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As the former Secretary of the RIBA Building Industry Trust (no longer functioning) and working with all 4th year students in the UK at all the then 36 schools of architecture certain facts came to light about the study of Architecture. For instance, in 1987, the Europe wide figures for students of architecture revealed that approx 1,000 students a year in the UK graduated whilst in Italy for instance 10,000 students graduated. This was explained by the trend in Italy at the time for most students of anything to choose as a first degree Architecture before specialising in another field connected or otherwise. Often has been the time that I wished for a more broadly based architecture course to do the same for students in our country because it would automatically create an awareness of design and architecture. The level of knowledge of the basic tenets of design would be raised and spread more widely in society making it easier for Architects to spread their word and increase the level of their effectivenes in a more sociall natural way. Again here and now, it requires other disciplines to be able to relate to architecture interests verbally at a lliteral level in order to attract an architecture student into their own businesses and realise the benefit of doing so. It should be a positive experience for everyone, like gaining a another limb, another way of seeing the world. Sadly this kind of understanding is rare in our Management Accountant society where conversational niceties for the sake of themselves are viewed as time wasters. A business team with different thought structures is more likely to find innovation in business solutions especially in stricken times. However, as above, the key thing is to stay involved, go to lectures, get invited to crit, speak and let it happen from there.