Investigating Collaborative Interdisciplinary Practice to Develop a New Planning Undergraduate Course

Whilst there is widespread recognition of the importance of university education preparing planners for working in interdisciplinary environments, there is limited research available on interdisciplinary working in practice. As detailed knowledge of practice and continuing engagement with practitioners is important to ensuring the employability of graduates, a study of interdisciplinary collaborative practice was undertaken to help develop a new undergraduate planning course. This paper presents the findings of this research and discusses how they will inform the development of the course.