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Petitioners in the UK are bidding to have an early-career architectural worker elected as the next RIBA president as a change of direction for the 188-year-old organization which they charge as “losing touch with architects, students, and the next generation of talent.” In an open letter.
An open letter is has called for the next RIBA head to move beyond ‘empty slogans and self-serving initiatives’ and represent the early-career architects,
Livestreamed from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, join Maryam Al-Irhayim, current vice president for Students and Associates at the RIBA National Council, sitting on education, architecture for change, and future architects for her insights on navigating the pandemic as a student. This is the sixth instalment of the RIBA Gulf live lunch talks.
By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-03-05T07:00:00+00:00
‘Deeply concerned’ president urges trainee architects to report all exploitative behaviour
The RIBA is considering requiring every practice bearing its chartered status to remunerate all overtime, its president has revealed.
Alan Jones was responding to an open letter sent to him by hundreds of architectural assistants, part Is and part IIs complaining about a catalogue of abusive practices they say are widespread in the profession.
These vary from assistants being asked to run entire projects, salaries of £16,000, clocking up 200 hours’ unpaid overtime in four months, being bullied for questioning conditions, and being unable to get a traineeship without already having considerable experience.