Award for City Hub college best student
Our corporate member, Axminster Tools & Machinery have kindly donated a set of tools which will form the basis of our first-ever student member award. Initially nominations for the award will come from the IoC member colleges where City Hubs have been set up in the past eighteen months, widening to other colleges and City Hubs over time. Watch out for more news in the next edition of In The Groove and in the meantime take advantage of the 5% discount that Axminster offers students on their website. |
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Join the CO2 campaign
The wood industries across the UK are coming together in a new campaign to highlight the ability of wood to store CO2. Trees take up CO2 while actively growing. When they're harvested the CO2 stays inside the wood for as long as it lasts. So building with wood or using wood for joinery is a great way to help the climate. Visit the Wood CO2ts Less campaign on the Wood For Good website. |
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Introducing American Hardwoods
We're pleased to announce that the American Hardwood Export Council in Europe has become a corporate member of IoC. For our student members, AHEC have lots of information to tap into, including a page where you can compare different wood species and their working properties. Their Gallery also contains videos showing American hardwoods being used in their many innovative and inspirational design projects. There are plenty of interesting publications too. |
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Next City Hub launch
The next IoC City Hub is currently scheduled for launch on 15th October, hosted by Leeds College of Building. Speakers will cover career opportunities, heritage work, the timber frame building sector and a talk by IoC Fellow John Apps about his lifetime in carpentry & joinery. See some of his work and keep up to date on our Student member Twitter and Instagram feeds. |
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