Other Organisations' Events

ASCHB  Conference  Art Worker's Guild  Bloomsbury  London  4th March 2010

The 2010 ASCHB Conference marking ASCHB’s 40th AGM is designed to look at the wider historic environment rather than the more usual terrain of the research on and conservation of higher grade listed buildings and monuments. The conference will look at how we demonstrate the value of the historic environment to meeting sustainability targets and how historic buildings and areas can be seen as adaptable to lower carbon consumption energy and places for sustainable living. It aims to give heritage professionals some ammunition to argue the case for the retention and adaptation of historic properties and places in the future.   Fee : £100 per person (includes buffet lunch and refreshments).   Certified CPD. Further info. : www.aschb.org.uk   or  mandjadams@btopenworld.com  

Historic Environment Research Conferences 2010

Institute of Continuing Education in collaboration with the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research
University of Cambridge

Vernacular Architecture in the Fens
Date: Saturday 24 April 2010,
Venue: Room LG18, Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge, 10West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DZ
Fee: £35

The focus of work in the historic environment is the interpretation of modern rural and urban landscapes – how did they come to be the way they are today? To what extent do they preserve within them clues to the history that created them? Fields, house sites, parks and gardens, military earthworks or those relating to religious belief can be found through interpretation of upstanding mounds, banks and ditches – or their remains on air photographs. The architecture, location and orientation of houses and churches are as important, together with the underlying topography and physical geography of a site or landscape. Historic documents and old and modern maps add yet a further dimension. Study of the historic environment is a fascinating and exciting interdisciplinary field, which onetheless also allows a focus on just one or two strands.

The study of the history of landscapes and gardens allows us to see, however opaquely, a world that has been lost and sometimes to glimpse it as it may have been seen in the past.

The Research Conference programme presents three one-day research conferences, spread across the academic year, whose aims are

  • to bring together leading scholars in their fields, academic and professional, to discuss new and/or unpublished, innovative research;
  • to provide an opportunity for all those interested in the historic environment – members of the public, professionals and volunteers – to engage with this work.

Alongside our new Research Conference programme, the Institute of Continuing Education offers part-time accredited and non-accredited courses in all aspects of the historic environment to professionals, volunteers and anyone with an interest in these topics.

Our courses are friendly, practical and accessible, and each is taught by experts in the field.

Accredited courses lead to awards at first, second and third year undergraduate levels.

Research-based courses require attendance in Cambridge only a few times in each year.

Please download the flyer and the booking form for further information .

Designing School Theatres
Conference 10: The Theatres Trust

Date: 26 April 2010
Venue:    The Venue, Leeds College of Music
                              
Date: 27 April 2010
Venue: Royal Armouries, Leeds

To find out about fee visit The Theatres Trust website

Securing the best theatres for the nation's schools

Do you provide theatres and drama facilities that offer students and local communities excellent, high quality theatre and educational experiences? Are you designing a new school theatre or considering co-locating a theatre on your site for public use?

Conference 10: Designing School Theatres will look at the design of theatres located within secondary schools, academies and independent schools. It will consider the challenges associated with creating theatres that feel and work like theatres whilst also serving a range of educational, learning and community needs, their relationship to other theatres in their cities and towns, and the role they play in shaping the next generation of theatre activists, artists, and audiences.
 
Session chairs: Maev Kennedy, Ric Green, Pamela Lea and Phil Clark

Contributors include
• Imelda Staunton Actress
• Sid Higgins Executive Director, National Youth Theatre of Great Britain
• Alistair Boag Theatre Director Stahl Theatre, Oundle School
• Jill Adamson Chief Executive, National Association of Youth Theatres
• Lizzie Crump Cultural Adviser to BSF, Partnerships for Schools
• Mark Foley Principal, Burrell Foley Fischer LLP
• Geoff Halliwell Director, Bond Bryan Architects
• Nicoline Harrington Assistant Head Teacher and Director of Specialism, Rodillian School Leeds
• Oliver Haden Vice Principal, The Langley Academy
• Sarah Adams Head of Drama, The Godolphin and Latymer School
• Gail McIntyre Associate Director, West Yorkshire Playhouse
• Ty Goddard Centre for School Design, Chief Executive, British Council for School Environments
• Andrew Perry Assistant Head (Arts), Townley Grammar School for Girls
• Paul Durose Chairman, School Theatre Support Group
• Richard Jones National Specialism Coordinator Music and Performing Arts, Specialist Schools and Academies Trust

Book now and inform the future design of school theatres in the UK visit www.theatrestrust.org.uk, email events@theatrestrust.org.uk or telephone 020 7836 8591

RICS Conservation Summer School for Building Surveyors 2010

A unique introduction into Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester
Date: 12th - 16th September 2010

Now in its sixth year, the school offers building surveying students and Assessment of Professional Competence candidates an opportunity to experience conservation as it happens. The school builds on the success of previous years, bringing together students and practitioners for lectures and workshops presented by leading expects in the field.

The course is organised by Marianne Suhr of SPAB in conjunction with the RICS Building Conservation Forum. Marianne Suhr is Technical Promotions Officer for SPAB. As well as teaching and writing extensively on the subject of building conservation, she has also featured in BBC2’s ‘Restoration’ series.

Students will also have a ‘hands-on’ day using lime mortars and renders and an opportunity to watch the work as it happens. If you want to specialise in inspecting and repairing old and traditional buildings, this four-day course will give you the key skills to unlock your career in the historic building surveying profession.

For further information please download the flyer and the booking form or visit RICS website.

To advertise events and courses on SPAB website please email info@spab.org.uk