The first of two special episodes from day one of the 32nd National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (NCBDS) at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California, USA.

Moments from the fifth annual conference of the All Ireland Architecture Research Group (AIARG) at the Cork Centre for Architectural Education, Ireland. Featuring Professor Lesley Lokko (University of Johannesburg), Elie Harfouche (Lebanese American University), Carole Levesque (Université du Québec à Montréal), Rosina Shatarova (University of Architecture Sofia), John McLoughlin and Orla McKeever (Cork Centre for Architectural Education).

Thanks to Ashgate, for a limited time only listeners of the Arch. Ed. Podcast listeners can save 50% on the RRP 'Spatial Design Education'. Simply enter go to ashgate.com and enter the discount code 50BLL14N at checkout.

What would a school of architecture look like if there was no assessment, no qualifications, and no professional validation? The Public School for Architecture Brussels (PSA-Bxl) is an experiment in open source education. It's a self-organising educational programme where the curriculum and schedule are proposed by the general public. A few weeks ago I took up the open invitation of the PSA-Bxl to propose a short workshop about knowledge and critical reflexivity. While in Brussels, I made sure I had the chance to sit down with Thomas Guilleux, Jorg De Vries and Lars Fisher, three of the PSA-Bxl's current committee members to learn more about the institution.

This week sees the launch of a new format for periodic episodes of the podcast: the Arch. Ed. Podcast interview. These occasional episodes are an opportunity to talk in more depth with an individual architectural teacher about their education, practice and research, and how they came to be a teacher. In this first one-to-one interview, I talk to Eamonn Canniffe, Principal Lecturer at the Manchester School of Architecture, and Course Leader of the MA Architecture + Urbanism.

Episode 8 of the Arch. Ed. Podcast comes from London with comment from this week's RIBA Education Forum. This exceptional open event included a vote by RIBA Council Members on five recommendations from the Institute's Review of Architectural Education.

On Saturday 21 February 2015, more than fifty students from more than twenty UK schools of architecture converged on the Manchester School of Architecture for the ASN Futures Conference, convened to discuss (amongst other things) the new RIBA Education review and the future of architectural education in UK. Episode 7 of the Arch. Ed. Podcast reports from Manchester with a selection of student perspectives on architectural education today.

Episode 6 is the second of two special "live" conference podcasts from the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston in Texas and the 31st National Conference on the Beginning Design Student. In this episode, James talks to some of the delegates and participants during the first full day of this year's conference.

Episode 5 is the first of two special "live" conference podcasts from the Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture at the University of Houston in Texas and the 31st National Conference on the Beginning Design Student. In this episode, James talks to some of the delegates and participants in this year's conference.

Following the publication of the RIBA's 2014 Skills Survey Report (pdf here) episode four of the Arch. Ed. Podcast turns its attention to age old questions. Do practitioners believe that universities are failing to preparing students for practice? Do educators believe that practices are failing to provide sufficient on the job training for Part III students? And do bears defecate in woods?