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RIBA appoints new director for diversity and inclusion
The RIBA has appointed Robbie Turner, formerly chief transformation officer at the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, as its new director for diversity and inclusion
Diversity
Coverage of the architectural profession’s efforts to increase diversity, including insights from AJ surveys run in association with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust
‘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
‘On diversity, architecture needs to declare a state of emergency’
Part 2 student Aisha Akinola reflects on her experiences studying architecture
RIBA diversity chair: ‘Words are cheap and I haven’t seen any action’
The chair of an RIBA advisory group has said the institute is not properly funding work to diversify architecture
Bartlett cancels summer school due to ‘staffing changes’
The scandal-hit Bartlett School of Architecture has cancelled its annual summer school due to ‘staffing changes’, University College London (UCL) has confirmed
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
RIBA’s first-ever diversity director leaves after a year
The RIBA's first-ever director of diversity and inclusion is leaving the institute just over a year after she started in the role
Architecture needs talent from every corner of society. It’s time every practice stepped up
The key to a more inclusive profession lies in reaching young people, highlighting role models and emphasising the different routes there are to becoming an architect, argues Ayokunle Ambali
Open call: Apply now for New Architecture Writers’ 2022 cohort
New Architecture Writers, a free journalism programme for young people of colour, is recruiting for its 2022 cohort – with applications closing tomorrow (7 January)
Young architect awarded MBE for work to diversify the profession
Selasi Setufe has been made an MBE for her services to diversity in architecture in the Queen’s 2022 New Year’s Honours