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RIBA takes down ‘astonishing’ ad promoting £288k private tutor role
The RIBA has removed a post advertising a role with a nearly £300,000 salary as a private tutor to an ‘ambitious architecture student’ from its online jobs board
Tag: inclusion and diversity
Inclusive design consultant named AJ100 Change-maker of the Year
Stephanie Kyle, architect and inclusive design consultant at Maber Architects, has won the inaugural AJ100 Change-maker of the Year award for her advocacy of inclusive design
Inclusion and redundancies – why the profession risks shooting itself in the foot
Inclusion strategist Marsha Ramroop fears that the profession’s diversity is under threat as times get tough, and offers advice to those having to make the hardest decisions
Open call: Apply now to join the New Architecture Writers 2024 cohort
Applications for the New Architecture Writers (NAW) programme 2024 are now open for young people of colour who wish to get into architectural writing and publishing
A black RIBA president doesn’t mean architecture’s race problem is sorted
We should celebrate the election of the RIBA’s first black president but that mustn’t be an excuse for avoiding tackling the lack of wider diversity in the profession, says Toko Andrews
Architects slam ‘deep-rooted’ gender bias in planning system
A group of 18 organisations, including big-name architects, has criticised the planning system for its ‘deep-rooted’ gender bias which is failing women
Why we need help making architecture more inclusive
I still get people asking for help because they’re being treated badly in practice, writes Marsha Ramroop, who has published a free resource providing insight, guidance and support around inclusive behaviours
POoR Collective takeover: together we can positively change the built environment
October’s issue of the AJ is the Power Out of Restriction issue, guest-edited by POoR Collective
Neil Onions: the mentors’ mentor
Nana Biamah-Ofosu speaks to POoR Collective’s long-term mentor, who has guided the group as they pay the favour forward to the next generation of designers
Young, gifted and blocked: the AJ’s latest race and diversity survey
Our latest survey shows people of diverse ethnic heritage face barriers at every stage of their careers. How can the profession be made more inclusive?