ABSTRACT
This chapter presents the reports on the findings of focus groups held with graduates of planning education and senior practitioners in the planning field from both the public and private sector. These groups were conducted as part of a review of planning education at The University of Sheffield, which is reflecting upon the appropriate mechanisms for delivery of this education as well as the contents of its professionally-accredited courses. The chapter provides a very brief review of planning education in the UK, culminating in an overview of the contemporary situation. With the establishment of a nation-wide, comprehensive planning system in 1947 came an increased demand for qualified town planners. Hague is positive about the way in which the Royal Town Planning Institute polices the quality of entrants into the planning profession through this system. The chapter summarises the thoughts of those who have looked at the relationship between planning practice and education most recently.
