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Sunderdea Sunderland by Tonkin Liu
a hat-trick in this year’s Surface Design Awards, with wins in both the Landscape and Public Realm category and for Manduca market and the Cien project in the Temporary Structure category. The Architectural Photography award was this year won by Jeevan Jyot with an image entitled Red From Past to Present, which was praised for the way “it really stands out against the background, the foreground building and the biophilic element.”
EDUCATION
79% of universities don’t offer architecture degree apprenticeships
The barriers to unlocking highly skilled workforces and economic growth in the building sector have been uncovered by new research by University Vocational Awards Council (UVAC), which reveals 79% of the UK’s top 100 universities still don’t deliver building and architecture- based degree apprenticeships. Analysis across the 100 universities found that more work is needed if the UK’s Higher Education (HE) system is going to be in a position to offer every available degree apprenticeship to “ensure architect employers and student ambition is met.”
Of those universities reviewed, the greatest provision of degree apprenticeships is in business and administration subject areas, with 48% of universities offering a programme for those progressing their career in HR, as a business analyst or even as a senior leader.
Business and administration courses, such as the CMI Chartered Manager Degree Apprenticeship, make up 18% of the degree apprenticeships offered by the top 100 universities.
It was closely followed by health and science (45%) which provides a pathway into roles such as a pharmacist or registered nurse. The third biggest subject area is digital and IT (36%) which offers a work-based route into roles such as software developer or data scientist. Further positive news for the economy found within the research, was that 46% of degree apprenticeships are provided within recognised STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) subjects, such as engineering and manufacturing and fi nance and accounting.
The lowest provision of degree apprenticeships is within law and legal
The Tarang Pavilion by The Grid Architects Also announced at the Surface Design
Awards ceremony, which was held at London’s Business Design Centre, this year’s New Talent award was won by Studio Mafa. The Supreme Winner, Tarang Pavilion which takes its name from the word for ‘wave’ in the Hindi language, is a dynamic gallery space designed to adapt and evolve to serve as an immersive exhibition platform. It was praised by the judges as ‘a true beauty of interior
spaces; the interiors connect to the whole construction.’ On receiving the award The Grid Architects said they were “overwhelmed, shocked and ultimately thrilled.” The Grid Architects co-founder Snehal Suthar said, “The client wanted something which was different, sustainable and local.” Co-founder Bhadri Suthar added, “It was important to us to use local artisans, local artists and local materials and the structure is the largest of its kind in India.”
studies with only 1% providing them in that area. Dr. Mandy Crawford-Lee, chief executive for UVAC commented: “The UK’s world class universities have a fundamental role to play in ensuring architect employers, including SMEs, have the right employees with the right skills to raise business performance and productivity. Too often universities are only seen as focused on academic programmes for young people, when in reality those delivering apprenticeships play a key role in supporting those new to the workforce, or currently employed, to develop the knowledge and skills needed to excel in any sector. “Moving forwards, we view the provision of higher and degree apprenticeships delivered by higher education as essential to levelling up regions and reducing the skills gap. Our research shows that there is still capacity within our UK institutions to both deliver more degree apprenticeships and diversify into new industries and occupations. Universities continually helping raise the status of all types of apprenticeship across the UK.”
ADF MARCH 2024
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