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Courses launched to fill sector skills gap

Mark Smulian, Planning, 30 May 2008

The University of Aberdeen has launched two further postgraduate programmes in planning and surveying in response to rising demand for skilled professionals.

Applications for a September start in both courses - MScs in urban planning and real estate and in rural planning and environmental management - are now open.

The one-year masters are dual-accredited by the RTPI and RICS. The rural planning course will also be offered part-time over two years.

Spatial planning professor Bill Neill said: "Predictions suggest that the built and natural environment industry will experience a grave shortage of professionals in specific areas very soon."

He added: "The degrees are an immediate reaction to this imminent skills shortfall. They have been developed with the industry's requirements to the fore."

"The 12-month degree is in response to feedback from employers in the field who will significantly benefit from the fast-track element of the programme."