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Practices need to be bolder about promoting diversity and inclusion
The BAME architecture students of today will have quite a shock when they leave university, writes Kunle Barker
Tag: Architecture schools
In architecture, who’s teaching the teachers?
UK architecture schools boast some of the world's best designers – but success in practice doesn't guarantee success as a teacher. Is the lack of training for educators letting down the new next generation of architects, asks Siraaj Mitha
Why the Supreme Court’s decision on affirmative action matters in architecture
The US Supreme Court’s decision to ban consideration of race in college admissions will reduce opportunities for greater representation within architecture – and cause ripples in the UK, writes Dennis Austin
‘Students told to ignore existing building’ – survey reveals retrofit teaching gap
Nearly one in eight architecture students is being taught nothing about retrofit, according to the AJ’s latest research
Neal Shasore: the radical historian with plans to shake up architectural education
Shasore, head of the mould-breaking London School of Architecture, tells Will Ing about the seven-year-old school’s plans for expansion – and how architectural education could better serve students and the planet
‘It is time institutions began to actively engage with disabled people’
The pandemic improved provision of teaching for many disabled architecture students, but the longer-term picture remains disappointingly exclusionary, writes Jordan Whitewood-Neal
O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Liverpool School of Architecture plans approved
Liverpool City Council has approved O’Donnell + Tuomey’s proposed extension of Liverpool University’s School of Architecture
Rise in number of students accepted to study architecture
The number of applicants accepted to study architecture, building and planning at UK universities is at its highest level in four years, according to new figures
The Bartlett is the tip of the iceberg … a toxic culture is widespread in schools
After the revelations of bullying and discrimination at The Bartlett, we need to make sure all universities are doing enough to protect students, writes recent Part 2 student Mariam Al-Irhayim
Students from non-traditional backgrounds sought for free New York exchange
An exchange programme offering early year architect students from non-traditional backgrounds ‘a completely free trip’ to New York has launched a call for applicants