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Agenda - to 8 June

7 April 2006

- 11, 12 & 13 April: How to Improve Residential Areas. Organiser: Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM). Venue: Birmingham, York & Bristol. Details: (web) www.cleanersafergreener.gov.uk

Exams to be ditched in favour of assessment

7 April 2006

Landscape architects who are keen to become fully chartered members of their profession will no longer have to sit the Professional Practice Examination, professional body the Landscape Institute has announced.

Renewal body wants to hear about awards

7 April 2006

A centre that aims to encourage the development of regeneration skills in the South-East has commissioned the British Urban Regeneration Association to gather information on available awards and award-winning regeneration and renaissance projects across the region.

New Publications

7 April 2006

Unless stated, these documents can be viewed on www.regen.net

Key Read

7 April 2006

Housing, 'Race' and Community Cohesion. By Malcolm Harrison, Kusminder Chahal, Lisa Hunt, John Perry and Deborah Phillips.

Innovations - Project gets kids to act as eyes and ears

7 April 2006

The Tangmere Junior Community Wardens scheme was launched in February.

5 Steps to... setting up a community land trust

7 April 2006

1. Be prepared to fight. "The first thing you need is someone prepared to hit their head against a brick wall," warns Tony Crofts, chair of Stonesfield Community Land Trust in Oxfordshire. CLTs may help communities gain affordable housing and own assets in perpetuity, but they're still "seen as this weird hippie idea", says Richard Clarke, an analyst at the Building and Social Housing Foundation.

Evaluation Lessons - The best solutions are tailor-made

7 April 2006

BACKGROUND Project: Neighbourhood Management Pathfinder Programme Period of evaluation: 2001-2005 Evaluating organisation: SQW Evaluation commissioned by: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Aims and outline of the project: Neighbourhood management schemes which are part...

City Academies - What's The Verdict?

7 April 2006

Amid the welter of statistics, claims and counter-claims over their performance, one thing is plain, says Jamie Carpenter - the jury is still out on the flagship inner-city schools.

Sell-off of public assets must heed community

7 April 2006

Councils own billions of pounds worth of property that is not integral to their day-to-day operations. According to consultancy King Sturge, the 100 most property-rich authorities possess surplus assets worth an average of £100 million each. That is not to say they would want to sell all of them, and even if they did, private property investors would not have the funds to buy them all. Nonetheless, the sheer scale of the portfolio has awakened excitement in both Whitehall and the private sector.