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The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a survey inviting architects to help shape the regulator\u2019s approach to continuing professional development (CPD), closing 29 November.<\/h3>\nThe Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a survey inviting architects to help shape the regulator\u2019s approach to continuing professional development (CPD), closing 29 November.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
ARB writes:<\/p>\n
The Building Safety Bill, introduced in Parliament in July 2021, will give ARB new powers to monitor the training and development architects carry out throughout their careers. ARB will introduce a scheme for monitoring CPD that will encourage architects to maintain and develop their competence to practise.<\/p>\n
The ARB Board has developed four principles to underpin the scheme. These are based on initial research ARB commissioned in 2020, including a\u00a0survey<\/a>\u00a0of over 4,400 architects, focus groups, stakeholder interviews and an open call for evidence. ARB has published the\u00a0full research findings<\/a>\u00a0alongside a\u00a0paper<\/a>\u00a0explaining its proposed principles.<\/p>\n ARB is inviting architects to share their views on the principles before they are used to develop the scheme. The principles are:<\/p>\n Alan Kershaw, Chair of the Architects Registration Board, said: \u201cI\u2019m asking all architects \u2013 and anyone else working in the built environment sector \u2013 to read about our principles for the scheme and complete our survey. This is the first step in creating the scheme. We will listen to what is said, develop our proposals and share them for discussion next year.\u201d<\/p>\n Dame Judith Hackitt, who chaired the Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, said: Architects are encouraged to read ARB\u2019s\u00a0policy paper<\/a>\u00a0setting out the principles, and complete a\u00a0short survey<\/a>\u00a0to share their views. The survey will close at midday on Monday 29 November 2021.<\/p>\n ARB\u2019s survey is published alongside another major engagement exercise, the government\u2019s review of architectural regulation. The Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) has\u00a0published a Call for Evidence<\/a>\u00a0inviting views on whether the current regulation of architects in the UK can be improved, how diversity and access to the profession can be promoted, and how it can better support outcomes such as sustainability and innovation. ARB will be a key partner in delivering any changes the government seeks to make following its review.<\/p>\n ARB\u2019s new legal powers are dependent on the Building Safety Bill becoming law. That is unlikely to be this year and, given ARB\u2019s ambitious engagement exercises, the scheme is unlikely to be in place for the whole profession before 2023. The new law will provide for the formalities of dealing with those architects who are unable or unwilling to meet the requirements of the new scheme. ARB has published further information on the legislative changes and what they mean for architects\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n ARB will also be running a workshop session on the principles. To stay informed about further opportunities to shape ARB\u2019s work, and to receive an invitation to the workshop, architects can join ARB\u2019s Architects Engagement Group\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
\n\u201cWe\u2019re focussed on introducing an effective new scheme as soon as that is viable, but we\u2019re equally determined to get it right. We have lots of ideas but this isn\u2019t something that can, or should, be designed in an ivory tower. If it\u2019s going to improve standards of practice across the profession, architects need to help us design something they will use and find useful.<\/p>\n
\n\u201cThe work of the Architects Registration Board is vital in ensuring that architects practising in the UK design buildings that are safe for all residents. I welcome this engagement exercise and encourage architects to contribute to help shape how the scheme will work.\u201d<\/p>\n