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Where it's AT | the Architectural Technology Podcast from CIAT

Life After Uni: Bridging the Gap Between Architectural Technology Education and Industry

Host Chartered Architectural Technologist Róisín Ní Chatháin FCIAT welcomes Charlotte Omo-Edoh ACIAT Architectural Technologist and founder of Life After Uni: Architecture, to discuss the difficult transition from university to industry. Charlotte explains that despite graduating with a first-class degree, she felt qualified but unprepared for the workplace; citing gaps in technical knowledge (building regulations, standards), confidence (using her voice), and understanding career pathways like Chartership. She describes how gatekeeping often stems from limited access, visibility, and transparency, especially around others’ journeys and struggles. Through her LinkedIn presence, webinars, and events like architecture walking tours, Charlotte talks of building a community helping early-career professionals move from confusion to clarity, confidence, direction.

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Róisín Ní Chatháin FCIAT

Róisín Ní Chatháin is a Partner at BPTW, where she oversees the delivery of large-scale residential, mixed-use and regeneration projects. With a strong technical grounding through her Architectural Technology background and a collaborative approach, she leads design and consultant teams across both pre- and post-planning stages. Róisín is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists and was named Chartered Architectural Technologist of the Year at the AT Awards in 2020. She was also awarded Alumni of the Year by Edinburgh Napier University in 2021, recognising her dedication to the profession and her ongoing support for the next generation through mentoring and advocacy. Alongside her professional work, Róisín is passionate about giving back, undertaking many voluntary roles in the CIAT, such as industry representative on accreditation boards, position of judge at the AT Awards and guest lecturing across a number of universities to help advance the next generation, as well as including her role as an ambassador for the Diaspora and Emigrants Centre in her hometown of Galway, Ireland.

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Charlotte Omo-Edoh ACIAT

Charlotte Omo-Edoh is an Architectural Technologist, Founder of LAU:ARCH, Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT), and a member of the Next Generation Board at Berkeley Group. A First Class Birmingham City University graduate with 7+ years of experience across engineering, architecture, construction and project management. She uses her platform through LAU:ARCH to support the next generation and is passionate about helping emerging professionals build confidence, gain practical skills, navigate clear pathways and aid them to become valuable and competent profession