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Proposal for a Digital Crafts Research Centre on Windermere, by Lancaster University graduate Patrick Donnelly / Image © Patrick Donnelly EDUCATION


RIBA gives seal of approval to Lancaster Uni architecture course


Lancaster University’s School of Architecture has gained a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) seal of approval for “key courses.”


A panel representing the RIBA has


granted “full and unconditional validation” (Part 1) to the BA (Hons) Architecture and Candidate Course status to the Master of Architecture course at the university. The panel, made up of several UK experts in architectural practice and academia, reviewed student work, course structures


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and school facilities over two days. Speaking on the success of the visit, head of architecture at Lancaster University Des Fagan said: “This is an excellent outcome which arrives soon after our outstanding National Student survey (NSS) results last month, which saw the course placed number one in all 65 UK schools in more than half of the questions.” “The RIBA panel were incredibly positive on the potential of our school to become a leading light in the fi eld of


international architectural education.” The RIBA commended the School of Architecture in three areas: the staff, for their commitment to creating an “excellent student experience”; the student society (the Lancaster Student Society of Architects), for their “proactive approach to helping establish the collegiality of this new school, particularly their mentoring scheme”; and the university’s successful appointment of “high calibre, dedicated and ambitious staff.”


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