{"id":38350,"date":"2023-11-24T17:10:47","date_gmt":"2023-11-24T17:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38350"},"modified":"2023-11-24T17:10:47","modified_gmt":"2023-11-24T17:10:47","slug":"an-unwelcome-shock-and-unexpected-financial-burden-riba-responds-to-new-arb-fee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=38350","title":{"rendered":"\u2018An unwelcome shock and unexpected financial burden\u2019: RIBA responds to new ARB fee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-27213\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/pound_blue-201x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"91\" height=\"136\" \/>RIBA Chair of Board Jack Pringle has reacted to the news that the Architects Registration Board (ARB) will charge all architecture schools \u00a39,200 per year to accredit their courses.<\/h3>\n<h6><em>image for illustration<\/em><\/h6>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>RIBA writes:<\/p>\n<p>On 8 November 2023, the Architects\u2019 Journal reported that the Architects Registration Board (ARB) will charge each of the UK&#8217;s 60 architecture schools \u00a39,200 per year to accredit their courses.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has responded to the news of the new fee.<\/p>\n<p>RIBA Chair of Board Jack Pringle said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an advocate for architectural education and schools of architecture, this compulsory new blanket fee has proved both an unwelcome shock and unexpected financial burden &#8211; especially to smaller learning providers and those already struggling financially.<\/p>\n<p>Any fee must be proportionate, and we fail to see how the reported \u00a3550,000 revenue to ARB will help to directly support and improve architectural education, and the student experience.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>We will continue to petition ARB on matters relating to educational reform, and to work with schools of architecture and our members to deliver an education system that is diverse, inclusive, and provides the best possible learning.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.architecture.com\/knowledge-and-resources\/knowledge-landing-page\/riba-responds-to-new-arb-fee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For background see <a href=\"https:\/\/offplanpropertyexchange.com\/news\/arb-to-charge-crippling-9k-a-year-to-architecture-schools\/311970\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Off Plan Property Exchange\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIBA Chair of Board Jack Pringle has reacted to the news that the Architects Registration Board (ARB) will charge all architecture schools \u00a39,200 per year to accredit their courses. image for illustration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sector-newsblog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38350"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38351,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38350\/revisions\/38351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}