An introduction to MADE and our work. An overview of the UK education system and vocational training within the built environment

1. MADE
Founded: 2003
Origin: Architecture Centre
Legal form: Company & Charity
Voluntary board: 8
Employees: 4
Expert panel: 50
Turnover +/- €200,000 (from national government
grants, local government subscriptions, fees for
services, EU projects)

2. David Tittle

3. MADE

4. MADE areas of work
community culture
education quality

5. MADE areas of work
helping citizens to understand and
community influence urban planning &
development
helping young people to understand
education and get access to the built
environment professions
promoting public art and collaboration
culture between artists, architects and
planners
providing advice and training to local
quality government, industry and designers to
improve the quality of new developments

6. English schools

7. Higher Education
The education structure
- Careers advise at 16 to
discuss ultimate career goals
-A Levels tailored to getting
onto degree course of chosen
profession
-Undergraduate degree,
sometimes followed by
master degree to become
professionally qualified

8. Higher Education
Links with industry
LIVE PROJECTS
Placements Other Initiatives
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10. Apprentice and Graduate Programmes
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11. “The students were faced with
some very real challenges,
should they propose ideas that
are very unlikely to be adopted
in the short term but may
influence long term
development planning? Or
should they go for simple
alternatives that are affordable
and easy to implement but still
add value to the area in which
they are placed”
- Gavin Tunstall, Programme
Leader, BSc (Hons)
Architectural Technology
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12. Other Initiatives
CO.LAB @ BCU Guest Lecturers Series
Nottingham Trent University
Professor Peter Bishop – Ex-chief planning
officer for four London boroughs and
currently Director of Design for London
reporting to the Mayor. Its objectives are to
establish effective design advice and
support across Greater London and in doing
so improve the quality of urban design,
architecture and sustainable development.
Professor Glenn Howells - West Midlands
practicing architect and numerous prize
winner. Board member of BDI (Birmingham
Design Initiative), chair of MADE (Midlands
Art Design and Environment), member
CABE 2012 Olympic Design Review, design
advisor Sheffield City Council and urban
design advisor Bradford Centre
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13. Secondary education

14. state, specialist, free
Specialist: Technology, Maths, Computing, Science,
Business, Language, Arts, Humanities, Sport
Free: funded by tax payer, non selective, free to attend, not
controlled by local authority, can be set up by groups (eg
parents, teachers, charities, businesses)
Free:

15. BTEC Construction and the
Built Environment

16. responding to the curriculum
CABE Education
Architecture Centres
Engaging places
The built environment is one of the most exciting, accessible and
adaptable learning resources available to young people
Maths, Geography, Citizenship, Design Technology and Science

17. CABE Education
Text

18. responding to the curriculum

22. City Builder Academy

23. National Curriculum
Core subjects Foundation subjects
English Art & Design
Citizenship
Maths
Design & Technology
Science
Geography
History
Information & Communication Technology
Modern Foreign Languages
Music
Physical Education
*Religious Education

24. ‘Informal’ learning for
professionals
• ‘networking events’
(e.g West Midlands
RTPI urban design
network)
• training events from
third sector
organisations (e.g.
MADE, Sustainability
West Midlands)
• public lecture
programmes (e.g.

25. Citizen engagement
• no comprehensive
programme
• history of
‘community planning’
from 1970s
• Civic
Societies/residents/
tenants/community
groups
• Planning Aid

26. Localism Bill
• general power of competence
for local authorities
• clarification of rules on ‘pre-
determination’
• directly elected mayors
• community right to
challenge/community right to
bid
• local referendums/right to
veto Council Tax rises
• abolition of Regional Strategies
• neighbourhood planning
• compulsory pre-application
consultation on very large
applications
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• duty of neighbouring local

27. levels of planning
old new
Planning Policy National planning
National Statements, etc National policy framework
Regional Spatial Local Development
Regional Strategy Local Framework, etc
Local Development
Local Framework, etc Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Plan
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29. resources for neighbourhood planning
• voluntary work by
local people
• parish
council/neighbourhood
forum funds
• duty on local planning
authority to support
• developers?
• free help from DCLG
funded organisations:
• Princes Foundation
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