ABSTRACT
An overseas field course or study visit has commonly been a feature of degree courses in town and country planning or geography for many years. The inclusion of a substantial cross-national comparative planning course within the undergraduate or Masters degree syllabus has been a widespread feature of degree schemes for a rather shorter period, and the number of planning academics based in Britain with cross-national research interests has in the past been quite small. The number of people interested in this potentially very extensive field of research is now growing, offering the opportunity to place overseas study visits firmly in the context of more substantial aspects of the teaching syllabus, related to individual or departmental research interests.
