Through the UFP, Fellows are equipped with high levels of technical, analytical and professional skills across disciplines and sectors. Commons skill labs are mandatory and represent the foundational inter-disciplinary skills of urban practice that all Fellows must have. These are designed for Fellows without any previous training in these skills. Fellows have a chance to apply many of these methods in the Practica.
Elective skill labs then allow Fellows to choose which skills and methods to deepen their knowledge in. Skill labs are taught using an applied learning-by-doing methodology that also familiarises Fellows with softwares and technological platforms.
The range of Commons and Elective skill labs that have been taught in the UFP across the years are below.
Commons Skill Labs in the UFP
Urban Data Analysis | Spatial Appreciation |
Framing the Inquiry | Writing and the City |
Spatial Analysis | Roland Mendel |
Media Skills | Ethnographic Methodst |
Electives Skill Labs in the UFP
Writing for Digital Media and Academic Writing | Advanced Ethnographic Methods |
Working with Spatial Data | Environmental and Social Impact Assessment |
Project Management | DIY Energy Audits |
Advanced Media: Video Editing | From Narrative to Argument |
Podcasts | Research Methodology and STATA |
Data Visualisation | Advanced Geospatial Lab |
Proposal Writing | From Raw Data to Insights: Urban Data Analysis using R |
Longform Narratives: Writing for Craft and Context | Designing and making a survey |
Earth Observation Data and Methods for Monitoring Land and Water Resources | Quantitative Thinking in Urban Research and Practice |
Flood Risk Assessment and Mitigation using GIS and Remote Sensing |