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Working with Local Authorities on Real Life Projects
Chrissie GibsonManchester Metropolitan University
Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences
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Context
• Department of Environmental and Geographical Sciences
• UG Network – 600 students
• Town planning strand at each level– 100 at level one– 80 at level two– 50 at level three
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Land Use Planning and Sustainable Development
• Issues– Compartmentalised learning– Students needed more of a challenge– More problem solving = real life
• Long-standing links with Stockport MBC– Placements– MMUBS Retail Enterprise Network
• Solution– A project based around a local shopping centre– Students had to collect data and produce proposals
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Heald Green & Edgeley CentresMap removed for copyright reasons
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Heald Green
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Heald Green
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Cheadle Royal
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Heald Green
Vacant shops
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Heald Green
Local facilities, but low spend
Some new investment
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Heald Green
Station
- line from Manchester to the airport
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Edgeley, Stockport
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Edgeley
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Edgeley Park
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Assignment
Policy•National•Regional•Local
Policy•National•Regional•Local ?
Survey data
•Shoppers•Traders•Types of shop•Census
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Resources
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Surveys
Students worked in groups
Surveys of shoppers and traders prescribed by Stockport MBC
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Own surveys
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Student presentations
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Proposals
• Evening trade – wine bars and restaurants
• Specialist shops• Village square• Farmers’ markets
• Adverts at the station• Ask local schools to research local
history and use historical themes in the new designs
• Better design of public areas
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Skills gained
• Accessing electronic maps, Digimap (OS service)
• Annotating maps
• Collecting and analysing survey data from a range of respondents
• Minute taking and reflection
• Application of knowledge from other units eg crime and defensible space
• Appreciation of the requirements of an outside organisation
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Role of Stockport MBC
• Provided background data• Provided action plans for similar
areas • Provided questionnaires• Listened to presentations
• In return,– Questionnaires completed– New ideas
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Student feedback
• Positive • Issues over group work (2 x forms)• Issues about sharing ideas• More guidance• Data input tedious• Word limit too short
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Problems & improvements
• Initial set up time• SMBC questionnaires lacked clarity • Students meeting deadlines for data input• Data handling and verification tedious• Issues around group work, forms to overcome problems
• Improvements year on year– Spent longer on preparatory sessions– Arrange separate group seminars– Improve the ‘group work’ forms
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Benefits
The project gives the students the opportunity to work on a real life project and to tackle some issues in depth, which will have long term benefits for their employability.
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Proposals
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What the students thought
“the assessment on Edgeley has give me an insight into a planning career”
“the opportunity to write a professional report which I can use in my portfolio of work”
“being able to put my own ideas into a planning exercise”
“understanding how a planning proposal might be initiated, learning what research is appropriate to identify the issues and resolve them”
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