IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2023
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award closes on 31 August 2023, so if you have relevant coursework from any UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, completed by 31 August 2022 or 31 August 2023 –submit it online and on time to have a chance to receive a cash prize at the IHBC’s Annual School in Reading in June 2024.
For the 2023 Award, as ever, a cash prize of £500 is on offer to the winner, with smaller cash awards to commended entries. Free places at the IHBC’s Annual School, valued at around £500, are also on offer to selected entries.
Some details of the IHBC Student Awards:
- The Student Award for 2023 is presented for an outstanding submission on ANY under-graduate or post-graduate course in the TWO years to 31 August 2023
- Content need not be on conservation, but can relate to ANY aspect of the Built or Historic Environment, including for example, its evaluation ( history, research, investigation or recording); management (g. planning, policy, finance or linked operations and tools such as site management or conservation plans), and/or intervention (e.g. design, technology and project plans), as well as more general practical or theoretical considers with conservation implications
- Submission for this award is ONLY possible online. If your coursework can’t be easily digitised – such as craft work – we can accept suitable digital records, such as a film
- Any submission must be of a form that can be authenticated by the course tutor in accordance with our guidance.
See a list of past winners
Find out more about the awards and how to enter on the Gus Astley Student Award website
See more about the history of the IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards
This article was originally published on the IHBC website on 28 July 2023.
--Institute of Historic Building Conservation
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