The Heritage Alliance is pleased to announce that it will be holding a second event this year to celebrate international heritage. This event follows the formal launch of its first International Report last year. The Alliance is very grateful to the Confucius Institute at Heriot-Watt …
Heritage and The Creative Industries Report Launch Event
The Heritage Alliance is currently putting together a project on the important role of heritage places and organisations in underpinning and supporting the creative industries. We recently held an informative and lively round-table with a range of members. We are delighted to announce that we …
#HeritageChat
The next #HeritageChat will take place on 18 July (13.00-14.00) and will discuss findings from our recently published report on research connections between the heritage sector and higher education institutions. For more information about this month’s Twitter chat and how to get involved, please visit …
British Council & Heritage Alliance Travel Grant Scheme – Open for Second Round of Applications
The Heritage Alliance, in partnership with the British Council, is offering a second round of travel grants for heritage professionals to develop mutually beneficial international projects and partnerships for their organisations. This welcome new scheme responds to one of the recommendations in the Heritage Alliance’s International …
Share Your Views on Heritage and Immigration with the Home Office
Members of the Heritage Alliance are reminded that the Alliance, joined by a group of our members representing heritage organisations from across the sector, will be sitting down with the Home Office shortly to discuss proposed changes to the immigration system. We are welcoming further …
World Heritage UK CIO – Nominations for Appointment to the Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is reviewed each year. There will be one remaining vacancy on the Board by the time of 2019’s AGM. Nominations are invited from anyone who is a representative of an organisation which is a Member of the CIO or is an …
ICON – Administration & Advertising Officer
Closing date: 30th July 2019 at 11.00pm Interviews: 21st August 2019, London Starting date: 5th September 2019 Salary: £25,000-£27,000 per annum pro rata. Icon (the Institute of Conservation) [Alliance member] is looking for an enterprising and efficient administrator to increase their advertising sales and undertake …
Diocese of Ely – Church Buildings Advice Assistant
Hours: full time, 35 hours per week Salary: £20k The Diocese of Ely is seeking to appoint a full-time apprentice Church Buildings Advice Assistant to work with the Diocese’s historic churches in Cambridgeshire and West Norfolk. The successful candidate will work with an established and …
Supporting Leadership – Call for participants
Participants are currently being sought to take part in an online survey for Supporting Leadership, a new research and knowledge exchange project, led by staff at Oxford University’s Gardens, Libraries and Museums, aiming at gathering information about the role of executive and administrative assistants in …
European Heritage Awards 2020 – Call for Entries
Europa Nostra is now calling for entries for the European Heritage Awards 2020. Up to 30 remarkable heritage achievements from all over Europe will be awarded. Of those, 4 laureates will receive a Grand Prix and €10,000 each; one will be granted the Public Choice Award, chosen …
Old Royal Naval College – Consultation Survey
The Old Royal Naval College in Greenwich recently completed its £8.5 million Painted Hall conservation project, which has now formed a template for the site’s future ambitions. Their vision is to build an excellent cultural destination, whist also safeguarding the site’s future. New strategic plans set out …
Valuing Landscapes in the Lakes
Natural England is supporting a Cumbria University student’s MSc research project in the Lake District National Park, which is looking a people’s perceptions of and preferences for changes in landscape character and landscape features that are of cultural value. The research is also using Participatory …