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Bringing the heritage science community together to improve collaboration, make better use of research, and demonstrate the public benefit of heritage science.
📢 Ri Freer Prize Fellowship📢

- 12-month fellowship for research on the history of science & technology, including heritage science.
- Aimed at doctoral candidates in an unfunded writing-up year.
- Get an £18,000 stipend & support to promote your research.

Apply by 31st March 2026:
Ri Freer Fellowship
Applications for the Freer Fellowship are now open!
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February 6, 2026 at 11:15 AM
📢 New #HeritageScience job opportunity with the National Archives📢

Senior Heritage Scientist – Research Infrastructure & Access

Location: Kew
Contract: Full‑time, five‑year fixed‑term post
Salary: £43,524 per annum
Deadline: 22nd February 2026 (midnight)

Read more and apply:
Senior Heritage Scientist – Research Infrastructure & Access
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…
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February 5, 2026 at 11:15 AM
📢 New Funding for GLAM projects in Wales 📢

The Priorities for Culture Capital Grant Funding offers between £20,000 and £200,000 to support access & inclusion, collection care, youth engagement, good digital practice, and sustainability.

Find out more and apply by 16th March 2026:
Priorities for Culture | GOV.WALES
Our priorities for arts, museums, libraries, archives and the historic environment sectors.
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February 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Major #HeritageScience news: The RICHeS Access Fund Full Application Stage is officially live!

This exciting new fund is set to facilitate the future of heritage science across the UK.

⏰️ Deadline: Wednesday 8 April 2026
✨️ Grant Awards: Up to £20,000

Learn more & apply:
Unlock Access to RICHeS Research Infrastructure: Full Access Fund Call Now Open – RICHeS
The Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) Access Fund has reached an important milestone, with the launch of its Full Application stage.
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February 3, 2026 at 12:01 PM
If you have something💡illuminating💡to say on lighting in heritage environments, why not submit an abstract for Icon’s ‘Blinded by the Light’ webinar?

Send an abstract of up to 200 words with your name, affiliation and time zone to iconcareofcollections@gmail.com by midnight, 6th February 2026.
February 2, 2026 at 12:45 PM
What is the HSDS?

Get to know the Heritage Science Data Service through a recorded talk by Prof Julian Richards @juliandrichards.bsky.social, Director of ADS and HSDS, to the CIfA Information Management Group @cifa-imsig.bsky.social.

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DigITea talk series – Introducing the HSDS
Last week Prof Julian Richards , Director of ADS and HSDS, gave an online talk for the CIfA Information Management Special Interest Group (IMSIG). This talk introduced the recently launched Research…
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January 30, 2026 at 11:01 AM
New research from Historic England finds that air source heat pumps could be the key to decarbonisation in historic buildings.

Learn more and read the full report here: buff.ly/cJ0DosX

#NHSFmembers #HSresearch #SocietalChallenge
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.
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January 29, 2026 at 11:02 AM
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.

Find out more and apply here: buff.ly/501XrL3

#NHSFMembers #HSCommunity
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…
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January 28, 2026 at 11:02 AM
📢 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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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...
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January 27, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Call for Tenders: UK Heritage and Conservation Science Labour Survey

RICHeS seeks bids for a supplier to design a survey on the heritage and conservation science workforce.

Applications close: 11 AM, Wednesday 4th February 2026.

Read more and apply: buff.ly/r0ohDDM
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RICHeS Heritage and Conservation Science Labour Survey – RICHeS
The Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS), on behalf of the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), is inviting bids for a UK-wide labour survey to examine the…
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January 26, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Is soil contributing to the carbon footprint of archaeological digs?

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

Read more here: buff.ly/4pcTnk5

Or join a free webinar on 25th February 2026, 1pm buff.ly/R60nDyf

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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
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January 23, 2026 at 3:15 PM
#HeritageScience news from @londonmuseum.bsky.social: New video from the London Museum shows how conservators used cutting-edge dental imaging technology to unlock the story of a medieval prayer book cover discovered in the Thames.
Read the full story here: buff.ly/GCu78EA
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January 22, 2026 at 1:30 PM
✨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
Learn more:
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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.
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January 21, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Don’t miss out on this #HeritageScience job opportunity!

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

Find out more and apply here: buff.ly/rt10LjC

#NHSFMembers #HSCommunity
Conservation Scientist
Heritage is for everybody, and we are here for heritage.
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January 20, 2026 at 11:30 AM
RICHeS Access Fund Catalyst Projects have announced funding for five exciting new initiatives, using #HeritageScience to drive innovative research, transform approaches to accessibility, and unlock new forms of community engagement.

Read the full story here:
Innovation in Action: RICHeS Access Fund Catalyst Projects Award Five Initiatives – RICHeS
The Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) Access Fund Catalyst Projects has awarded funding to five innovative initiatives set to redefine how heritage science drives…
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January 19, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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.
blog.engineshed.scot/2025/12/16/p...

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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.
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January 15, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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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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.
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January 13, 2026 at 10:25 AM
Looking for #HeritageScience services (equipment, expertise) or data sources? Sign-up to the @hsds-update.bsky.social webinar taking place 15th Jan to find out about new catalogues - what's available and how to search.
Register here: hsds.ac.uk/news-event/u...
Upcoming Webinar: How to use the data catalogue and catalogue of services
Early next year the HSDS will be running a free, hour long webinar to explore some of our new services. Towards the end of this year, the HSDS launched two brand new catalogues for the…
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January 13, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Don’t miss out! Applications for the position of Heritage Science Manager at the BFI’s Moving Image Conservation Research Laboratory (MICRL) close on 26th January 2026.

Find out more and apply here: bfijobsandopportunities.bfi.org.uk/tlive_webrec...

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Job profile
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January 12, 2026 at 4:02 PM
👀 Have you seen the new section of the @hsds-update.bsky.social website providing information about the Harwell Heritage Network?

Find out about national research facilities relevant to #HeritageScience here: hsds.ac.uk/help-guidanc...

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Harwell Heritage Network
In the heart of Oxfordshire, Harwell Campus encompasses some of the most important research facilities in the UK and Europe. We are home to Diamond Light Source, ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Research...
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December 4, 2025 at 3:25 PM
🗞️ 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

#NHSFMembers #HSResearch #SocietalChallenge
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.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🌲 💡 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
📍 : Online

More info: buff.ly/VxNCpdA

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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.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:30 PM
🤔 📰 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.

See the latest newsletter & subscribe to receive the next one here: buff.ly/9kVIfLT

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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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December 1, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📢 📰 **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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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 …
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November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
⏰ There is only ONE day left to submit your application for the @hsds-update.bsky.social Small Grants Programme!

1️⃣ Enhance Access to Heritage Resources (up to £25,000)
2️⃣ Build Virtual Research Environments (up to £15,000)

Deadline: 28 November 2025, 5pm GMT

More info: buff.ly/GqI62wJ

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HSDS Small Grants Programme Now Open for Applications
Applications are now live for our new Small Grants Programme, offering up to £25,000 to unlock innovation in heritage science and conservation research across the UK. Ready to Transform Your Heritage…
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November 27, 2025 at 11:28 AM