Delighted to celebrate World Town Planning Day Ulster University UPLAN. Thanks to all our speakers and facilitators for their contributions today. Great to have participants from across NI #WTPD2019

Great turnout from industry partners to our RIFF - Rapid Industry Feed Forward - session this morning with Architectural Technology and Management students on our Jordanstown campus. Thanks to all involved! @ULSTER_BSABE Ulster University

***Deadline approaching*** Interested in advancing planning research (on child-friendly cities, healthy urban environments, community resilience, energy transition, or plantech/data visualisation)? Then get your application submitted by Friday 7 Feb. Further details below👇

Delighted to be a part of today's CaCHE Hub event on the Belfast campus Ulster University. Inputs from JoeF, Jordan Buchanan, Paul Hickman, and Colm McDaid, CX SuppCommunities. Thank you all for a really engaging event, and looking forward to the next Hub meeting!

How poor hand-washing increases the spread of coronavirus: a research project found that less than 8% of us wash our hands properly. By Aaron Lawson Ulster University rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Delighted to welcome Paul Lawlor environment&planning to Jordanstown Ulster University earlier today for a lecture to our Final Year students UPLAN. Paul's lecture on Irish planning system was the return leg of lecture by colleague Dr Heather Ritchie in Dublin in Dec '19. Thanks Paul!

Thanks to @RTPINI for an enjoyable evening @merchanthotel for the annual dinner. Well done to Emma Kelly for a great year as @RTPINI Chair. Best wishes to Angus Kerr Department for Infrastructure for the year ahead. Great to catch up with colleagues UPLAN

Some snaps from yesterday's successful UPLAN Society #PlanningForAResilientFuture conference on Ulster University's Belfast campus. Great work UPLAN Society! 👏 A huge thanks to the conference chair @marymac102_mary and all speakers. #ProudOfUU #ProudOfPlanning #ProudOfUPLAN

Submit your application by 5 Feb 2021 for funded PhD research with Dr Gavan Rafferty and me, Ulster University UPLAN: Engaging stakeholders in built environment decision-making: urban governance, plantech, and development visualisation. Further details here: ulster.ac.uk/doctoralcolleg…

Launch of the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor. UPLAN’s Neale Blair, with colleagues in UlsterUniversity EPC and Dublin City University, co-authored a research report articulating need for a strategy to develop the Dublin-Belfast Economic Corridor ⬇️ @ULSTER_BSABE dbec.info/launch

Having been involved with this along with Prof Gavin Parker Neil Harris Neale Blair Leslie Mabon Mark Scott Nick Gallent Meri Juntti and a number of others this should be a great session examining where planning in rural areas might go in the future

Delighted to meet with colleagues from Planning Schools Forum in Manchester today for our annual meeting as part of the UK Ireland Planning Research Conference. Really good to meet face-to-face, first time since 2019! Thanks to the team at University of Manchester for hosting.

As part of my final research project, titled ‘Pedestrianisation of Belfast City Centre: Help, Hindrance, or both?’, I am conducting the below questionnaire👇🏼 I would really appreciate all participation; regardless of your location! lnkd.in/eJEMWFGZ Thank you. 😊

First time in the refurbished @RTPI offices in Botolph Lane for Education and Lifelong Learning Committee today. Thanks to Andrew and Judith for organising. Facilities are great - and the work spaces are fantastic... able to catch up on a few emails before the journey home.

Sunshine and showers over Belfast for the past few days. Sharing some views from the @ULSTER_BSABE leadership hub on level 5 of @ulster Belfast campus... images not edited!

Relived childhood memories this evening watching a Belfast Harbour pilot boat at Carrick. Years ago pilot boats operated from Carrick near the old radar station. Thanks to the crew for the chat-you've a busy day on Monday with cruise ships! BelfastHarbour MarineTraffic Mid and East Antrim Borough Council

Great to have many representatives of Planning Schools Forum at their annual meeting in advance of the #PlanningResearch23 conference. Chance for discussion on Royal Town Planning Institute updates and hear from Scot Gov Planning, Architecture and Regeneration Chief Planner Dr Fiona Simpson

Higher education staff and students, employers and PSRBs are invited to respond to a consultation on 10 draft Subject Benchmark Statements, which have been reviewed by expert Subject Advisory Groups with the support of QAA. Respond by 15 November 👇 qaa.ac.uk/news-events/ne…

This #WorldTownPlanningDay, we're standing in solidarity with planners to tackle harassment head-on. Hear from Emma & partners of the planning profession who are calling to change the way we think about planners. #PlannersAnd planningyourworld.org.uk/get-involved/. x.com/RTPIPlanners/s…