The University of Sheffield School of Architecture
MArch Architecture: Collaborative Practice The University of Sheffield’s School of Architecture (SSoA) has placed itself at the forefront of architectural education with the launch of the new Collaborative Practice Part 2 Architecture course starting in September 2015. Collaborative Practice blends practice based experience with academic research and learning.The new route proposes a 2 year program where year 1 (Year 5 of the architecture route) is based in Practice with the student employed approximately 4 days /week. Year 2 (Year 6 of the Architecture route) is based back at the University Full Time. In the first year of the course students are able to earn as they learn, potentially shortening the time for students to reach qualification by one year. SSoA believes this offers significant benefits to students of architecture given the pressures that students face on the higher £9K fee. ‘It’s widely accepted that for some students, fees act as a barrier to the traditional full time route into architecture because of the number of years taken to qualify. At SSoA, we identified that there would be a problem retaining and attracting students into the profession. We want to ensure that a career in architecture is open to students from a diverse range of backgrounds and this programme seeks to address that issue.’ ‘Through Collaborative Practice, we wanted to address the traditional divisions between practice and education in architecture. This is an opportunity to engage with practice so that students are able to experience the full breadth of an academic and vocational approach to their learning. We believe that the new programme will increase student employability and give students a more holistic and integrated experience of architectural education which can only be a good thing for the profession.’ The new route also offers students unique opportunities to develop their experience working with some of the country’s top architecture practices. The programme is built around strong partnerships with leading practices in London who’s Directors are Sheffield alumni and have or still hold visiting practice professor or external examiner roles. Satwinder Samra Director Future Practice Alex Maxwell Graduate Intern Collaborative Practice Thanks to the following for their enthusiasm, support and collaboration: From the School and University
From Practice
Sarah Bramall Carolyn Butterworth Andrew Callaghan Leo Care Sam Dobrinski Sam Guest Aidan Hoggard Amy Horton Sarah Kirkpatrick-Gandy Terry Lamb Russell Light Ian Hicklin Dan Jary Sara Lancashire Jackie Marsh Tracey Jane Mayes Alex Maxwell Allanah Millsom Claire Parkin Flora Samuel Fionn Stevenson Bryony Olney Nicola Orridge Matthew Pearson Tom Roper Rob Sykes Paul White Ros Walker
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