Dear
Forum Subscribers,
The
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has commissioned UWE, Bristol to carry
out a research project that is looking at ways of developing a climate of
success for disabled people who want to become architects. The overarching aim
of the project is to help to develop a more diverse architectural profession
that will be more representative of the community it serves. Working with my colleagues,
Ann de Graft-Johnson and Katie Lucking, we have already received over 80
responses to an online questionnaire that focussed on obtaining feedback from students
studying architecture and architects in practice. This is yielding some
interesting results. We have also conducted a series of follow up interviews
and an analysis of websites and we have interviewed a number of people in
universities who are supporting students on architecture courses to obtain
their views.
Now
comes the request for your help….. Ideally we would like to interview
more support workers from universities and we are hoping that if you feel you
can throw light on the way in which disabled students on architecture courses
can be supported we would be very pleased to hear from you.
Kind
regards
Sandra
My
contact details are as follows:
Sandra
Manley
Faculty
of Environment and Technology
University
of the West of England,
Frenchay
Campus,
Coldharbour
Lane
Bristol
Tel:
0117 3293205
E-mail:
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