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RIBA announces further support for architecture students

Date:

26 January 2010

Press office contact:

Mina Vadon
T: +44 (0)207 307 3761
E: mina.vadon@riba.org

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) today announces the recipients of the RIBA HSE Research Fund, and details of two more funding schemes open for students of architecture; the RIBA Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects (WCCA) Travel Award and the RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship.

In 2009, the RIBA partnered with the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) to create a funding scheme to research how Health and Safety is currently being taught in Schools of Architecture in the United Kingdom.  The aim of the RIBA HSE Research Fund is to develop a better understanding of the quality and variability of undergraduate training in relation to the designer's role in eliminating health and safety risks and to point at improvements. The recipients of the RIBA HSE Research Fund 2010 are Daniel Jary, Leo Care, Howard Evans, and Rosie Parnell from the University of Sheffield. The team application was awarded £10,000 for their project, which will build on their experience of teaching health and safety within the undergraduate design studio at the University's School of Architecture.

Two further funding schemes are now open for architecture students. Set up in memory of Stuart Murphy, the Chief Planning Officer of the City of London, and past Master of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects, the RIBA WCCA Travel Award provides an international travel grant up to a total of £2,000, to a student or a group of students enrolled in a RIBA-validated Part 2 course in a School of Architecture in the Greater London area. The deadline for submitting complete applications is 26 March 2010.

The RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship established in memory of Stephen Williams, past Director of Aedas, aims to support exceptional talented architecture students who need funding for their studies at either Part 2 or for a Masters course. An award of £5,000 will be made, and Aedas will try to ensure that a representative from said office is available to support and/or mentor the student, if the recipient is to enrol in a School of Architecture in a country where Aedas has an office. The deadline for receipt of complete applications is 26 March 2010.

John-Paul Nunes, Head of Education Projects at the RIBA said:
'The RIBA is firmly committed to the promotion of excellence in architectural education, and helping talented students achieve the best of their ability. We would like to thank our very generous partners in helping us to achieve this goal.'

Notes to editors

  1. For further press information contact Mina Vadon in the RIBA Press Office on 020 7307 3761 or mina.vadon@inst.riba.org
  2. The RIBA HSE Research Fund was set up in 2009, and further information can be found on the RIBA website.
  3. The winner of the 2009 RIBA WCCA Travel Award was Katherine Ashley (University of Westminster) who received funding for her research trip to Sri Lanka. Theaward has been offered annually since 2008, and the application form can be downloaded from the RIBA website.
  4. Set up in 2008, the winner of the inaugural RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship was Laura Collins, who received funding to complete her Part 2 Studies at the University of Sheffield during the academic year 2009/10. To apply for the RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship, applicants must have graduated from a Part 1 programme validated by the RIBA in the UK and be UK residents. This scholarship aims to support architectural students towards their Part 2 or postgraduate studies in the field of Architecture. Although the emphasis will be on supporting students with exceptional talent who need funding for their studies in any area of Architecture, preference is given to students interested, or conducting research, in the following areas:
       - Mentoring or Coaching in the field of Architecture and/or Architecture    education
       - The theory and/or design of the built environment of education and/or cultural spaces, including schools, colleges, museums, foundations, etc.
    Preference is given to applicants who are RIBA members, and employees of the RIBA, Aedas, trustees or members of the ETFC are not eligible to apply for the scholarship. Further details of the eligibility criteria can be found in the application form.

 

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