Join our campaign against the proposed 22% cut in funding for planning and architecture education funding in Scotland

Please join our campaign by emailing Mike Russell, Cabinet Secretary for Education and Life Long Learning to express your opposition to the proposed 22% cut in funding for planning and architecture education in Scotland

Mike Russell’s email address is: cabsecell@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

Please also cc in:

• Your local MSPs, whose email addresses you can find by entering your postcode here.

And bcc in:

• The RTPI – jamie.hodge@rtpi.org.uk

Key points which you might like to make:

• The Scottish Funding Council’s proposal to cut funding for planning and architecture education in Scotland by 22% completely fails to take account of the key importance that the built environment plays in reducing carbon emissions, promoting economic growth and making Scotland’s towns and cities better places to live.

• The proposed cut of £1415 per full time equivalent student per year is likely to lead to the end of planning education in Scotland as we know it.

• This would completely undermine the Government’s own strategic objectives which planners are at the heart of delivering

• It would send out the completely wrong message at a time when we need to be investing in skills, training and development and encouraging a new generation of Scottish trained planners

Spending a few minutes on this will show that there are individuals across the country who care about their profession and the future of planning in Scotland, and will greatly help make the case to protect planning education from cuts.

• Please ensure you include your HOME ADDRESS in your email - this is very important when writing to MSPs

Thank you for your time and support for the planning profession.

Further notes / relevant information

Planning Schools in Scotland and funding

There are five departments offering planning courses at Scottish universities: Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee, Heriot Watt and Strathclyde. The current allocation per full time undergraduates studying town and country planning is £6415 – the proposed new level of funding would be £5000, a cut of £1415 per full time student equivalent.

SFC consultation document –
‘Teaching funding subject price groups for higher education institutions’

RTPI consultation response –
http://www.rtpi.org.uk/download/7868/Response-to-teaching-funding-consultation.pdf

Author:

Jamie Hodge

Publisher:

The Royal Town Planning Institute

Date:

15-Dec-09

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