Pathways to Property: Starting Your Career in Real Estate
Do you have the curiosity and creativity for a career in the world of property?
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Pathways to Property: Starting Your Career in Real Estate
Do you have the curiosity and creativity for a career in the world of property?
Join us to learn about starting a career in real estate. Whether you want to be the next sustainability star, estates expert or managing director of a project, this course showcases the real estate sector and the wide variety of career possibilities within.
Enter the fast paced world of international property and hear from industry experts developing the International Quarter London near the Olympic Park. How does this impact on local residents and the environment? Is it possible to create sustainable developments that work for all? And how can you be involved in decision making in the future?
Syllabus
Week 1
What is property
Welcome to the course
Welcome to Pathways to Property. In this first week you'll begin to ‘map out the territory’ by discussing what property means to you and watching property professionals and academics explain their views on the property industry.
The big case study
Explore our main case study, the London International Quarter, which you will help ‘ground’ the learning activities you will be undertaking through the course.
Responding to stakeholders
Review the interests and needs of the stakeholders during a property development using the IQL and your own development.
Developing for the future
Think about how property will need to adapt in the future due to economic, environmental and social changes.
Week 2
Big issues affecting property
Welcome to Week 2
Welcome to Week 2. Find out what you'll be learning about in the second week of Pathways to Property.
Sustainable property development
What makes a development sustainable? Discuss how sustainability has influenced your own development and hear how it has been integrated at the IQL.
Property in a globalised world
Explore how the globalisation of business has impacted on real estate investment and development.
Technology influenced property
Learn more about the implications of changing technologies on large property developments and discuss how this has impacted on the IQL and your chosen development.
Responding to big issues
Let's review Week 2 by discussing how the big issues covered impact on your chosen local development.
Week 3
Looking ahead with the new professionals
Welcome to Week 3
Welcome to Week 3. Find out what topics you will cover in the final week of Pathways to Property.
Future of real estate
Discuss how future economic, environmental and social changes could affect your chosen development before exploring how future trends may impact the real estate industry as a whole using two topics as examples.
Careers in the property industry
Hear from property professionals about their 'pathway' into the sector and review the skills you need for a career in real estate.
Next steps
Explore tips and advice to help you take your first steps towards a career in the real estate industry.
When would you like to start?
Start straight away and learn at your own pace. If the course hasn’t started yet you’ll see the future date listed below.
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Investigate the wide range of stakeholders and many roles that influence a property development
- Debate the key issues affecting property investment, development and management
- Investigate, assess and report upon an example of property development in your local area
- Examine future trends and likely innovations
- Discover the range of career opportunities available within the property industry
- Reflect upon your own attributes and skills in relation to those potential career opportunities
- Explore the pathways available to you to begin your career in property
Who is the course for?
Designed to explore the real estate sector and the vast array of careers within, this course is perfect for students who are keen to discover whether they would like to pursue a career in property.
Who will you learn with?
Lecturer in Development and Planning, Henley Business School, University of Reading. A consultant in development and regeneration and a chartered town planner with over 35 years experience.
Edward is a dual-qualified (MRICS and MRTPI) chartered planning and development surveyor and town planner with experience in both private practice and academic teaching and research.
Dr Emma Street is an Associate Professor in the Department of Real Estate and Planning, Henley Business School, University of Reading. She is the Undergraduate Programme Director.
Who developed the course?
University of Reading
The University of Reading has a reputation for excellence in teaching, research and enterprise.
Henley Business School
Henley Business School is a triple accredited, world-renowned business school, part of the University of Reading.
The Reading Real Estate Foundation
The Reading Real Estate Foundation is a unique and forward-thinking educational charity, established to support real estate and planning education at the University of Reading.
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