Learning & Skills
Our aim is to ensure there is a more integrated approach to the skills and knowledge needed to deliver sustainable communities.

Current Projects 

Brownfield Skills Strategy
Diagnostic Tool
Assessing and addressing sustainable communities skills gaps  
Eco-towns
Seminar series
Engaging Places
Schools engaging with local places 
Leadership of Place
Living Geography
Influencing the geography curriculum
Play Your Part
Citizenship toolkit for schools 

Current Courses

Foundation Degree 
Part-time degree in sustainable communities 
Generic Module
Skills and knowledge for sustainable communities 
In a Nutshell
Online workshops 
Raising Our Game
Professional development programme
Planning for Non-Planners
A course that helps people in local authorities to understand the planning system
Taking the Lead
Workshop series in generic skills for sustainable communities   
train&sustain
Electronic training resource pack  
Sustainable Communities Masterclass
Residential Masterclass  for senior managers
 
Planning

View details of the Regional Centres of Excellence learning and research programmes here »