Specialist personalities

Article Abstract:

Post-graduate planners seeking work will find that personal skills are as important as specialist knowledge in the eyes of potential employers. Most employers seek junior planners who can work as part of a team, while report writing skills are also highly regarded. For those seeking their first job, the ability to be a generalist is important, although specialists may be welcomed in smaller teams where there is a lack of expertise in particular subjects.

Practice, Employment, Graduate students, Planners

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Greening roses: Lancashire County Council has done great work on sustainability. Its reward is sole UK representation at the Habitat II conference in Istanbul next year

Article Abstract:

Lancashire County Council has been recognised by the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives based in Toronto, as a model community for Local Agenda 21 and sustainable development. The county will represent the UK at the Habitat II conference in Istanbul in 1996. Recommendations from Lancashire Environmental Action Programme (LEAP) are being fed into the council structure plan containing elements such as transport strategy.

Environmental aspects, Local government, Sustainable development

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Ways to skin the CPD CAT: recording CPD activity may be a onerous task, but its objective is to ensure the profession stays abreast of developments in the field

Article Abstract:

RTPI members are required to record their continuing professional development (CPD) activities, with the aim of ensuring that the profession is in touch with planning developments, and related practice. There are four types of professional development recognised by the RTPI, and an obvious CPD tool is the short course, provided by university planning departments and commercial training consultancies.

Training

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