Letter from London

摘要

The recent RIBA education day, where decisions were taken that could set the framework for schools for decades to come, included heartfelt pleas from several delegates to end the influence of the studio. Just how influential studio teaching is, and indeed the proportion of time that it takes in the seven-year marathon leading to qualification, is open to debate. A measured intervention from Harry Charrington, head of school at Westminster, suggested that the proportion was smaller than some assume, and would be likely to diminish, certainly way below 50 per cent of teaching time.