Transcript Developing Employability Case Study Professor Christine Booth

Developing Employability
A Case Study
The Course
• MSc. Property Appraisal & Management
– Integrating the Framework
– Real Estate Professionals operate in an ever
more MULTIDISCIPLINARY and GLOBAL
working environment – this is replicated in our
programme.
The Employability
Framework
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Development of intellectual, subject and key skills
From dependent to independent learners
Learning through real world examples
Reflective practice on their use of skills and knowledge
between contexts
Reflective practice on personal performance and action
planning
Career management skills
Learning from work – placements or simulations
Professional skills/competences
Enterprise – Opportunity spotting, risk aware, creativity,
commercial acumen
Course
structure
Modules cover the following topics
• property appraisal • property law •
development • land economics and
property finance • property analysis and
portfolio management • planning and asset
management • international project
week • research methods • dissertation
A student's
comment
'The course started with a team building programme in the
Derbyshire countryside. This promoted a supportive
atmosphere amongst the students and staff which
continued through a hectic and enjoyable year. The course
is highly structured and well-balanced between theory and
practice. The practical projects and workshops allow
development of the key skills demanded by employers.‘
–Muriel Lambert, Donaldsons, Chartered Surveyors, Leeds
Why Is This Approach
So Successful?
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FULL integration of the framework – not a bolt on
STRONG student, tutor AND administrator relationships.
Very strong links with employers
INTEGRATED support from course team and central
services – especially careers service
• Innovative Teaching Learning and Assessment package
• Employers value our students "hitting the deck running
faster".
• Course mirrors professional reality – e.g “act local think global” – Shanghai Field Project
Skills
Development
• Team Skills – Introduced in Induction
• Key Skills driven by 4 Project Weeks – each
week targeting a specific skill, reflection and
action planning.
• Innovation - e.g. role play with video feedback of
complex negotiations.
• Self Reliance and Global "big picture" outlook –
e.g. in International Project Week thrown into a
highly complex project in an “alien” environment.
Towards Independent
Learning
• 4 Project Weeks drive learning.
– Appraisal, Development, Asset Management
culminating in the International Project in China
• Reflective professional commentary
– links to PDP and action planning
• Ownership of resources
– e.g. lap tops, base room
• Flexibility
Engage With
Learning From Work
• Project weeks mirror reality
• Professionals engage in design, briefing and
assessment.
• Real sites, real data
Preparing For
The Professions
• The Asset Management Project Week
– frantic, fun and "a way to make sure I will
never forget the realities of estate
management“
• Assessment by professional outcomes
– being sued = a fail.
Professional Skills
- Capability
• Capability is a necessary part of specialist
expertise, not separate from it.
• Capable people not only know about their
specialisms, they also have the confidence to
apply their knowledge and skills within varied
and changing situations and to continue to
develop their specialist knowledge and skills.
Stephenson J (1988)
Shanghai
International Project Week
• Students act on behalf of a consortium of
investors to identify a viable development
strategy for the North Suchow Creek
Project (NSCP)
• Work with major local companies
– Cushman& Wakefield, Colliers International,
Jones Lang LaSalle, CBRE
• 5 days to prepare presentation to Clients