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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
Students
News about and degree show reviews of the UK’s schools of architecture, including the Bartlett and the Architectural Association. We also celebrate students’ work with the AJ Student Prize
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
Architecture schools warn university crackdown could increase inequality
Architecture schools have hit back at the government’s plans to crack down on ‘poor-quality’ university courses and warned the measures risk 'furthering inequality' in higher education.
A thorough grounding in the city: Portsmouth Student Show 2023
The University of Portsmouth architecture school has a close connection to the region’s architecture scene, providing a rich canvas for the retrofit and urban renewal seen in much of the work, writes Rob Wilson
Defined by its difference: Architectural Association Student Show 2023
The core project of this Projects Review seems to be to distil hundreds of voices into something more legible and coherent
Reclaiming the city: London School of Architecture Student Show 2023
From retrofitted housing estates to major interventions in public space that seek to decommercialise the City, each student’s dreams for an alternative London play out on the walls of this former bus depot
‘The SpaceX of architecture schools’: UEL Student Show 2023
This year’s University of East London degree show exhibits a cohort of future architects who have the tools to design for a climate emergency
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
Review: Cardiff Metropolitan University’s first-ever architecture student show
As the first graduates emerge from Wales’s newest architecture course, an opportunity exists for future students to optimise the course’s multidisciplinary facilities, writes Emma Halford
Exam-marking chaos leaves architecture graduates without degrees
Thousands of students face finishing university without a degree as the result of an exam-marking boycott by members of the University and College Union (UCU)