Good Employer Guide Live 2026: Young architects joining practices without basic practical skills, Ryder Architecture consultant says
Newly qualified architects are joining architecture practices without basic practical skills, attendees to an industry gathering in central London were told yesterday.
Ryder Architecture consultant Peter Barker said the firm had found it necessary to make significant investments in internal training programmes to get new recruits up to speed.
Construction is facing a skills crisis across the board. Years of under-investment in education and training have left the UK lacking the people needed to design, plan, manage and construct desperately-needed homes, retrofit, and infrastructure.
