1 6DY Tel: 020 7456 0913 email:
katem@spab.org.uk
www.spabfim.org.uk |
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Scottish Stone Liaison Group
Events - various
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The aim of the Scottish Stone Liaison Group is to enhance
availability, promote utilisation and advance knowledge and skills in design,
specification and use of indigenous Scottish stone in existing and new build
projects.
http://www.sslg.co.uk/index.html |
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CERTIFIED EUROPEAN
PASSIVE HOUSE DESIGNER Course and associated exam
Strathclyde
Module 1: 2nd - 6th Nov; Module 2: 16th - 20th
Nov; Exam: 5th December ESRU, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, G1 1XJ
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This course is being delivered through an EU funded
project with the support of the Passive House Institute Darmstadt. For
over 10 years the Passive House Standards have been adopted for many building
types - both new build and renovations - and interest is rapidly increasing
worldwide. The supply chain has matured and a wide range of Passive House
Standard products are available.
Contact:
sabeeta.ghauri@strath.ac.uk 0141 548 3747
www.passivehousedesigner.eu
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Building conservation and the use of traditional materials and processes
2009 |
A wide range of practical workshops and seminars for
surveyors, architects, craftsmen and anyone else with a keen interest in
building conservation to include the following. All courses suitable for CPD.
IHBC members are entitled to a 10% discount off all courses in our Historic
Building Conservation programme, by writing "IHBC member" on the booking form
and quoting a membership number.
Contact Diana Rowsell, Head of
Learning, 01243 811464,
courses@wealddown.co.uk
www.wealddown.co.uk
Link to programme
Link to Training Bursaries
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Building Conservation Masterclasses
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West Dean College
offers MAs and diplomas in Visual Arts and Conservation Studies, and programmes
over 700 short courses per year.
CPD courses.
Contact Liz Campbell at
West Dean College, West Dean, Chichester, West Sussex,PO18 0QZ.www.westdean.org.uk
bcm@westdean.org.uk |
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CPD Courses for Summer 2010
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National Heritage
Training Academy
Click here for
details
Contact:
S Norton, sn577@york.ac.uk
P Ward, pab11@york.ac.uk |
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Competitions |
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Win a 2-day woodland workshop with Mastercrafts |
To celebrate the launch of the new BBC2 television series Mastercrafts and the
publication of the supporting book, RUBooks is offering one lucky individual
the chance to learn traditional woodworking skills with Mastercrafts mentor
Guy Mallinson in a magical woodland setting in Dorset. The prize is a gift
certificate worth £250 (valid for a year), enabling you to select which course
interests you, or to give the course to a friend.
Click here for
details |
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Friends of the
Lake District Annual Dry Stone Walling Competition
Sat 3 July, 9 am - 3.30pm
Mazonwath, Little Asby
(Grid Ref: NY688082)
Signposted from Newbiggin-on-Lune |
Join us for our annual dry stone walling competition
and see some of the masters in this traditional skill at work. Open to
professionals and amateurs. Everyone welcome. No need to book. FREE
Contact: 01539 720788 or info@fld.org.uk
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