12 December 2018
London

Built Environment professionals are often committed to the ‘public good’ in their training and practice. There is an underlying assumption that matters of social inclusion and diversity are somehow embedded sub-consciously in the way we plan, design, and manage public spaces.

However, in this event, the speakers argue that there still exists a mismatch between mainstreaming what we think and what we do when it comes to inclusive cities and inclusive public spaces. Exploring examples from the UK and Europe, the speakers aim to offer a range of practices, approaches and tools for urban designers at different urban scales to meaningfully engage with the subject of diversity and inclusion in urban design.

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23 – 28 January 2019
Various locations in Africa (check the links below)

The ICOMOS international Wood Committee and the Promoting heritage for Ethiopia’s Development (PROHEDEV) Programme of the European Union are collaborating in organizing an International Symposium and Conference in Ethiopia from 23- 26 January 2019. The Symposium will not only enable participants to experience a unique and ancient culture, dating from c. 1000 BC onwards, but will provide an opportunity to see the oldest timber structures in Sub-Saharan Africa and to promote the preservation of wooden structures in Africa.

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6 December 2018
Aberdeen

The Aberdeen City Heritage Trust’s Annual is hosting its Annual Lecture 2018.

The subject is “Brick in the Granite City”.

Aberdeen rightly has a world-wide reputation for its granite architecture, but brick also played its part in the construction of the city. Dr Moses Jenkins of Historic Environment Scotland is our lecturer  this year. His doctoral thesis was written on the brick industry in  Scotland and he will describe the contribution of the local brick
industry in Aberdeen.

The event is invitation only previous booking (see attached invitation).

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27 October 2018
London

The AHRC Heritage Priority Area and RESCUE: The British Archaeological Trust are organising a one day conference on ‘Engaging with Policy in the UK: Responding to Changes in Planning, Heritage and the Arts’ on Saturday the 27th October at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology.  This is one of a series of activities we are undertaking to draw together academics, civil servants, private and professional bodies, and civil society organisations to address challenges and uncertainty from changing policies.  We hope to connect researchers, practitioners and policy makers involved in the arts, culture, heritage and the natural/historic environment around key areas of shared concern.

The event is timely.  Many of us are aware of changes in the arts and heritage landscape that are directly impacting university departments, practitioners, contractors, employees, civil servants, and even civil society.  There are, however, opportunities to be involved in the future direction of these sectors.

There have been significant changes in the political landscape, and increasing numbers of consultations/calls for evidence. It is therefore also now timely to provide the relevant information/evidence or highlight key issues as we reshape policy as well as withdraw from the EU, in areas of concern such as how immigration policies will impact our sectors to whether the natural and historic environment is adequately protected in British Law, or how the arts, culture and heritage will be funded.

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