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Mike Heyworth @mikeheyworth.bsky.social · 4d

Reflections from the National Lottery Heritage Fund based on resilience support for many heritage projects across the UK

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Mike Heyworth @mikeheyworth.bsky.social · 4d

Key takeaways from @nationaltrust.org.uk presentation on financial resilience - but no cream on the scones!

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Mike Heyworth @mikeheyworth.bsky.social · 4d

Some suggestions for consideration linked with enhancing financial resilience from @bernarddonoghue.bsky.social

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Mike Heyworth @mikeheyworth.bsky.social · 4d

@bernarddonoghue.bsky.social launching the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions conference on generating new income, building financial sustainability and planning for the future

Mike Heyworth @mikeheyworth.bsky.social · 4d

At @wellcomecollection.bsky.social in London for an ALVA day conference on financial resilience - very relevant for our @histenvforum.bsky.social work on the Heritage Sector Resilience Plan historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/hef-activiti...

Resilience Plan - Historic Environment Forum

Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025-35 (HSRP2). The Heritage Sector Resilience Plan provides a clear roadmap for partnership working to deliver a robust and resilient heritage sector.

historicenvironmentforum.org.uk

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 4d

How can AI be used in #archaeology? 🏺

By training neural networks on satellite imagery, they can identify archaeological features in a wide area quickly and with lower margins of error, providing researchers with more time for interpretation

🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Satellite imagery of archaeological and modern structures used for training the automated survey model. Image copyright held by Maxar, reproduced under the NextView End User Licence Agreement.

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Sussex Heritage Community @heritagecommunity.bsky.social · 5d

Burglary! Keep your eyes peeled folks, please share

Milton Regis Court Hall has been broken in to, sadly cabinets were smashed and Collections stolen.

If you see these or hear anything about this please contact Kent Police, they could come to Sussex.

#HeritageCrime

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Historic Environment Forum (HEF) @histenvforum.bsky.social · 7d

Catch up with the latest Planning Bulletin from Historic England: historicengland.org.uk/advice/plann...

Historic England Planning Bulletin | Historic England

Our monthly ‘Planning Bulletin’ highlights some of the recent and forthcoming developments in the world of planning from a heritage perspective.

historicengland.org.uk

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Historic Environment Forum (HEF) @histenvforum.bsky.social · 12d

Sign up to the new HEF newsletter using the online form on our website: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/newsletter-s...

Sign up for our newsletter - Historic Environment Forum

HEF quarterly newsletter Subscribe for project updates, sector news and more Subscribe Loading… Subscribe Loading… Thank you! You have successfully joined our subscriber list.

historicenvironmentforum.org.uk

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Archaeology Data Service @ads-update.bsky.social · 12d

⭐ The ADS Data Catalogue is Live!⭐

Explore hundreds of thousands of archaeological resources including over 100,000 reports and 5,000 archive collections.

👉To find out more and start exploring visit buff.ly/BMulYqQ

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TAG 2025 @ York @tag2025york.bsky.social · Sep 23

📢 Registration is now open! 📢

Sign up for in-person attendance before 31 October 2025 to get Early Bird prices.

Waged delegate fee is £110
Unwaged delegate fee is £40

More information and links to register can be found on the TAG York website: tag2025.hosted.york.ac.uk/en/registrat...

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University Archaeology Day @uniarchday.bsky.social · 20d

Looking forward to University Archaeology Day #UAD25 on Monday 27th October! Look out for a countdown re who you can expect to chat to @britishacademy.bsky.social.

If you're at all curious about studying archaeology at university, this is the event for you! book your free ticket HERE!

www.ticketsource.co.uk

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Arches Project @archesproject.bsky.social · 27d

📣 Introducing the new Arches for Reference and Sample Collections (RaSColls) webpage! Learn about this new Arches application (currently in development) and how it will support the data management for heritage science reference and sample collections.

🔗 www.archesproject.or...

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Dr Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · Sep 26

New paper. Recording the female experience of UK archaeology 1990-2010. Anne Teather and I document how an industry EDI agenda evolved in the 1990s and was dismantled, uncovering the ramifications of that for women archaeologists over the next decade.

