Call for Papers! Plastic Predicament: Our Complicated Relationship with Polymers for Storage of Collections Icon Modern Materials Group are launching a call for papers for its upcoming symposium in London on 12 November 2026

📢 Call for Papers – Plastic Predicament

Icon's Modern Materials Group invites abstracts on the challenges of using plastics for storage in collections, to be presented at a one-day symposium in November 2026.

⏰ Deadline: Thursday 26 March 2026, 5pm BST
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Introducing heritage science and RICHeS project The National Archives is hosting a series of regional, in-person workshops introducing the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) to professionals working in archives,…

📢 Calling all library & archive professionals

Join the National Archives for regional, in-person workshops introducing RICHeS: the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science and answering questions on how #HeritageScience can benefit your collections.
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⏰Final reminder – don't miss out on this excellent heritage science webinar series for British Science Week!

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Discovering Heritage Science: What It Is and Why It Matters A webinar series celebrating British Science Week (6–15 March)

Are you ready for #BritishScienceWeek?

Join Icon & @nationaltrust.org.uk for a fun, enlightening webinar series tackling #HeritageScience through this year’s theme - ‘Curiosity: What’s Your Question?’

9th - 13th March 2026
Free and open to all.
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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

📢 New #HeritageScience job opportunity with @uclhistoryofart.bsky.social!📢

✨️ Role: Lecturer, History of Art, Materials and Technology
✨️ Location: London (Hybrid)
✨️ Contract: Full-time, permanent
✨️ Salary: £54,931 - £64,644
⏰️ Deadline: 01/03/2026

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Air Source Heat Pump Case Studies – Large Buildings | Historic England Four case studies reviewing the performance of air source heat pump (ASHP) technology in five large historic buildings across four sites.

New research from Historic England finds that air source heat pumps could be the key to decarbonisation in historic buildings.

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Senior Collection Care Technician As the living, growing home of our national story, The National Archives is already a special place to work. We’re an institution nearly 200 years old with a collection spanning 1,000 years of…

Don’t miss out on this #HeritageScience job opportunity!

Applications for the Senior Collection Care Technician role at The National Archives close at midnight on 8th February 2026.

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Heritage Carbon Literacy Training The Heritage Carbon Literacy Course for Heritage is an entry level, action focused, carbon reduction training developed especially for the heritage...

📢 Heritage Carbon Literacy Training with Historic England 📢

Weds 4th & Thurs 5th Feb 2026 at 1pm
Wed 11th & Thu 12th March 2026 at 9.30am

Get Carbon Literate and improve your organisation’s sustainability today!

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Gaining an understanding of soil carbon and its management in an archaeological context| Historic England Gaining an understanding of soil carbon and its management in an archaeological context

Is soil contributing to the carbon footprint of archaeological digs?

Heritage England commissions research on soil carbon and the potential impacts of excavation.

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Icon Launches Call for Posters for Icon26 Icon is delighted to launch a call for Posters for Icon26 which will be taking place on 24th and 25th June 2026 at the Assembly Rooms in Edinburgh.

✨Icon26 Call for Posters ✨

Don't miss this opportunity for Icon26! The call is open to all conservators (including early-career professionals & students). Posters can be on any relevant topic, including conservation science.

Deadline: 2 February 2026, 5pm
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Conservation Scientist Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.

Don’t miss out on this #HeritageScience job opportunity!

Applications for the Conservation Scientist role at English Heritage close on 26th January 2026.

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Engine Shed guidance for owners and occupiers of traditional buildings Engine Shed guidance on how to care for your traditional property and improve its energy efficiency, and on what kind of consents you might need to make changes to it.

Fancy learning more about concrete??
This blog from the Engine Shed at Historic Environment Scotland will give you an insight into its history and use - with some iconic pictures too.
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HAPP One-Day Conference - Heritage Physics: Illuminating the Past This conference will survey the history of how the illumination of the past has developed as new fields of physics have progressed.

Upcoming free hybrid event: Join the HAPP one-day conference on Heritage Physics: Illuminating the Past'.
21st February, 10.30-17.00 GMT. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.

More information and registration at: www.stx.ox.ac.uk/event/happ-o...

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UCL Launches New European Hub for Sustainable Heritage Science: GreenHer UCL’s Institute for Sustainable Heritage joins GreenHer, a Centre of Excellence creating a major European hub for research, conservation and sustainable heritage.

🗞️ News from @ucl.ac.uk:

1️⃣ ISH joins GreenHer CoE, creating a major European hub for research, conservation and sustainable heritage. buff.ly/rIzl0h4

2️⃣ Dr Miriam Andrews joins ISH as the first Getty Art and Sustainability Fellow. buff.ly/5RIUtzz

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Connecting values, conservation, and design: recent cultural landscape projects Join us for a virtual guest lecture with Prof Randall Mason, Chair of Historic Preservation at The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design.

🌲 💡 Join the UCL Institute for Sustainable Heritage for a guest lecture with Prof Randall Mason on 'Connecting values, conservation, and design: recent cultural landscape projects'.

📅 : 10 Dec 2025, 17:00-18:00
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News | National Heritage Science Forum By signing up you agree to receive our monthly newsletter, with information about NHSF and its activities, news from across the heritage and science sectors and information about events, funding and…

🤔 📰 Did you catch our November NHSF newsletter?

