Mike Heyworth

📢 New on the Arches Project blog: 2025 Year in Review

From new implementations and software releases to major community collaborations and the launch of Arches’ governance framework, 2025 was a tremendous year.

📄 Read the full recap:
bit.ly/arches-2025

Attending Heritage Day 2026 in London run by @heritagealliance.bsky.social with the DCMS Heritage Minister Baroness Twycross giving the keynote address

Heritage Day promotional graphic by the Heritage Alliance, the text reads: Join us at Heritage Day, Heritage Connects, Wednesday 4th March, One Great George St, Westminster. It features logos from organisations speaking including Historic England, Heritage Fund, Europa Nostra and more.

Are you joining @heritagealliance.bsky.social's Heritage Day this week?

Come visit us in the Exhibitors Space to...

✅ Pick up a copy of the Heritage Sector Resilience Plan
✅ Share your thinking on where collaboration is making a difference
✅ Sign up to our mailing list to enter our prize draw

📢 CALL FOR PROPOSALS: the 2026 in-person Developer Meeting will be hosted by Arches service provider Knowledge Integration in Sheffield, UK this June. Interested Arches developers are encouraged to submit proposals here:
bit.ly/DevMtg_2026_CFP

Arches UK Interest Group | Arches Project The Arches UK Interest Group is an opportunity for implementers, those wanting to implement, and service providers in the United Kingdom to collaborate on Arches.

The Arches UK Interest Group meets at 12pm GMT on the last Thursday of every other month. Next meeting: March 26.

🔗 Sign-up for the group’s mailing list & suggest topics for discussion:

Arches UK Interest Group Meeting (January 29, 2026) A recording of the Arches UK Interest Group meeting, held virtually on January 29, 2026 Chair: Stuart Cakebread, Greater London Historic Environment Record (GLHER); Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service (GLAAS); Historic England Secretary: Jana Lorencova, Information Scientist, Flax & Teal Lt

▶️ January UK Interest Group meeting recording now online! The latest community meeting featured a presentation by Phil Carlisle (Historic England) on Arches Lingo, as well as an update on Arches Governance.

View of the Crypt at Canterbury Cathedral

Would you like to curate a lecture series? Could you support the work of our society? Would you like to attend field visits? Are you retired or working PT? If so, the role of Honorary Secretary might be right for you!
The role is voluntary but expenses are paid.
www.royalarchinst.org/news/2026/vo...

Looking for Arches resource model examples? The Arches Resource Model Library provides access to models for Arches for HERs, Arches for Science, and OGEE Arches—with links to code repositories and documentation: bit.ly/arches-resour...

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Join us at midday today for the next meeting of the Arches UK Interest Group featuring a talk by Phil Carlisle on Lingo, an upcoming Arches application for creating, managing & sharing authority data us06web.zoom.us/j/81698422991

🏢 Who Is Using Arches?

The Arches-powered database SizaATLAS supports the project “SizaAtlas. Filling the Gaps for World Heritage,” documenting the legacy of Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza.

🔗 sizaatlas.iscte-iul....

🏺 Missed the latest CIfA Tea Break Talk?

Our Director, Prof Julian Richards, recently gave a talk introducing the Heritage Science Data Service, and covering our recent work.

💻 To find out more and watch the full talk visit buff.ly/otveIMq

#CIfA #DigitalHeritage #HeritageScience

Government announces bumper £1.5 billion package to restore national pride £1.5 billion will be invested in cultural organisations over a five-year period – turning the corner on underfunding over the last decade and more

“Government announces bumper £1.5 billion package to restore national pride” www.gov.uk/government/n...

Museums must reach all parts of UK, says Nandy as £1.5bn of arts funding announced Culture secretary says national institutions will receive £600m but they must extend influence outside London

The UK Government has announced a £1.5bn funding package for the arts including £230m for heritage www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

Learn more about Lingo:
www.archesproject.or...

Follow the UK Interest Group on the Arches Project Community Forum for updates:
community.archesproj...

Next week! The Arches UK Interest Group will meet on Thurs, Jan 29, 1-2 PM GMT with a presentation by Phil Carlisle (Historic England) on Arches Lingo, an upcoming application for creating, managing, & sharing authority data. Meeting details here: www.archesproject.or...

Huge news! The Architectural Heritage Fund is officially kicking off a massive year of celebration for our 50th anniversary in 2026. We’ve supported thousands of projects and invested over £180 million in heritage-led regeneration since 1976, and now we're celebrating this massive impact! (1/4)

HAPP One-Day Conference - Heritage Physics: Illuminating the Past This conference will survey the history of how the illumination of the past has developed as new fields of physics have progressed.

