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Pinning the blame on Uni's isn't fair at all. Education isn't there to meet the demands of a market economy it's there to push boundaries.

What's unfair is the monopoly practices have over creating 'registered' architects. Part 1's HAVE NO OPTION but to find a job with PEDR accreditation if they are to have any chance of a career in architecture. So when practices (who on the whole, are subject to market forces) have to make ends meet, the first to be sacrificed it would seem are 'unproductive students'.

The only commitment practices seem have to 'students' is an 'obligation' to prepare them for registration. Because architects only think of Part 1's or Part 2's as being on their way to registration there is no intrinsic value attributed to what are in reality highly educated people. Consequently 'students' tend to get casually dismissed as unqualified and therefore of little commercial 'value'. That's one reason why highly education graduates find it hard to get a job in architecture and have to resort to creative solutions.