Reforms aim to improve quality and consistency for trainees on the path to registration
The ARB has launched a consultation on proposed changes to professional practical experience for trainees progressing towards registration.
The regulator’s proposed changes include introducing a coordinating role for learning providers, establishing a trainee record to help trainers track their experience and publishing new guidance to clarify expectations and supervision responsibilities.
The ARB also wants to update its registration rules to remove the current requirements for a minimum of two years’ practical experience while maintaining the standard required to join the register.
The changes are seeking to improve the quality and consistency of practical experience, provide clearer support and oversight for trainees and help then navigate their route to registration more effectively.
ARB board chair Alan Kershaw said that while professional practical experience is a “vital” part of becoming an architect, the responsibility for securing high-quality experience “should not rest solely with individual trainees”.
“Learning providers and the wider sector have an important role to play in supporting and guiding future architects in their journey to registration,” he said, adding that the proposals aim to “strengthen the connection between education and registration”.
“By providing clearer expectations, guidance and tools for learning providers and employers, we aim to ensure that all aspiring architects have a fair and consistent opportunity to gain high-quality professional practical experience and demonstrate the required competencies,” Kershaw said.
ARB is inviting feedback from trainees, learning providers, employers and other with an interest or expertise in professional practical experience. The consultation will be open until 15 April this year.
Interested individuals can find out more about the proposals on the ARB website , and respond to the consultation on Citizen Space.
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