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Jack Pringle urges ARB to go further on ‘unnecessarily protracted’ education reforms

By 2025-06-09T09:00:00

Jack Pringle

RIBA chair welcomes move to competency-based assessment but calls for shorter, more affordable routes into the profession

Standing in the rain, soaking, umbrella-less, Rishi Sunak called a July general election and surprised everyone, including many of his own MPs.

Any UK general election is a good moment to reflect, and then to look forward. I am the chair of a UK charity, RIBA, and so must be scrupulously non-political, particularly during election-period purdah. But I can review events and comment on what we need from the next government, whatever party leads it.

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