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This scheme is working to make inclusive design an essential part of the education and training of built environment professionals. Using the London 2012 Games as an example of best practice, the BEPE project aims to be the catalyst that delivers systematic change, to make inclusive design business the norm in all development projects.
The BEPE project is working with key built environment professional institutions – including RIBA, RTPI, RICS, ICE, and BIFM - and encouraging them to change their accreditation criteria so that architects, planners, surveyors, engineers and facilities managers have to learn about the principles of inclusive design and the processes that create an inclusive environment as part of their initial and continuing professional education.
The aim is to inspire current and future built environment professionals to improve their inclusive design knowledge and skills and help achieve a truly accessible and inclusive environment for everyone. The aim is that:
• Students learn the skills that make inclusive design second nature.
• Educators inspire their students to acquire the knowledge, skills and confidence to make inclusion the norm, not the exception.
• Professionals integrate the principles of inclusive design into all their projects.
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MEAN TO GO ON Built environment students were inspired to demonstrate some of the magic and ingenuity of their projects through the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Student Design Awards. This year the RSA’s ‘Inclusive Living’ Award required students to design and develop a proposal for inclusive living that responds to changing social structures, challenges the current way we design our homes and fosters positive inter- generational connections.
The RSA Inclusive Living Award complements the newly created CIC Inclusive Environment Award which
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seeks to help raise the standard of inclusivity achieved across the industry by inspiring professionals in practice to go beyond meeting minimum standards or legislative requirements for accessibility.
“THE AIM IS TO INSPIRE CURRENT AND FUTURE BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROFESSIONALS TO
IMPROVE THEIR INCLUSIVE DESIGN KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS AND HELP ACHIEVE A TRULY ACCESSIBLE AND INCLUSIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE.”
Both awards hope to ensure the equal participation of disabled people in society and both are a great help in inspiring students, educators and professionals to put inclusive design at the heart of their projects.
At the Construction Industry Summit breakout session on 21 September, called Fit for An Inclusive Future, the Chair of the BEPE Project Board – Paul Morrell - and six key figures in the construction industry talked about initiatives that are helping to
change the way we design, build and manage our buildings, places and spaces, including:
• The BEPE Project is inspiring current and future built environment professionals to improve their inclusive design knowledge and skills.
• The Design Council CABE is developing on line training resources for professionals.
• The Helen Hamlyn Centre at the Royal College of Art is working with industry and end users to develop new inclusive products and services.
• The University of Reading’s Breaking down Barriers project demonstrates an innovative and collaborative approach to university curriculum design.
• The London Legacy Development Corporation’s inclusive design strategy is being used to embed inclusive design throughout their development procurement processes.
• The Government’s Disability Confident Campaign is showing how employers can become disability confident.
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