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Funding
- Fully-funded: Levy paying organisations
- Co-funded: Non-levy organisations (the annual pay bill of your organisation is less than £3 million) and levy paying organisations who have exceeded their levy contribution.
- Issues and values in planning practice: the role of planning in society and other policy frameworks together with the key planning theories through time and the core professional values and skills.
- Spatial planning and sustainable development: the institutional framework, policy, assessments, appraisals, and the sustainability agenda.
- Development management and delivery: planning law and procedures, development management, appeal process, finance and project management.
- Environmental knowledge: from field to stakeholder: quantitative and qualitative methods used in the planning process in building an evidence base for policy and evaluation, together with preparation for the dissertation project.
- Urban design: theories, methodologies and practice: issues facing contemporary and future urban design and place making in spatial planning.
- Dissertation project: independent research project.
- Reflective review modules: used to capture reflective learning and development plans for students through the programme and encourage a life-long learning approach.
- Coastal urban regeneration: addresses the challenges of managing urban change in coastal communities ranging from port cities to seaside resorts.
- Rural planning: considers how planning policies reflect and affect rural economy, environment and society.
Programme
Who is the course for?
Areas of specialisms
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@Spatial Planning core knowledge and skills: planning theories, policy and plan-making, development management, research for evidence base, urban design, professional skills and behaviours
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@Optional specialism module: Rural Planning
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@Optional specialism module: Coastal Urban Regeneration
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@Research project based on area of specialism
Course facts
Core skills
1. Knowledge and understanding of planning: Planning theory, policy and practice; planning and related law; political framework; sustainability and resource management; place-making and urban design; stakeholder engagement and community involvement; economic framework; professional ethics and ethical framework.
2. Key and transferable skills: communicate ideas, principles and theories effectively by oral, written and visual means to a range of audiences and stakeholders in a professional context; undertake effective research information sourcing to establish an evidence base; collate, analyse and interpret data in quantitative and qualitative forms; and work independently and organise his/her own learning.
3. Employment-related skills: preparation of plans, policies and related documents; plan implementation; creative vision and design; critical analysis and decision-making; stakeholder management and leadership; project management; collaborative and multi-disciplinary working; and interpersonal skills.
4. Professional behaviours: demonstrate awareness and understanding of professional working, roles, responsibilities and ethical values; demonstrate negotiation, mediation, leadership, advocacy and networking skills likely to facilitate collaborative policy formulation and implementation; engage effectively in reflection and action planning for personal and career development; prepare for the RTPI’s Assessment of Professional Competence through a range of professional and work-based experiences; and appreciate the importance of life-long, work-based learning and reflect critically on their career plans and skills needs.
Benefits to the business
1. Up-skilling of existing planning staff and practitioners.
2. Increased productivity and professionalism.
3. Provides route to staff becoming Chartered Members of the RTPI.
4. Advantages for retention and recruitment of staff.
Benefits to the apprentice
1. Improved knowledge and skills of planning for professional development.
2. Opportunities for the acquisition of skills and experience in a range of professional contexts.
3. Provides a route to Chartered Membership of the professional body, the Royal Town Planning Institute.
4. Professional development and promotion opportunities.
We are extremely proud of our outstanding results in the latest Postgraduate Taught Experience Survey (PTES) 2023. The MSc Town Planning degree (Level 7 Chartered Town Planner Degree Apprenticeship) received 100% overall satisfaction for course quality, 100% assessment and feedback, 94% for organisation and management, 91% for resources,100% for dissertation or major project, and 100% satisfaction for teaching and learning on the course. These results place our master’s degree significantly above the sector benchmark and is the 4th year of receiving 100% overall satisfaction.
Chartered Town Planner Degree Apprenticeship staff
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Dr Stephen Essex
Associate Professor in Geography
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Dr Olivia Wilson
Lecturer in Human Geography (Spatial Planning)
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Professor Richard Yarwood
Director of Doctoral College
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Dr Paul Simpson
Associate Professor of Human Geography
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Dr Mark Holton
Associate Professor in Human Geography
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Tim Absalom
Senior Technician
European Social Fund (ESF)
The University of Plymouth is proud to be supported by the European Social Fund.
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