14 February 2008

Town and Regional Planning students net hat-trick

University of Dundee students from the department of Town and Regional Planning are celebrating after winning the annual Planning magazine quiz for the third time in five years.

The Dundee team of Cathy Archibald, Shona Simpson, Graeme McCarthy and James Wilson beat contemporaries from across Scotland and Ireland to capture the £500 prize.

All four of the team are students on the taught postgraduate European Urban Conservation programme at Dundee.

Barbara Illsley, Convener of Town and Regional Planning, said, "This is an excellent result for the students and everyone in the department is delighted at the team's success. This is the third time in the past five years that Dundee University Town and Regional Planning students have won this competition and I hope that we can continue our success into the future."

The Quiz is organised by Planning Magazine in association with the RTPI and sponsored this year by RPS. The prize was £500.

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