Get involved and have your say!
How could we improve the Criteria and Procedures which set out how we recognise qualifications which lead to registration? We are seeking your initial views via an online survey and several roundtable discussions. Find out how you can get involved.
Architects Act 1997 – The Architects Registration Board (ARB) was established by an Act of Parliament – the Architects Act 1997 – and is the statutory regulator of architects in the UK. ARB is also the UK’s competent authority for architects.
Prescribing qualifications – One of the Board’s statutory responsibilities is to prescribe qualifications and practical training experience for entry onto the Register of Architects in the UK. In order to do this, the Board has established a prescription process for recognising qualifications and experience. The Criteria set out the standards, attributes, knowledge, understanding and abilities that individuals must have met at the end of each level. The Procedures set out the detailed processes which the Board undertakes when dealing with the prescription of a qualification for the first time, renewing prescription and reviewing prescribed qualifications through annual monitoring.
Your feedback – ARB will be undertaking cyclical reviews of the Criteria and Procedures for the Prescription of Qualifications over the coming months. As part of a pre-consultation to the reviews process we are keen to gather comments and would value your feedback in relation to the current documents.
Online survey – We have set up an online survey so that you can tell us more about your views and make suggestions about how we could improve the Criteria and Procedures. We are looking for a wide and diverse range of opinions so that these can be used by the Board to make decisions about any changes to the Criteria and Procedures. The survey is easy to complete, allowing you to answer the questions which are relevant to you, and the deadline for comments is midnight on Monday, 2 October 2017.
Please follow the link and provide your views – Criteria and Procedures Review
Roundtables – We are committed to gathering a wide range of views, so in addition to the survey we will be running five round table meetings where you can meet with us face to face and provide us with your input. The details are as follows:
18 September – Glasgow
Grand Central Hotel (located within Grand Central Station), 99 Gordon Street, Glasgow, G1 3SF
2.00pm – Student session
5.00pm – Architects/academics/other stakeholders session
19 September – Belfast
Radisson Blue Hotel Belfast, The Gasworks, 3 Cromac Place, Ormeau Road, Belfast, BT7 2JB
2.00pm – Student session
5.00pm – Architects/Academics/other stakeholders session
25 September – Cardiff
Holiday Inn Cardiff Centre, Castle Street, Cardiff, CF10 1XD
2.00pm – Student session
5.00pm – Architects/Academics/other stakeholders session
26 September – Nottingham
Jurys Inn Nottingham, Waterfront Plaza, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3BJ
2.00pm – Student session
5.00pm – Architects/Academics/other stakeholders session
27 September – London
ARB Office, 8 Weymouth Street, London, W1W 5BU
2.00pm – Student session
5.00pm – Architects/Academics/other stakeholders session
If you would like to attend any of these events please contact Emma Matthews (emmam@arb.org.uk or 020 7580 5861) to reserve your place.
We look forward to seeing you at one of our events or to receiving your views and feedback via our online survey.
You can follow further progress in relation to the reviews via our website – http://www.arb.org.uk/criteriaproceduresreview/, our ebulletins http://www.arb.org.uk/publications/publications-list/ebulletin/ and our social media channels.
