NHSF newsletter - April 2026

Our April newsletter is now out - featuring our second user needs survey to help develop the Heritage Science Data Service as well as news from our members, funding, events and jobs.

Read the April newsletter here - NHSF newsletter April 2026

This month's contents:

NHSF News

  • New NHSF Blog Post: What is Heritage Science? – Reflections on British Science Week 2026
  • User Needs consultation - Heritage Science Data Service
  • NHSF partner in Historic England-led climate research project 

Member News

  • British Museum - Funded PhD: Conservation in Practice - the role of the conservator at the British Museum 1960-1990
  • Historic England - Lessons from creating Carbon Reduction Plan for a large heritage building. 
  • Icon appointed to deliver national heritage science workforce survey
  • The National Archives - Sustainability and Resilience – the Future of Preventive Conservation 
  • Tate - Heritage Science Data Specialist job opportunity
  • University of Oxford - Digital Twins and Built Heritage Conservation 

Sector Round-Up

General News

  • HSDS launches Ingest digital repository deposit system

Funding 

  • Funding opportunities from the Royal Society

Calls for Papers

  • Society for Medieval Archaeology Conference - Heritage Science theme! 
  • MA-XRF and Combined Imaging Techniques in Heritage Science Conference
  • 12th Meeting of the Users’ Group for Mass Spectrometry and Chromatography (MaSC) 

Events & Activities

  • GOGREEN Academy in London: Advancing Green Education in Conservation

Jobs & Opportunities

  • Getty Global Art & Sustainability Fellowship

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