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1. Internship opportunity: Carden & Godfrey Plans, Oxford Conservation Consortium 2. Icon Early Career Membership ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1.From: Nikki Tomkins Posted: Friday February 6, 2026 7:50 AM Subject: Internship opportunity: Carden & Godfrey Plans, Oxford Conservation Consortium Message: Subject: Carden & Godfrey Plans Conservation Internship Job Title: Conservation Intern Contract type: Five weeks Pay: £18.23 per hour (plus holiday pay), 32.5 hours per week Closing date: 12.00 noon, Monday 23rd February 2026 Oxford Conservation Consortium (OCC) has a paid opportunity for a student or recent graduate of conservation specialising in either books or paper to carry out the conservation of a collection of twentieth-century architectural plans from Worcester College, Oxford. The role is an opportunity to gain practical conservation experience working on large format architectural plans on paper, tracing paper, and drafting film in a busy conservation studio. Carden & Godfrey Architects, who specialised in the restoration and adaptation of historic buildings, were employed as College Architects by Worcester College for over 50 years. Before they ceased trading in 2023, the firm transferred a large number of rolled plans of College buildings to the Worcester College Archives. The postholder will be required to carry out conservation treatments on a selection of the plans, under supervision of an experienced conservator on the OCC team. The job will be based at the OCC studio in central Oxford, with visits to the collection site at Worcester College. This is a fixed term contract for five continuous weeks at 32.5 hours of work a week, 9am - 5pm Monday - Friday with 1.5 hours of breaks per day. Free lunch at Magdalen College is provided. Start date is negotiable, but will take place in summer or autumn 2026. Applicants must be enrolled at the time of application on a recognised course in conservation specialising in either books or paper. For further particulars and application details see: www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies/ <https://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/job-vacancies/> ------------------------------ Nikki Tomkins Conservator Oxford Conservation Consortium Oxford United Kingdom ------------------------------ 2.From: Amy Neal Posted: Friday February 6, 2026 7:56 AM Subject: Icon Early Career Membership Message: Icon has launched a new Early Career Membership category, replacing our existing Student Membership, to better support emerging professionals during the crucial transition from formal training to establishing their professional careers. Please see here for details: Icon Launches New Early Career Membership Category <https://www.icon.org.uk/resource/icon-launches-new-early-career-membership-category.html> Amy Neal (she/her) Marketing and Membership Manager Institute of Conservation Studio 32, FBC Clerkenwell, 40 Bowling Green Lane, London, EC1R 0NE 020 3142 6799 <https://www.icon.org.uk/> <https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Institute-of-Conservation/367081813346500> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/9414776> <https://twitter.com/Conservators_UK> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZcVX9I_DaxGKGSpg8byfTQ> <https://instagram.com/conservators_uk> <https://www.icon.org.uk/events/icon-conference-2026-booking.html> Icon is registered as a Charity in England and Wales (Number 1108380) and in Scotland (Number SC039336) and is a Company Limited by Guarantee, (Number 5201058). This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the use of the individual(s) to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient and have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete the email. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this message and attachments that do not relate to the official business of The Institute of Conservation are neither given nor endorsed by it. www.icon.org.uk <http://www.icon.org.uk/> You are subscribed to "Global Conservation Forum (ConsDistList)" as [email protected]. To change your subscriptions, go to http://community.culturalheritage.org/preferences?section=Subscriptions. To unsubscribe from this community discussion, go to https://community.culturalheritage.org/HigherLogic/eGroups/Unsubscribe.aspx?UserKey=d16eaa87-0f69-494b-9f2f-303dbc1222e1&sKey=fab9aa4f27a04c5d876e&GroupKey=757a8f16-505f-4323-8e74-e376757aa9f7.
