Delivering Professional Planning Education across National and Professional Boundaries

The module ‘Local Development: the practice of policies of regulation and economic development’ which was awarded the 2009 AESOP Excellence in Teaching Prize, was delivered for students of the Masters programme Sustainable spatial planning and environment (Aménagement et urbanisme durables, environnement) at the University of Western Brittany, Brest (Université de Bretagne occidentale). This article discusses the rationale for the development of the module and the conception of planning which underpins it. The authors describe the learning objectives, outcomes and the structure of the module and reflect on the experience of delivering it.