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Mr Frazer Bufton

Senior Lecturer In Architecture

A practising academic with a passion for the sustainable and inclusive design of the built environment as a facilitator of social change. A champion of widening participation in architecture at every level and an enthusiast for education in the subject.

Biography

As a qualified architect, practitioner and academic I recognise the importance of a respectful and meaningful dialogue between architecture as a taught subject, and as a profession.

Alongside working as a visiting tutor, and a senior lecturer and subject lead in Architecture, I have helped to write and develop new architecture courses and content and been a longstanding member of institution visiting panels with the Royal Institute of British Architects and latterly the Architects Registration Board.

I hold a PgCert in Higher Education and am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy FHEA.

Qualifications

  • PgCert Higher Education, Coventry University, 2012
  • PhD: Social Policy, University of Bath, 2009
  • PgDip Architectural Practice, Birmingham School of Architecture, 2004
  • PgDip Architecture, Birmingham School of Architecture, 2002
  • BA (Hons) Architecture First Class, Birmingham School of Architecture, 1999

Membership of professional bodies

  • Architects Registration Board
  • Royal Institute of British architects (RIBA)
  • Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA)

Teaching & Research

Teaching

I teach across all areas and levels of the subject, including Design Studio and Professional Practice – at both undergraduate and post-graduate level.

Research

  • Learning and pedagogy in architecture
  • Widening Participation
  • The Family as Educator
  • Education Policy in Architecture: Theory and Practice

External responsibilities

  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  • RIBA Education – Visiting Board Member
  • ARB Accreditation – Visiting Panel Member

Subject for media interview

Architectural Education and Pedagogy