Upcoming free hybrid event: Join the HAPP one-day conference on Heritage Physics: Illuminating the Past'.
21st February, 10.30-17.00 GMT. Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford.

More information and registration at: www.stx.ox.ac.uk/event/happ-o...

#HSresearch #NHSFmembers

Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii' The largest Roman villa ever found in Wales lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.

Huge Roman villa found under popular park in Wales dubbed town's 'Pompeii' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans

Incredible Iron Age discovery by archaeologists in Norfolk www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Arches UK Interest Group Meeting (November 27, 2025) A recording of the Arches UK Interest Group meeting, held virtually on November 27, 2025 Chair: Stuart Cakebread, Greater London Historic Environment Record (GLHER); Greater London Archaeology Advisory Service (GLAAS); Historic England Secretary: Jana Lorencova, Information Scientist, Flax & Teal Lt

Now available: Video recording from the Nov 27 Arches UK Interest Group meeting. Learn about Arches software developments related to the recent v8 release, as well as Historic England’s new Arches-powered Marine Historic Environment Record database:

Looking to kick off 2026 with a #NewJob in heritage?

We have an amazing part-time opportunity to work at the heart of collaboration in the heritage sector:

💼Task Group Manager (0.5FTE)
🪙£37k (pro-rata)
📍London (flexible)
📆Apply by 6 Jan 2026

historicenvironmentforum.org.uk/vacancy-for-...

The December 2025 issue of the #ArchesProject bulletin is here!

Read about the recent Arches Governance in-person event, new Arches implementations, upcoming webinars, community presentations, exciting software developments underway, & more: bit.ly/arches-bullet...

Next week! Attend the ICESCO Heritage Centre Webinar “Rethinking Heritage Conservation in the Digital Age”, featuring presentations on Arches and the Endangered Archaeology in the Middle East & North Africa (EAMENA) project on Tuesday, December 16, 14:00 GMT: us06web.zoom.us/webi...

Arches Modeling Interest Group Meeting on December 16 (online) The next Arches Modeling Interest Group meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 8am US Pacific Time / 11am US Eastern Time / 4pm GMT. The agenda is as follows: Introductions and announcements Guided group discussion on the Arches Controlled Lists Manager. Learn more about the Arches Controlled Lists Manager in conversation with Arches experts as the following questions are addressed (with some light screensharing/slides!) along with any questions that you might have: Wh...

Next week! Take part in the Arches Modeling Interest Group meeting on December 16 at 8am PST / 4pm GMT to learn about the Arches Controlled List Manager. More info:

Image description We're Hiring! Historic Environment Forum Task Group Manager (0.5FTE) Are you passionate about how collaboration can shape a resilient heritage sector? We are seeking an outstanding person to lead one of our Task Groups apply now: tinyurl.com/bdhk5d3m

📢 Heritage Job Klaxon 📢

Join our Team!

HEF is recruiting a new Task Group Manager to help drive collaboration across England’s heritage sector.

⏰ Closing: 12noon, 6 Jan 2026
🔗Apply now: tinyurl.com/bdhk5d3m

Last week, the Getty Conservation Institute hosted the first in-person meeting of Arches Project Governance Members across 3 days at the Getty. We’re thankful for those who contributed to enthusiastic, productive discussions about the future of Arches!

CAA-UK 25 Conference Programme is now available! 📣

We have prepared an exciting schedule of workshops, talks, posters and more - explore here:

uk.caa-international.org/2025/11/20/c...

Save the date! The Arches UK Interest Group (formerly known as the UK User Group) returns with its first hour-long session on Thursday, November 27 at 1:00 PM GMT.

Planning for new energy infrastructure: 2025 revisions to National Policy Statements We’re seeking views on the revised energy National Policy Statements that support decisions on major energy infrastructure.

The UK Government has published updated National Policy Statements (NPS), including EN-3 for renewable energy, crucially, it reinforces the need to assess and mitigate impacts on historic environments early in the process. #thisisarchaeology #planning www.gov.uk/government/c...

Parliamentarians Launch New Report Calling for a Radical Shift in Government’s Approach to Infrastructure Delivery — APPG for Project Delivery Parliamentarians warn that “systemic failures” in major infrastructure project delivery could “derail” the Government’s infrastructure ambitions. In a new report launched by the All-Party Parliamentar...

The APPG for Project Delivery has published its report on improving national infrastructure delivery. We welcome its recognition of heritage as a vital part of successful planning and development. #Infrastructure #thisisarchaeology www.appgprojectdelivery.org/news-and-upd...