IHBC Gus Astley Student Awards 2022
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[edit] Introduction
The IHBC’s celebrated annual Gus Astley Student Award has been launched for this academic year, closing on 31 August 2022, so if you have coursework from ANY UK taught course – under-graduate or post-graduate, from 2021 OR 2022 –submit it online and on time to have a chance to receive a cash prize at the IHBC’s Annual School in June 2023.
[edit] Cash prizes
For the 2022 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 all selected entries.
Some details of the IHBC Student Awards:
- The Student Award for 2022 is presented for an outstanding submission on ANY under-graduate or post-graduate course in the TWO years 31 August 2022
- 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 (e.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.
[edit] 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
To keep in touch and follow progress on IHBC’s 2022 Aberdeen School, where the 2020 Awards will be presented, follow #IHBCAberdeen2022.
This article originally appeared on the IHBC news and blog site entitled "IHBC’s Gus Astley Student Award open to ‘ANY UK taught coursework’: Closes 31/08 – £500 + free #IHBCSwansea2023!" Dated August 19 2022.
--Institute of Historical Building Conservation
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