Diploma network news No images? Click here Diploma Gathering 2020Only 20 tickets left!If you're planning on joining us next month, don't delay. The £70 ticket price includes lunch and light refreshments on both days. If there are any issues/topics you'd particularly like to see covered at the Gathering, please drop Cath a line. Better still, think about offering a workshop. A draft timetable will be circulated soon. Proposed changes to Diploma financial systemIn response to the Diploma Working Group's strategic review work and their Recommendations report, the Association is now looking at how best to implement the proposed financial changes. In a nutshell, the proposals are: All apprentices will pay a fixed monthly amount for the duration of their diploma pathway. This fee will include membership of the Association and a contribution towards Diploma administration costs. Any fees for tutorials and assessment work will be paid direct to tutors by apprentices and not included in the monthly fee. We
would really appreciate feedback from apprentices on this. Please take a moment to answer our survey (there are only two questions so it won't take long!) Design toolsWe love them! As permaculture designers, there is a huge range of design tools to help us – ones that we apply at the start of the design process, the middle, the end, before, afterwards and everywhere else. We all have favourites, that we probably over-use. We all have ones that we have tried but haven’t really worked, and there are probably loads that we don’t even know about. The Knowledge Base
section of the We thought it would be a great idea to include a design tool Congratulations RachelRachel Hammond is our newest Diplomate, having accredited in January. Well done Rachel! Rachel with her tutor Tomas Remiarz |