ABSTRACT
UK architectural education does not match the diversity of opportunity that exists within the profession, it does not address the needs and aptitudes of individual students and it does not equip graduates adequately to build upon their own worth. The 2014 RIBA Skills report highlights that many employers and graduates agree there is a mismatch between the education of becoming an architect and the reality of operating successfully as one within an increasingly risky, legalistic, technically challenging, regulated and competitive industry. The new priority must be implementation of the taught subjects in design studio, in the context of the client relationship, the needs of the user and the professional obligations of an architect. Client contact delivered through social media interfaces and the remote shadowing of real practice in education, and working in teams with other specialists, are imperative. Improved interface with complementary disciplines would allow students to specialise.
