Over the past seven years, RSUA has sought to tackle the issue of fair pay for Part 1 graduates following some reports of unattractive and at times exploitative terms and conditions.
By 2023, 87 practices had signed up to the RSUA Commitments to Fair Pay for Part 1 Graduates. The headline commitment is to pay a minimum of the Real Living Wage as set by the Living Wage Foundation. On 24th October 2023 it was announced that the UK Real Living Wage will increase from £10.90 an hour to £12 an hour and that employers should implement this increase by no later than 1st May 2024. Click here to read the updated RSUA Commitments to Fair Pay for Part 1 Graduates.
The following is a list of the 87 organisations currently championing fair pay for part 1 graduates:
| AECOM | HBK Architects | Neil Mathews Architects |
| Alan Jones Architects | Here Architects | Newline Architects |
| Alan Patterson Design LLP | HLM Architects | Ostick +Williams |
| Alastair Coey Architects | HMD Architects | Paul McAlister Architects |
| Allan Curran Architects Ltd | HPA Architecture | Paul McGarvey Architect |
| Architects Knox & Markwell | Hutcheson Irvine Partnership | Peter Drummond Architects |
| ARdMackel Architects | Iain Stewart Architect | Philip Parker Architects |
| Arigho Larmour Wheeler Architects | Invisible Architecture | PHP Architects |
| ASI Architects Ltd | Isherwood & Ellis | R.Robinson and Sons Ltd |
| BCL architecture | John Kirkpatrick Architect | Rachel Bevan Architects |
| BDA Architects | Kennedy Fitzgerald Architects LLP | Rapport Architects |
| Bell Architects | Kevin Cartin Architects Ltd | Raymond Goodwin Architects |
| Bernard Dinsmore Chartered Architect | Like Architects | Robert Bleakney Architects |
| Blamphin + Associates | Manor Architects | Robinson McIlwaine |
| Bradley McClure Architects | McAdam Design | Rolston Architects |
| Christopher McCauley Architect | McAdam Stewart Architects | Ronan Downey Chartered Architect |
| Construction & Procurement Delivery (CPD) | McCann Moore Architects | RPP Architects Limited |
| David Wilson Architect | McCreanor & Co. Architects | Samuel Stevenson & Sons |
| Doherty Architects | McGarry Moon | Shane Birney Architects |
| d-on Architects | McGirr Architects Ltd | Studio Idir |
| Farren Architects | McGonigle McGrath | The Boyd Partnership |
| Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | McGurk Architects | TODD Architects |
| FM Corr and Associates | McLean & Forte | TÓG Architecture |
| Glenn Massey Architects | MHA Architects | Tracey Architects |
| GM Design Associates Ltd | Micah T Jones | WDR & RT Taggart |
| Gregory Architects | Michael Whitley Architects | White Ink |
| Hackett Architects | Milligan Reside Larkin Architects Ltd | Whittaker and Watt Architects |
| Hall Black Douglas | MMAS | |
| Hall McKnight | Montgomery Irwin Architecture & Design | |
| Hamilton Architects | Mullarkey Pedersen Architects |
RSUA is keen to extend the uptake of these commitments. If your organisation is not currently listed above but you support the commitments, please contact Jude Faloon by emailing Jude@rsua.org.uk. This set of commitments applies equally to private sector and public sector employers.
On 24th November 2023 RSUA will inform our student members of the increase in the Real Living Wage as set by the Living Wage Foundation, along with a list of employers who have agreed to continue honouring the commitments. We will also be asking all current Part 1 graduates to report any deviations from the set of commitments.
Have you a job for a Part 1 Graduate?
If you have a job now, or in the future, for a Part 1 graduate you can advertise your job free of charge on the RSUA website.
