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Student survey: Only the rich need apply to study architecture
This year the AJ’s student survey reveals how the eye-watering costs of education are forcing students to turn to the bank of mum and dad, fuelling fears of elitism
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
How do we make architecture more diverse?
We should begin by encouraging school children to feel they can participate in architecture and design, writes Catherine Slessor
Níall McLaughlin: ‘The day you start as a student you begin as an architectural practitioner’
Watch Níall McLaughlin give a speech about his life-long learning and how research has continued to inform his practice’s output
How architects can help tackle the student mental health crisis
Architects’ designs for student accommodation must factor in students’ mental wellbeing, says Sheppard Robson’s Clayre Massey
Neil Spiller to leave Greenwich University
Neil Spiller is set to leave his role as the head of architecture at Greenwich University after eight years
Yorkshire parliament steals the Royal Academy summer show
An Allies and Morrison Part 2 architectural assistant has taken the £10,000 top prize for architecture at the Royal Academy’s 250th summer exhibition. Richard Waite reports
Foster-led group of leading practices ‘trailblazes’ architect apprenticeships
A group of 20 leading architectural practices has created two sets of standards to help open up entry into the profession through the apprenticeship route
RIBA student reps blast architecture schools over ‘excessive’ costs
A trio of RIBA student representatives has written to the heads of all the UK’s architecture schools demanding answers over the ‘excessive’ financial burden facing the next generation of architects
Graeme Nicholls, Harriet Harriss, Hanif Kara and Roz Barr join AJ Student Prize jury
The AJ has revealed the jury for the inaugural AJ Student Prize, for which entries close on 8 June
Architectural Association accounts show £800,000 loss
The Architectural Association made a loss in excess of £800,000 last year, its annual report has revealed