Professional Insights Programme 23/24 launches

22/11/23

On Friday 10 November 2023, 2nd year undergraduate students from Belfast’s two Schools of Architecture, Ulster University and Queen’s University Belfast, came together for the launch of this year’s Professional Insights Programme. During the launch the students heard from architect Jenny Harper as she reflected on her experience of the programme and the benefits it provides students.

The programme, which will run until May 2024, is designed to give students an initial understanding of the real-life work of an architect to help them better connect their current studies to their future professional life. Students from both schools are partnered together and then assigned a chartered architect who will provide a minimum of six hours contact time to the students.

The programme aims to provide an insight into:

During the launch the students were asked to select the insights they were most looking forward to learning about. The top three choices were; on-site activity; interaction between client/user and architect; the process of material selection.

Many thanks to the following architects for volunteering their time and sharing their knowledge with the next generation of architects: