The Final Call to Action for the Next RIBA President - Meet our Candidates in the Last Hustings!

This archive episode captures the final 2022 RIBA President hustings organised around a worker-led call to action for better representation inside the institute.

Stephen Drew hosts a discussion covering candidate priorities, member engagement, workplace experience and what architecture workers wanted from the RIBA presidency during the 2022 election period.

The conversation covers:

• Why the campaign focused on representation for architecture workers
• How candidates positioned their priorities
• What members were asking from the RIBA
• Why workplace experience mattered in the election conversation
• What this archive conversation shows about the mood of the profession

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Chapters

• 00:00 Introduction to the final RIBA President hustings
• 05:00 The worker-led call to action
• 10:00 Why representation mattered in the campaign
• 15:00 Candidate introductions and priorities
• 20:00 Architecture workers and institutional change
• 25:00 Member questions and professional concerns
• 30:00 Workplace experience and non-owner voices
• 35:00 Ambition, leadership and the RIBA presidency
• 40:00 Discussion on what members needed
• 45:00 Candidate responses and campaign themes
• 50:00 How architecture workers could engage
• 55:00 Final questions from the community
• 01:00 Last pitches and closing comments
• 01:05 Archive context and reflections
• 01:10 What the hustings showed about the profession
• 01:15 Closing thoughts on representation
• 01:20 Final wrap-up