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Real estate employability: Differing perceptions of graduates from undergraduate and postgraduate courses
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Real estate employability: Differing perceptions of graduates from undergraduate and postgraduate courses

Mike Hoxley, Joanna Poon and Willow Fuchs
Journal of European Real Estate Research, Vol.4(3), pp.243-258
2011
DOI: 10.1108/17539261111183434

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Purpose – Employability is likely to be at the forefront of any degree applicant's mind in England and Wales due to an impending large increase in the cost of tuition. The purpose of this paper is to report the findings of a Centre for Education in the Built Environment‐funded project which has investigated real estate graduate competencies and employability. The paper concentrates on significant differences in emphasis by graduates from undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) courses.Design/methodology/approach – Following an extensive literature review, 72 competencies have been identified and the Confederation of British Industry classification of knowledge, skills and attributes has been adopted. An online survey of 639 graduates (half UG and half PG) asked respondents to complete five‐point Likert attitude scales to rate how their course enabled development of the 72 competencies. Themes developed from the results of the questionnaire study have been explored in greater detail with five real estate ...

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