{"id":8,"date":"2010-03-16T12:41:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T12:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ihbconline.co.uk\/newsachive\/?p=8"},"modified":"2010-03-19T17:35:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T17:35:00","slug":"ihbc-welcomes-clg%e2%80%99s-1-8m-to-train-planners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8","title":{"rendered":"IHBC welcomes CLG\u2019s \u00a31.8m to train planners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly, IHBC  Director,    welcomed new investment in training for planning in the public sector,     represented by some \u00a31.8m allocated by Communities and Local  Government (CLG).<\/div>\n<p>Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: &#8220;Given the limited funds for conservation  education in our    sector, and with much of that tied to protection rather than  conservation,    up-and-coming conservation professionals with cultural and academic    backgrounds can pursue this funding route to help them develop their    conservation skills.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>ESRC announced that the investment comes as part of the Government&#8217;s    initiative to Change the Culture of Planning, as the Communities and  Local    Government (CLG) will finance 176 postgraduate \u2018fast track\u2019 1 year  bursaries    in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The ESRC will administer these studentships.<\/p>\n<p>Candidates with good qualifications in any academic discipline with a  interest    in the built and natural environment and who wish to pursue a career  as a Town    Planner in the public sector are encouraged to apply for planning  courses and    compete for one of the \u00a0available bursaries.<\/p>\n<p>Students awarded bursaries are asked to agree to work for two of their  first    five years of employment after qualifying in the public sector.<\/p>\n<p>Notes to editors<br \/>\n1. Of the students who were funded during the first two years of the  scheme,    99 per cent completed the course and over two thirds went on the work  in the    public sector, playing a key role in filling the skills gap.<\/p>\n<p>2. The scheme is advertised by and administered through the Economic  and    Social Research Council (ESRC). Details of this year&#8217;s bursaries will  be    available on the ESRC website from April 2010.<\/p>\n<p>3. The 16 universities who offer RTPI accredited one year full time  post    graduate planning courses are:<br \/>\nBirmingham City University (formerly UCE); Leeds Metropolitan  University;    Liverpool John Moore&#8217;s University; London South Bank University;  Oxford    Brookes University Sheffield Hallam University; University College  London;    Kingston University; University of Liverpool; University of  Manchester;    University of Newcastle upon Tyne; University of Reading; University  of    Sheffield; University of the West of England at Bristol; University of     Westminster; University of Birmingham<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.esrcsocietytoday.ac.uk\/ESRCInfoCentre\/opportunities\/postgraduate\/\"> <strong>Link to ESRC website<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.communities.gov.uk\/news\/corporate\/1505473\"><strong>Link  to    communities.gov news item<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly, IHBC Director, welcomed new investment in training for planning in the public sector, represented by some \u00a31.8m allocated by Communities and Local Government (CLG). Se\u00e1n O\u2019Reilly said: &#8220;Given the limited funds for conservation education in our sector, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=8\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8","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\/8","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8\/revisions\/102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}