Collections Trust and Museum Development England have partnered for 2025/26 to pilot a brand new national programme of briefings to support your site with implementing the Spectrum Standards. Spectrum is the UK collection management standard that is also used around the world. The latest version, Spectrum 5.1, published in September 2022. This version offers revised…
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Historic England’s Latest Historic Environment Management Webinars Showcase the Stockton & Darlington Railway
Historic England run a regular series of online webinars, and the 2025 programme includes two relevant to industrial heritage sites. These are part of the Historic Environment Management (HEM) webinars series, which provide training and advice for the heritage sector through case studies and showcasing the latest research. The next two free HEM webinars focus…
Carbon Literacy for Musuems Course
Museum Development England, in partnership with Manchester Museum and The Carbon Literacy Project, has developed an online Museums’ Carbon Literacy Toolkit that is free to access by all museums. It is being delivered by the Museum Development teams across England, with the support of the Museum Carbon Literacy Officer. It will run online from the…
Historic England Emergency Planning Training Needs Analysis Survey: Your Chance to Take Part
Historic England’s Emergency Planning team are inviting organisations and professionals to complete an online training needs analysis survey. By taking part in this survey, you can influence what further training and guidance HE will provide to those who play a role in emergency preparedness, response and recovery within our historic environment and the heritage sector,…
Historic England Looking for Heritage Sites to Take Part in their ‘Pilot Carbon Bookkeeping & Carbon Reduction Training’
This spring, Historic England will launch a new training programme to follow on from the successful Heritage Carbon Literacy courses. Guided by discussions and feedback from the sector, this new training will support heritage organisations to measure their carbon footprint and write a carbon reduction action plan. The aim is to help demystify what organisations…
Second Heritage Skills Seminar at London Transport Museum 31 October
The second London Transport Museum seminar series on heritage skills will take place at the London Transport Museum Depot at Acton on 31 October. The seminar is part of the Museum’s Sustaining Heritage Skills project, funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s Heritage Innovation Fund. The seminar builds on the previous seminar held in June…
Heritage Carbon Literacy Training, October 2024
There are a few places left on the final scheduled Heritage Carbon Literacy training being held online on 15 and 16 October. Supported by Charterted Institure for Archaeologits (CIfA) and delivered by Historic England, in partnership with the Carbon Literacy Trust, these training sessions are aimed at small to medium sized enterprises, such as industrial…
AIA One Day Online CPD Workshop 0n Cast & Wrought Iron, January 2024
The AIA are running their inaugural online AIA accredited CPD workshop on the conservation of cast and wrought iron on 27th January 2024. The workshops are for anyone with an interest in industrial archaeology, anyone working in heritage conservation and restoration, council and museums decision-makers. Its also open to anyone in the industrial heritage and…
AIM Launches Pilot for Free Support for Potential Museum Trustees
AIM is introducing a series of free Heritage Trustees 101 events across England. Working with SHARE Museums East and supported by Trustees Unlimited, these training sessions are designed to help prepare those considering a trustee role in the independent museum sector. This event will be especially useful for potential trustees of the hundreds of Industrial Heritage organisations in England. The first pilot event…
Historic England Launch Latest Online Training Courses
The latest round (May 2023) of Historic England online training for the heritage sector has been released on their bespoke Learning Platform. The platform hosts CPD programmes aimed at professionals whose advice-giving and decision-making impacts the historic environment, in particular local authority officers. The programme ‘Heritage in Planning: Essentials’ is now open for enrolment alongside a…
Industrial Heritage Support 