Part 3 Welcome to MORE 2026
Susanne Bauer (course leader), Alastair Blyth,
Wilfred Achille, Alice Odeke, Amanda Pawliszyn
The Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Practice in Architecture (RIBA Part 3) is the final part of an architectural student’s professional training. The content of the course and each module builds on the professional experience and knowledge that students will have gained throughout their studies and working life. The students on the course at Westminster University’s School of Architecture + Cities come from a wide variety of backgrounds including overseas schools of architecture. Architects who trained outside the UK also attend the course to gain an in-depth understanding of the complexities of UK practice.
Following the requirements of the ARB/RIBA Professional Criteria, Part 3 is structured as a series of building blocks with clear assessment points throughout the year. The lectures are delivered online by industry experts to allow students to balance their study with work commitments. Throughout the course students are encouraged to place the issues covered on the course in the context of their practice and wider experience.
Students’ professional development in the workplace is supported by a team of professional tutors – all architects in practice – who provide tutorial guidance
on project-based coursework and act as the students’ Professional Studies Advisors (PSA). Students may defer submission of their coursework for six or twelve months to enable them to respond to their workplace context.
Recent graduates have joined the course as Professional Champions to act as mentors for current students, with the aim of developing a network to support young practitioners. Professional examiners consistently comment on the high, critical standard of the coursework which we attribute to the structured tutoring system where students are challenged to think about practice differently.
The students’ personal backgrounds, the types and number of practices represented on the course, along with the tutors and examiners gives the course a healthy diversity and an unprecedented reach into the architectural profession. This enables the course both to draw from the breadth of practice experience as well as contribute to it.