There are three categories in this award.

• Award for Excellence in Planning Education
• Award for Outstanding Student Achievement in Planning Education
• Employer/Practitioner Award for Commitment to Lifelong Learning and Professional Development

Award for Excellence in Planning Education

This award was won by Cardiff University School of City and Regional Planning.   At the core of Cardiff University's entry is the Sustainability in Practice module of its RTPI-accredited masters in sustainability, planning and environmental policy.  The module focuses on active reflection by students about their environmental behaviour and the scope for change in their own lives.

See here for the criteria

Award for Outstanding Student Achievement in Planning Education

Kathryn Gilchrist from Heriot-Watt University won this award for two pieces of coursework.  The energy, resources and environment assignment required her to investigate whether the planning regime has a role in securing pollution abatement.   In her transport and environment assignment, she draws out the complex factors influencing the sustainability of her public transport priority schemes.  Her lecturer at Heriot-Watt said "These two examples provide evidence of the high quality and wide range of Kathryn's work.   She has performed strongly throughout the year, both in individual assignments and group work. We are delighted that she has decided to continue her studies"

See here for the criteria.

Employer/Practitioner Award for Commitment to Lifelong Learning and Professional Development

There were two winners in this category:

The Planning Inspectorate were congratulated once again for demonstrating that it has a lifelong learning and professional development system of exception standard.  Mid Sussex District Council demonstrated an exceptional level of commitment to education and training, particularly in its efforts to develop home-grown professionals.

See here for the criteria 

Congratulations to all of the above.   The judges report can be found here.

Details and an online entry form for the 2010 RTPI Education Awards will be available later in the year. The closing date will be Monday 27 September.

Author:

Judy Woollett

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

05-Feb-10

Categories:

Education, Learning Partnerships, Lifelong Learning 

Sections:

Education & Careers

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