Join RIBA Essex for their February talk, discussing architectural apprenticeships with guest speaker, Timothy Brittain-Catlin.
Not only do architectural apprenticeships offer a route to entering the profession, allowing students to gain both Part 2 and Part 3 qualifications while earning a living, but – as a timely response to the combined challenges of the climate emergency, Grenfell, Brexit and COVID-19 – they have reinvented architectural education by re-engaging with professional practice.
Timothy Brittain-Catlin is an architect and architectural historian. Given his traditional academic training and international reputation as an expert in historic buildings, the radical strategy he has pursued as the Course Leader of Cambridge’s MSt Architecture Apprenticeship programme may come as a surprise. Cambridge University’s Master of Studies (MSt) in Architecture stands out from the majority of architectural apprenticeships offered by other universities by being an entirely new, stand alone course, and not an adaptation of existing Part 2 and Part 3 programmes.
Why did a school of architecture with such a strong academic reputation and history of excellence choose to reinvent architectural education so radically? Timothy Brittain-Catlin will answer this question and more.
If you have any questions for Timothy or any of the RIBA Essex Chairs, please email riba.east@riba.org or feel free to raise your query at the event.
We look forward to seeing you.
Laurie Anderson, RIBA Colchester Chair, Phil Ruffle, RIBA Chelmsford Chair & Peter Wislocki, RIBA South Essex Chair