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

#openaccess✅

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology | Archaeological Dialogues | Cambridge Core

Documenting the profession: Recording historic access and retention issues for women in UK archaeology

www.cambridge.org

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The Heritage Alliance @heritagealliance.bsky.social · Sep 25

📢 Reminder: Nominations are now open for the Ecclesiastical Heritage Heroes Awards 2025! For more information about the judging criteria, check out the Official Guidance Document. Nominate your exceptional volunteers here 👉 bit.ly/HeritageHeroes2025

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Arches Project @archesproject.bsky.social · Sep 25

Arches-related #job: The #GettyResearchInstitute is seeking a Metadata Specialist who will support metadata enrichment efforts and Getty-wide initiatives, working with Linked Open Data and the Arches platform. Apply here:

Metadata Specialist III in Los Angeles, California | Careers at Getty

Getty is now hiring a Metadata Specialist III in Los Angeles, California. Review all of the job details and apply today!

bit.ly

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MAEASaM @maeasamproject.bsky.social · Sep 26

Are you interested in remote sensing and geospatial analyses in the context of African heritage and its future monitoring? If so, MAEASaM project has a new position!
Applications are now open until 17 October 2025
To apply : www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

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Arches Project @archesproject.bsky.social · Sep 19

Join us on Thursday, October 2 at 8:00 PDT for a community to learn more about Arches for Science (AfS) and explore the new AfS interactive demo site!

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Arches Project @archesproject.bsky.social · Sep 15

🌟 New initiative: The GCI is migrating MEGA-Jordan–Jordan’s national archaeological inventory–into Arches! This partnership with @archanchistleic.bsky.social and the Department of Antiquities of Jordan builds on the original deployment of MEGA-Jordan over 14 years ago.

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The Heritage Alliance @heritagealliance.bsky.social · Sep 10

📢 THA Members and Non-Members: We want to hear from you! The Heritage Alliance is seeking input for a report on heritage and placemaking.

📅 Complete the survey and submit your case studies by Friday 17 October!

forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Fill | Heritage & Placemaking Survey

The Heritage Alliance is planning to publish a report that showcases how heritage makes places better. This will explore how the heritage sector is helping to create vibrant, creative, thriving, and sustainable...

forms.office.com

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Sep 9

🏺 We have tons of FREE and #OpenAccess research in every issue! To check out all our Open Access #archaeology, go to www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Archaeologists digging in a desert with the text 'Free archaeology research and reviews, Antiquity'.

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Historic Environment Forum (HEF) @histenvforum.bsky.social · Sep 8

📣 In June HEF launched the new Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025-35 (HSRP2), providing a clear roadmap for collaborative working to deliver a robust & resilient heritage sector. Find out more & read the plan online: historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/hef-activiti... #HeritageResiliencePlan

Screenshot of cover of Heritage Sector Resilience Plan 2025-35

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · Sep 8

Welcome to Bluesky Professor Shadreck Chirikure!

The Director of our RLAHA (awesome archaeology lab) is here!

Find out about his vision for archaeology here: www.ox.ac.uk/news-and-eve...
and give him a follow: @chirikure.bsky.social

Professor Shadreck Chirikure: We owe a lot to the past. Archaeology

Professor Shadreck Chirikure defies expectations: an archaeologist of ancient civilisations who is fixed on the future; an expert in highly-technical sciences, who likes to mend random things, and a

www.ox.ac.uk

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Mike Heyworth @mikeheyworth.bsky.social · Aug 18

Stop dredging the Goodwin Sands! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

‘Running riot through graves’: King Charles urged to protect Goodwin Sands from dredging

Crown estate owns seabed of treacherous sandbank off Kent that has entombed more than 2,000 shipwrecks

www.theguardian.com

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National Heritage Science Forum @nhsf.bsky.social · Aug 11

EOIs open for the 2026 Preserving Archaeological Remains in Situ Conference, hosted by Historic England. Themes: climate change, new developments in the science of preservation & progress over the last 30 years.

📅: 14-16 May 2026
📍: London & online

buff.ly/7MLmJqF

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