@hsds-update.bsky.social
Unlocking potential for innovation in heritage science and conservation
Have you registered yet for #CAAUK2025?
It’s just a few weeks away — join us in Cambridge for two days of exciting digital archaeology talks, workshops & networking!
💻 Hybrid format
🍷 Drinks reception
🎓 Great for postgrads & ECRs
👉 Register now: linktr.ee/caa_uk
Can’t make it to Cambridge? No problem — #CAAUK2025 will be hybrid!
Attend in person or join online to connect with researchers exploring the intersections of heritage, data, and technology.
👉 Register today: linktr.ee/caa_uk
#CAAUK #DigitalHeritage #Archaeology
HSDS desk and materials alongside a large screen
The HSDS are attending the @dariaheu.bsky.social day at the @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social - check out the DRI showcase to find out more out research services for #heritagescience
07.11.2025 13:35 — 👍 5 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Over the past 20 years, the ADS has been at the forefront of many collaborations and projects.
In March 2025 UKRI visited to film a video highlighting the value of Horizon Europe funding to the UK, with ADS as their case study.
To find out more and watch the video visit: buff.ly/3JKFW2N
There is still time to apply for our Collections Development Manager position! Join us in shaping the future of digital heritage preservation 🏺
⏱️ Apply by 2 November 2025. To find out more visit: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/coll...
🌟 We have extended the application deadline to 02.11.25 🌟
To find out more about this role visit jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/coll...
You have until 2 November to apply for this exciting role!
16.10.2025 17:31 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0⭐ 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
The @britishlibrary.bsky.social Open and Engaged Conference includes a talk from @ads-update.bsky.social and HSDS on 'Repository services for Archaeology, and Conservation and Heritage Science.'
📅 : 20, 22 and 23 Oct 2025
📍 : Online
buff.ly/19KydG0
#HSResearch #NHSFMembers #SocietalChallenge
Join us in shaping the future of digital heritage preservation! We are advertising a fantastic new role: Collections Development Manager!
👉 To find out more visit buff.ly/PmxuqEo
📣 The deadline for applications is 14.10.25
The @hsds-update.bsky.social Data Catalogue & Catalogue of Services are here! 🥳 🎉 These mark a significant step forward in unlocking access to UK #HeritageScience research facilities and datasets. buff.ly/QAlbPOh
1️⃣ Catalogue of Services buff.ly/QoAZ24A
2️⃣ Data Catalogue buff.ly/9x0F3kE
#HSResearch
Considering applying for our Small Grants Programme? 👏
Reminder that our first information session is this Thursday 14:00-15:00 GMT!
To register visit: lnkd.in/eEe8fBJc
For full details and application materials: lnkd.in/gxqS7UAb
Questions? Email: applications@hsds.ac.uk
❗ Applications are live for the @hsds-update.bsky.social Small Grants Programme, offering up to £25,000 to unlock innovation in heritage science and conservation research across the UK. Info sessions will take place on 9 and 14 Oct. Applications close 28 Nov. More info: buff.ly/iFoKHNX
#HSResearch
Join us in shaping the future of digital heritage preservation! We are advertising a fantastic new role: Collections Development Manager!
👉 To find out more visit buff.ly/PmxuqEo
📣 The deadline for applications is 14.10.25
Old photograph of a man in front of prehistoric standing stone, Stenness, Orkney Isles. British Geological Survey © UKRI 2025 All Rights Reserved Permit. Number CP25/005, P000528
🚀 Small Grants Programme NOW OPEN!
Funding available for UK heritage science & conservation projects
📂 Enhance access to heritage resources (£25k)
💻 Build virtual research environments (£15k) w/ STFC Hartree Centre
Deadline: 28 Nov 2025
Funded by @ukri.org #RICHeS
Read more here: buff.ly/iFoKHNX
a fossil ammonite
🚀 We are excited to announce that the Data Catalogue & Catalogue of Services are now live!
Explore heritage science data and facilities like never before with these two powerful new tools.
To find out more visit and explore these new tools for yourself visit buff.ly/QAlbPOh
Opening soon – the new @hsds-update.bsky.social Service Small Grants Programme. Transform heritage science data and collections into accessible resources OR bring your digital innovation ideas to life as a Virtual Research Environment.
Applications close 28 Nov 2025.
🌏For the #heritagescience community – @gettymuseum.bsky.social Global Art & Sustainability Fellowships to contribute to sustainable management of heritage resources & apply cutting-edge science to the cultural sector, across 10+ different institutions.
Find out more:
💡🔎Spotlight in this article on the impact of advanced non-destructive imaging on @durham-university.bsky.social's project working across archaeological artefacts, soils, and organic materials.
Read it here:
🎉On 11 Sept, the UKRI CEO, Professor Sir Ian Chapman, officially opened the new sustainable Infrastructure Headquarters (IHQ) for the Research Infrastructure for Conservation and Heritage Science (RICHeS) programme.
Read all about the launch here: buff.ly/YrTvJam
❗️The @hsds-update.bsky.social Small Grants Programme will open for applications on 1 Oct! Whether you have datasets to unlock, collections to connect, or a concept for an innovative digital tool, this could be the funding opportunity you've been waiting for.
buff.ly/xNBjTjE
A zoomed in imaged of a Rhodochrosite, a rose-pink to red mineral with brown banding
🎉 We're excited to announce the launch of our new HSDS Service Small Grants Programme – designed to unlock the potential for innovation in heritage science and conservation research across the UK. pplications open on the 1st October 2025.
To find out more visit: buff.ly/xNBjTjE
A zoomed in imaged of a Rhodochrosite, a rose-pink to red mineral with brown banding
🎉 We're excited to announce the launch of our new HSDS Service Small Grants Programme – designed to unlock the potential for innovation in heritage science and conservation research across the UK. pplications open on the 1st October 2025.
To find out more visit: buff.ly/xNBjTjE
Just because you saved it, doesn’t mean it’s forever: proper archiving of data is a must. Find out more at
09.09.2025 18:53 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
🎉 Announcing Major New Tools for Heritage Science!
The HSDS is thrilled to launch the Data Catalogue and the Catalogue of Services — powerful resources designed to unlock access to research facilities and datasets across the UK’s heritage science landscape
To find out more visit: buff.ly/s81Ulh5
🎉 Announcing Major New Tools for Heritage Science!
The HSDS is thrilled to launch the Data Catalogue and the Catalogue of Services — powerful resources designed to unlock access to research facilities and datasets across the UK’s heritage science landscape
To find out more visit: buff.ly/s81Ulh5
✨Thanks to RICHeS for this great reflection on our recent NHSF Heritage Science Conference!
👇Check it out for insight into the RICHeS workshop, which covered the project, the upcoming @hsds-update.bsky.social launch & more.
🎉 An Exciting Announcement 🎉
This week the ADS surpassed 5,000 archive collections! We wanted to give a big thank you to everyone that has allowed us to reach this milestone.
⭐ To find out more about some of the collections released this year visit: buff.ly/qc8n33g
Venus and Cupid by Shane A. Johnstone. Venus and Cupid Arts Trust, Morecambe. © Historic England Archive, Alun Bull
🎉 The Festival of Archaeology 2025 is here!🏺
To celebrate the role of open knowledge in wellbeing, we’re highlighting a selection of projects that showcase how archaeology can support personal and community wellbeing in diverse and meaningful ways.
🔗 To find out more visit: buff.ly/ltIPhVR
