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All accountants to register with BICA
By Esther Amogelang Speaking at Botswana Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) corporate workshop on Monday at Gaborone International Convention Centre, Mr Duncan Majinda said his role as a CEO is to put in place strategies that will ensure that BICA becomes the qualification of choice in Botswana. Some of the goals the institution has put [...]
Practice 2.0: Dear Architecture school, please tell us it is ok to do this…
It seems as though a week doesn’t go by these days without someone asking me if I miss design… Two and a half years ago I made the decision to leave the traditional path, and cross over to the dark side. I became a consultant (cut to dark stormy clouds and lightning). A technology consultant nonetheless… As [...]
Educating an Architect and the tradition of end of year student exhibition
Last week Friday 13th marked a very important day in the calendar of the University of Botswana’s architectural degree training school. The UB’s Department of Architecture and Planning hosted a well attended public student exhibition, the second of its kind and was official opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology (FET), [...]
Project Jouberton. A Collaboration by Nottingham University and Education Africa
Introduction What do you remember of your second year of your Architecture degree? For some it must be relief at having made the step up from the first year. For others it is the excitement of the renewed challenge that a degree in architecture can present with every passing project. For William Gowland, and [...]
An Architecture School Experience
Nothing can really prepare you for architecture school. It’s a time of pain, confusion, tiredness, and frustration, and yet many architects would say it was some of the best few years of their life – I would be one of those people. You are put through 5 years of grueling tutorials, pin-ups, presentations, and reviews [...]
How to become an ‘Architect’, internationally and in Botswana
To become an ‘Architect’ in most industrialized nations is a protected process. Most countries have protected the use of title ‘Architect’ but mostly not the function or role of what an architect does. Therefore one has to undergo through an education programme, approved by an authorized body. In the UK, the Architects Registration Board (ARB) [...]
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