Education and Learning Awards

Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

The Education and Lifelong Learning Awards have now closed for entry.

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This award is to recognise excellence in teaching and learning in planning education during the academic year 2010/2011.

Eligibility
It is aimed at staff teaching on RTPI accredited planning courses who either individually or as a team are able to demonstrate a major contribution to planning education through teaching and learning. Examples might include:

Innovative teaching and learning strategies
New approaches to curriculum design and delivery
Creative use of local and regional planning issues in teaching
Creative use of research in support of teaching
Inclusive and progressive widening participation strategies
Innovative interdisciplinary teaching and learning programmes

Criteria
Submitted entries must demonstrate the following:

Enhancement of the teaching and learning experience
Degree of innovation and creativity
Key issues that have been addressed or overcome
Extent to which the achievement may serve as a model of good practice and/or is transferable to other situations
Extent to which the achievement encourages reflection and independent thinking in students

How to enter
Please fill in the form summarising the application by Tuesday 31 May 2011. If the application has been shortlisted, you will be contacted by the judges in early August 2011 and asked to provide more evidence, normally a short report (2000 words maximum) detailing the initiative which addresses the criteria listed above and can include illustrative material and /or electronic links. The report should clearly indicate the aims and scope of the initiative, how it has been implemented, how it could be rolled out and evidence of impact on student experience.

All shortlisted consultancies are encouraged to attend the RTPI Planning Awards ceremony in February 2012, at which winners will be announced.

Employer Award for Excellence in Learning and Development

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The purpose of this award is to recognise outstanding achievement and commitment to learning and development by employers who have been accredited as RTPI Learning Partners.

Eligibility
This award is open to employers of planners who have been accredited as RTPI Learning Partners and can demonstrate excellence in learning and development for their planning staff and how this learning activity is adding value to the profession, the organisation and the individuals.

Examples might include:

Graduate development schemes
Competency frameworks and Professional Development review schemes
Series of training events
E-learning programmes
Knowledge sharing initiatives

Criteria
Submitted entries must demonstrate the following:

The original aim on the learning and development initiative
How the initiative has added value for the individual employees, the organisation and the profession
How you have ensured equal access to the initiative (within reason e.g. a managers training scheme may be limited to managers but how have you ensured that all managers had access?)

All shortlisted consultancies are encouraged to attend the RTPI Planning Awards ceremony in February 2012, at which winners will be announced.

This award is to celebrate educational excellence of students on RTPI accredited courses.

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Student Award for Outstanding Achievement in Planning Education

Please read the following notes before you enter your work. They provide guidance on what should be included in your entry. To download and save the entry form, click here

Eligibility
This award will be given to an exceptional student who has achieved a high level of knowledge, skill and competence in spatial planning and has shown an in depth understanding of the complexities of planning both from theoretical and practical perspectives. Entries can be from both undergraduate and postgraduate students on RTPI accredited courses. Work submitted must be from the 2010/2011 academic year. All entries must be put forward by the Planning School and not by individual students.

Criteria
Submitted entries will need to demonstrate the following:

An in depth understanding of spatial planning or an aspect of spatial planning
The ability to apply theory to practice
Be practice relevant
Developed analytical and evaluation skills
High quality presentation and communication skills

How to Enter
Please fill in the form summarising the application by Friday 15 July 2011. If the application has been shortlisted, you will be contacted by the judges in August/September 2011 and asked to provide more evidence, normally either a 5,000 word (maximum) report or design proposal equivalent to 5,000 words. The submissions must be from work the student has produced as part of the accredited course rather than a bespoke piece of work produced for this competition. The permission of the student must be sought by the Planning School prior to submitting the work and the assessment requirements and brief that the student was given must be supplied.

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