Jerwood Arts and Bridge Group have worked together to create a Toolkit that looks “to support long-term change across the arts sector by sharing knowledge, facilitating expert support, and encouraging take up of an inter-sectional approach to equality, diversity and inclusion.” The Toolkit features case studies from …
Meet the First Three Fellows at West Dean College of Arts
West Dean College of Arts and Conservation [Alliance member] have announced that they have introduced three Fellowships at the College for the first time. Active supporters of the College and distinguished within their sphere, Jonathan Ashley-Smith, Rebecca Salter RA and Dawn Ades OBE were announced …
Building the Future
On 20 June, Historic England released its new Corporate Plan for 2019-22. Outlining Historic England’s six main priorities, the Corporate Plan provides a high-level summary about how they distribute their resources, including staff and direct costs such as grants. As Historic England states “The new …
New Body Set to ‘Tackle Social Injustices’
On 12 July, the Prime Minister announced a new independent body, which will be charged with challenging social injustices to create a “fairer country”. The Office for Tackling Injustices, OfTI for short, will aim to provide future Governments with more effective, data-driven, evidence-based challenges to …
Growing Lives: New Grants Programme From All Churches Trust
The All Churches Trust [Alliance member], have launched a new grants program called Growing Lives. By supporting churches and Christian organisations, the grants aim to encourage church growth and improve lives by supporting children and young people within their communities. Applications are still open, with …
RIBA International Prize 2020
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) [Alliance member] have opened the RIBA International Awards for 2020 to “celebrate buildings that change the world”. They are diverse, highly respected awards judged by international experts in their field, including architects and non-architects. Architects are able to enter for …
The Decision Maker Panel June 2019 Results Are Out
The Decision Maker Panel was established in August 2016, created by the Bank of England in partnership with Professor Nicholas Bloom of Stanford University and Professor Paul Mizen of the University of Nottingham. Made up of senior executives from different industries across the UK, data …
Royal Holloway: Re-thinking Indigenous Heritage
Academics at Royal Holloway, University of London [Alliance Members] have been working on a transatlantic project concerning indigenous cultural heritage in Bolivia. Dr Henry Stobart, together with US-based anthropologist Michelle Bigenho, have written several articles and are currently working on two books on the subject. …
Landscape Review: National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
On the 16 July, the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs released the interim findings of the landscapes review. The Landscape review considers the next steps for National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty sites (AONBs) in England in response to the Government’s …
Mapping Collaborative Interactions Between the Heritage and Higher Education Sectors
Heritage 2020’s Discovery, Identification and Understanding working group has published a report on the nature and strength of collaboration between the heritage sector and higher education. Commissioned from Newcastle University, the research analyses one hundred impact case studies from the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014, …
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Industrial Heritage
An open session of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Industrial Heritage, chaired by Nicholas Thomas-Symonds MP, opened on 11th July at the V&A. It was attended by many stakeholders from across the public and private sectors, and saw plenary sessions featuring Ros Kerslake (CEO of …
Churches Conservation Trust – Workshops
The Churches Conservation Trust [Alliance member] has arranged a series of workshops associated with Historic England’s Taylor Review Pilot (for the 2017 Taylor Review: Sustainability of English Churches and Cathedrals). The next sessions will be taking place on Monday 29th July in Greater Manchester and Suffolk: Planning and Managing Change …