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Real estate education: An investigation of multiple stakeholders
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Real estate education: An investigation of multiple stakeholders

Joanna Poon, Mike Hoxley and Willow Fuchs
Property management, Vol.29(5), pp.468-487
2011
DOI: 10.1108/02637471111178146
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Abstract

Purpose – This paper seeks to report the detailed findings of a Centre for Education in the Built Environment (CEBE) funded study into real estate programmes of study in UK universities. The aim is to critically evaluate the gaps in the professional practice firm employers' expectations of real estate graduates, real estate graduates' perceptions of what they attained during their studies and universities' views of the content of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) accredited real estate courses.Design/methodology/approach – The paper presents the research findings from questionnaire surveys of professional practice firm employers and graduates and of interviews with RICS accredited courses providers and with the human resource managers of major surveying firms.Findings – The findings of the questionnaire survey should provide some comfort to real estate education providers since the top employer rated knowledge and skills are by and large found in most programmes of study. Universities would ...

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