Subject Benchmark Statement: Landscape Architecture
Publication date: 11 Apr 2024
Landscape Architecture
Subject Benchmark Statement
Subject Benchmark Statements describe the nature of study and the academic standards expected of graduates in specific subject areas. They show what graduates might reasonably be expected to know, do and understand at the end of their studies.
Below you will find the full Subject Benchmark Statement for Landscape Architecture. Alongside it, we have also published a summary designed to provide a short and accessible overview of the main Statement for students, employers and academics.
Subject Benchmark Statement: Landscape Architecture - the basics
Publication date: 11 Apr 2024
About this subject
The knowledge and vision of landscape practitioners can transform the places in which we work and live - creating inspiring places, regenerating urban areas and neglected landscapes. For example, in cities, where many people lack access to outdoor space, the work of landscape practitioners can help to shape local identity and character, play a role in bringing people together, and reduce crime and anti-social behaviour. Well-designed, accessible green spaces can create a shared sense of identity and belonging, significantly improving our mental and physical health, and overall quality of life. Practitioners might also contribute to the design and management of larger projects in the wider landscape, such as new transport corridors or new green energy sites, wind farms and solar arrays.
David Booth - Co-Chair of the Advisory Group
Senior Tutor and Senior Lecturer, School of Creative Arts, University of Gloucestershire
As with previous editions, the 2024 edition of the Statement seeks to support the delivery of educational standards across the diverse, wide ranging and exciting subject area of Landscape Architecture. This edition also includes reference to the increasingly important cross-cutting themes of sustainability, employability, and equality, diversity and inclusivity, which are vital in informing both education and career progression. The Statement also makes an important contribution to the overarching professional context and study pathway for those practitioners whose aspirations include achieving professional chartered status.
Professor Helen Woolley - Co-Chair of the Advisory Group
Professor of Landscape Architecture, Children's Environments and Society;
Head of Department, Department of Landscape Architecture, University of Sheffield
This edition of the Subject Based Statement for Landscape Architecture builds on the previous editions while bringing in the contemporary and very important cross-cutting themes of sustainability, employability, and equality, diversity and inclusivity. It seeks to ensure that students achieve appropriate levels of learning for their HE qualifications, preparing them to enter the profession. In particular, this edition highlights the contribution that the Landscape Architecture profession can make with respect to aspects of climate change which is a key challenge for the world going forward.
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