◾ Our new NHSF blog post.
◾ #HeritageScience news from 9 of our members.
◾ Lots of updates about funding, calls for papers, upcoming events and jobs.

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A Year of Collaboration: Updates on the Strategic Framework for Heritage Science in the UK Caroline Peach highlights work by the National Heritage Science Forum (NHSF), its members, and the wider heritage science community that addresses the opportunities and challenges presented in the …

📢 📰 **New NHSF blog post!**

To mark 1 year since the launch of the Strategic Framework for Heritage Science in the UK, Caroline Peach highlights some of the recent work that has been done by the NHSF, its members, and the wider heritage science community. buff.ly/kEvb6L1

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MMG Autumn Series: The development of plastics conservation/preservation - A personal journey Follow Icon on social media and subscribe to our newsletter to keep up to date with the latest in conservation

Upcoming Icon talk with Brenda Keneghan on 'The development of plastics conservation/preservation - a personal journey'.

📅 : 12 December 2025, 10-10:45am
📍 : Online

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Managing Loss in the Historic Environment: Ecocultural Approaches Can we re-frame heritage loss? This transdisciplinary course will explore how to manage transformative change in the historic environment to generate both ecological and cultural benefits. Join…

Two upcoming courses with @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social:

1️⃣ Managing Loss in the Historic Environment: Ecocultural Approaches (9 Dec)
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2️⃣ Planning tools for managing climate-vulnerable heritage assets (10 Dec)
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Cybersecurity Framework Supplier | Towards a National Collection Towards a National Collection is supporting research that breaks down the barriers between the UK’s outstanding cultural heritage collections, with the aim of opening them up to new research…

Historic Environment Scotland has put two roles out to tender for the N-RICH Prototype project:

1️⃣ Cybersecurity Framework Supplier: buff.ly/M5UA794
2️⃣ Environmental & Sustainability Framework Supplier: buff.ly/27jdvZl

The deadline for both roles is 2 December 2025 at noon.

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RICHeS visit to National Museums Scotland: Expanding capacity and leadership for archaeological human skeletal remains   – RICHeS The RICHeS team recently travelled to Edinburgh to meet the Scotland’s Archaeological Human Remains Collection (SAHRC) team, led by Dr Matthew Knight, Senior Curator of Prehistory. This RICHeS’…

🔎 The RICHeS team recently travelled to Edinburgh to meet the Scotland’s Archaeological Human Remains Collection (SAHRC) team at @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social.

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News | National Heritage Science Forum By signing up you agree to receive our monthly newsletter, with information about NHSF and its activities, news from across the heritage and science sectors and information about events, funding and…

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Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages New directions in the study of written artefacts from Antiquity to the late Middle Ages.13-14 November, The Queen's College, Oxford.

📜 🧪 Join @queenscollegeox.bsky.social for 'Heritage Science and Manuscripts from Antiquity and the Middle Ages', examining the latest interdisciplinary approaches to writing culture and material science.

📅 : 13-14 Nov 2025
📍 : Queen's College, Oxford
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❗ It's the final day to apply to become an NSHF Trustee! ❗

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⏰ There are only 3 days left to apply to become an NHSF Trustee! ⏰

We are especially keen to receive applications for the Honorary Secretary and Treasurer positions. You don't need to have previous experience as a trustee or a background in heritage science. Apply: buff.ly/1ncweoY

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Migrations into early medieval England: integrating isotopes and aDNA The next event in the 2025-26 UCL Institute of Archaeology/British Museum Medieval Seminar Series, will be given by Sam Leggett (University of Edinburgh) on 27 January.

💼 @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social is hiring a Head of Collections Services. This role leads collections access, care, conservation and management; heritage science; and Library and Archives.

Applications close on 9 November. More info here: buff.ly/xpYi7P8

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Migrations into early medieval England: integrating isotopes and aDNA The next event in the 2025-26 UCL Institute of Archaeology/British Museum Medieval Seminar Series, will be given by Sam Leggett (University of Edinburgh) on 27 January.

The next talk in the @uclioabmmedieval.bsky.social Medieval Archaeology Seminar Series will be given by @samleggs22.bsky.social on 'Migrations into early medieval England: integrating isotopes and aDNA.'

🗓️ : 27 Jan 2026, 6:15-7:15pm
📍 : UCL

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⏰ Less than a week left to apply to join the NHSF Trustees! We’re looking for people with enthusiasm, commitment and fresh ideas that will help raise the profile of heritage science & contribute to the long-term sustainability of the charity. More info: buff.ly/f6zSazJ

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Cultural Heritage Data School University of Cambridge, 13-17 April 2026

The Cultural Heritage Data School, taking place at the University of Cambridge from 13–17 April 2026, is now open for applications! It will focus on 'Critically Engaging Audiences with Cultural Heritage Data'. Early Bird rate ends 23 Nov.

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❗Reminder: we have 4x opportunities to join the NHSF Trustees! We’re looking for people with enthusiasm, commitment and fresh ideas that will help raise the profile of heritage science & contribute to the long-term sustainability of the charity. More info: buff.ly/f6zSazJ

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