Course Content
The professional practice course, which is run in association with West Midlands RIBA CPD, is structured to address key areas of both job and practice management.
The course is assembled as a thematic series of lectures and seminars delivered over a period of eight days in total. To assist candidates in practice, the eight day course is arranged in two separate blocks, each of three days’ duration, and a further single block of two days. The eight days can be taken in sequence either as
March 3 days
September 3 days
October 2 days
or
September 3 days
March 3 days
April 2 days
The grouping of the course dates in the calendar is arranged to enable two separate examination sittings to be held in any one twelve-month period, but the eight day course must be taken in full as part of the examination sequence. Attendance at the respective course dates should be agreed individually by candidates with the course director.
The course is presented by a range of external speakers, often specialists in their own fields. The core content is in the following modules :
The context for practice
Practice management and business administration
Construction management
The course concludes with an afternoon session with the examiners to take the candidates through their reasoning of the previous examination papers.
The lectures and seminars are delivered at the level of ordinary competence, and as such the course is promoted to, and attended by, local practitioners who wish to augment their continuing professional development programmes.