Teaching and learning participation at Queen's

I came across this interesting ' learning and teaching' participation-related article on the Queen's University, Belfast - School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering website. The article outlines a participatory planning project, adopting Future Search processes, with final year postgraduate students and staff in the School of Environmental Planning and other key stakeholders within the university.

'The learning objectives for the participatory project included the utilisation
of analytical, synthesising and presentational skills; enhanced understanding of large
group participatory planning methodologies; strengthened capacity to facilitate
discussion at small and large group scales; deeper understanding of the
relationship between planning theory and practice; an ability to build concensus
related to the identification of common ground and desired futures; and a
reinforced appreciation of the value of teamwork.'

The Queen's initiative has much in common with other global initiatives to learn and teach participation, many of which are captured on the Learning and Teaching for Transformation (LTT) website, which I have posted on before.

It would be interesting to know if this initiative is still ongoing in the School of Environmental Planning. It would be even better to know if there are any other similar initiatives within other disciplines at higher learning institutes in Ireland, north and south. It would be good to share these with the LTT initiative.