Arc571 seminar 161209

1. ARC571 Reflections on
Architectural Education
Seminar 3
Friday 9 December 2016

2. Timetable:
10.00 Action Research discussion
10.15 ‘Widening Participation and the Inclusive Curriculum’
10.30 discussion groups
11.30 feedback and further discussion
2.00 Participate in the RAUM Symposium
‘Dialogue on Design-Based Learning’
Room 13.19

3. Action Research
Draft proposal for Teaching innovation to be submitted
by Friday 16 December at 12 noon via MOLE
Proposal should outline:
• Who is in your group? (2 or 3 students)
• What is the issue you wish to address?
• How do you propose to address it?
• Which year group will you be working with?
• When and where will the action take place?
• How many participants, and how are they identified?
• How will you evaluate the impact?
Refer to last week’s Action Research slides

4. Dissemination
• Written assignment will present reflections and
research findings in a Journal format
• Collaborate to produce consistent approach so that
articles can be collated and published on-line
• Findings to be presented as papers to Learning +
Teaching Committee and/or Staff Student Committee
• Possibility of presenting to AAE Conference in
September 2017 (call for abstracts in February)

5. Discussion Group:
Widening Participation and the
Inclusive Curriculum

6. Context – embracing diversity
Valuing difference, recognising different learning needs, and
helping individuals to achieve their full potential
• Gender
• Sexual orientation
• Ethnicity
• Religion
• Abilities and disabilities
• Socio-economic background
• Culture
• Family and caring commitments
• Students dependent on term-time employment
• Mature students

7. Context – gender
ARB registered architects:
2006 4,339 total 86% male 14% female
2016 7,538 total 78% male 22% female
New registrations 62% male 38% female
GMC List of Registered Medical Practitioners:
2006 63% male 37% female
2016 280,785 total 55% male 45% female
General Practitioners:
2016 67,741 total 48% male 52% female

8. In architecture: 2006 = 14%; 2016 = 22% - not even on the graph!

9. The percentage of women who say they have
experienced discrimination while working in architecture
AJ Women in Architecture Survey 2016

10. Context – ethnicity
The General Medical Council and the Law Society publish
statistical information relating to the ethnic diversity of their
profession on their websites. The RIBA does not.
According to the RIBA and Fees Bureau’s 2012 Employment
and Earnings Survey, nearly 94% of architects are white.
Black architects account for just 0.9% of the profession.
In the 2011 census 86% of the UK population is described as
white, 7.5% Asian, 3.3% black and 2.2% mixed.
In London, where about 38% of architects are based, ethnic
minorities account for about 31% of the population.

11. Graph showing architects' ethnicity
RIBA and Fees Bureau employment and earnings survey 2012

15. Discussion Group
• Discuss your thoughts as a group
• Make reference to given texts
• Relate to your own experience
• Prepare notes for group discussion

16. Questions to address
• Why is diversity important in architectural education
and the profession?
• How can we recruit a more diverse student cohort?
• How can we better support diversity through course
content, mode of delivery, and forms of assessment?
• How might we change the design studio as a learning
environment to support diversity?
- physical environment
- role of studio design tutor,
- format of tutorials and reviews