Professor Marion Harney has been appointed as the new chair of the City of Bath World Heritage Advisory Board and Enhancement Fund.
The Advisory Board is a partnership panel overseeing Bath’s Management Plan for the UNESCO World Heritage Site inscriptions (City of Bath and Great Spa Towns of Europe). The World Heritage Enhancement Fund, a partnership between Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath Preservation Trust and the World Heritage Site Advisory Board, sources, funds and manages local cityscape improvement schemes.
Professor Harney is Professor of Building and Landscape Conservation, Associate Dean Education, Faculty of Engineering and Design, University Athena SWAN Lead (Vice Chancellor’s Office), Project Lead Curriculum Transformation (Pro Vice Chancellor Education), Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering, at the University of Bath. She is also Visiting Professor/Academic Consultant, Conservation of Parks, Gardens and Landscapes at the University of Westminster.
She has been a member of Bath World Heritage Site Advisory Group since 2007 and shares responsibility for overseeing the development, production and implementation of the World Heritage Site Management Plan. She takes over from Professor Barry Gilbertson, who has chaired the Board since 2017, and stood down earlier this year from the voluntary role due to a family relocation to Surrey.
Pictured are Professor Marion Harney, Cllr Kevin Guy and Professor Barry Gilbertson.