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Education & Lifelong Learning Awards

Planning education and training is vital in producing skilled, expert planners who contribute to the profession and to the creation of high quality places. The RTPI Planning Awards highlight excellence in this area from teachers, learners and employers through the Education and Lifelong Learning Awards.

Details of the 2012-13 Education and Lifelong Learning Awards will be announced shortly.

Education and Lifelong Learning Awards 2011

The 2011 winners were presented at The RTPI Planning Awards ceremony on 23 February 2012, at the London Lancaster.

Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

  • Cardiff University: Dr Jon Anderson, "Integrating Student-Led Film into Assessment: Enhancing Planning through Qualitative Methods"

Award for Outstanding Student Achievement

  • Julian Lowther, University of the West of England
  • Commendation: Lucy Atkins, Sheffield University

Employer Award for Excellence in Learning and Development

  • Savills, RTPI Summer Placement Scheme

Our finalists for these awards were as follows:

Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
University of Brighton Planning School
Cardiff University: "Teaching Community Involvement:Learning by Doing"
Cardiff University: "Integrating Student-Led Film into Assessment: Enhancing Planning through Qualitative Methods"
University of Liverpool: "Spatial Planning in Action"
University of the West of England: "Project Journal of the Department of Planning and Architecture"

Award for Outstanding Student Achievement
Lucy Atkins, Sheffield University
Rebecca Frost, Cardiff University
James Kinnersley, University of Reading
Maria Raquel Leonardo, Heriot-Watt University
Julian Lowther, University of the West of England

Employer Award for Excellence in Learning and Development
Savills

Our panel of judges was as follows:

  • Prof Tony Crook FRTPI (Rtd), Emeritus Professor of Town and Regional Planning, University of Sheffield
  • Trudi Elliott CBE, Chief Executive, RTPI
  • Jed Griffiths FRTPI, Past President, RTPI

Previous winners of the Education & Lifelong Learning Awards.


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