02/10/2015

How do we attract more young people to planning?

Words: Simon Wicks

How does the planning profession persuade young people that it’s not all decisions about dormers, but that planners are also engaged in the exciting task of shaping communities, towns, cities and, ultimately, the nation?

The October issue of The Planner (out next week) will be produced by young planners, to coincide with the Young Planners’ Conference in Southampton from 9-10 October. We asked our editorial team how they would encourage young people to get into planning. Here's what they said:Ditch jargon“We need to bring to life how influential planning is in people’s lives. Focusing on the issues that matter,........

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How do we attract more young people to planning?

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