AA director Eva Franch i Gilabert suffers vote of no confidence
Architectural Association director Eva Franch i Gilabert has lost a vote of confidence after students and staff at the UK school voted down her five-year plan for the institution. More
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Watch Patrik Schumacher and Harriet Harriss debate architecture education at Dezeen Day
Patrik Schumacher and Harriet Harriss clashed over architecture's long-hours culture at the Dezeen Day conference in October. The movie of the discussion shows Schumacher arguing that protecting students from working too hard would lead to "a kind of socialist world of stagnation". More
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Applications now open to Make Your Own Masters course
Stacie Woolsey has turned her experience of unaffordable further design education two years ago into her Make Your Own Masters course, which will take on 10 students in 2020. More
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Indian designers dismiss "design-school propaganda" as they decolonise their work
Designers in India are rejecting the western canon and instead searching for home-grown approaches to their discipline. More
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Patrik Schumacher and Harriet Harriss clash over long-hours culture at Dezeen Day
Patrik Schumacher defended architecture's long-hours culture at Dezeen Day last week, arguing that protecting students from working too hard could lead to a "socialist kind of world of stagnation". More
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Huge rise in number of schools causes "big crisis" in Indian architecture education
Architecture education in India is in crisis with a shortage of teachers, overcrowded classes and widespread cheating by students, according to architects in the country. More
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AA wins power to award degrees for the first time
The Architectural Association school in London has been granted the right to award bachelor's and master's degrees for the first time in its history, which "marks a new era" for the institution says its director Eva Franch i Gilabert. More
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Stacie Woolsey to speak about transforming design education at Dezeen Day
Designer Stacie Woolsey will speak about making design education "less elitist" at Dezeen Day on 30 October. More
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Celebrated teacher Neil Pinder will talk about how to make design education more inclusive at Dezeen Day
Activist and educator Neil Pinder, who was named Teacher of the Year for his work at a south London secondary school, will speak about design education at Dezeen Day. More
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Harriet Harriss to speak about architecture education at Dezeen Day
Harriet Harriss, dean of the Pratt Institute School of Architecture in New York, will speak about the future of design education at Dezeen Day on 30 October. More
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Patrik Schumacher to speak about architecture education at Dezeen Day
Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher will speak at the Dezeen Day conference in London on 30 October. More
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Goldsmiths bans beef and bottled water in move to end carbon emissions
Goldsmiths, one of the UK's best known art and design schools, has declared a climate emergency and pledged to become carbon neutral by 2025. More
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"It is emphatically not the job of architecture education to mimic practice"
People who say that architecture education isn't fit for purpose are ignoring the many educators and students addressing very real issues, says Sean Griffiths in defence of the current system. More
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Architecture students "considered suicide" over long hours, say #dezeenchat participants
The demands placed on architecture students is leading to burnout, mental-health issues and even thoughts of suicide, according readers participating in a social-media discussion about design education organised by Dezeen. More
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Disarming Design from Palestine is first design school for the West Bank
Design collective Disarming Design from Palestine has set up a design school in the West Bank offering courses for Palestinian designers, and residencies for international students to learn about craft from the region. More
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Architecture education is in crisis and detached from the profession, says Schumacher
Patrik Schumacher has hit out at architecture education, accusing schools of being disconnected from the real world and claiming that many teachers use their positions to promote their own agendas. More
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Join Dezeen's design education chat on Twitter with #dezeenchat
Is design education broken? Dezeen editors Augusta Pownall and India Block will be taking to Twitter on 4 July at 4pm UK time to discuss the reality of design education with Dezeen readers. Join in using the hashtag #dezeenchat. More
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Stacie Woolsey creates her own masters course as "viable alternative" to design education
Priced out of further education, British design graduate Stacie Woolsey approached designers to help her create her own masters course. Speaking to Dezeen, she says elitism is a problem the industry urgently needs to address. More
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Harriet Harriss named dean of Pratt Institute School of Architecture
New York City's Pratt Institute has named British architect and professor Harriet Harriss as the next dean of its school of architecture. More
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Slender pine slats enclose Evans Tree House in Arkansas by Modus Studio
American firm Modus Studio has used steel and heat-treated pine to build an "alive and mysterious" treehouse in Arkansas. More
