The Evolving European Real Estate Education Agenda – A Seventeen Year Retrospective

Éamonn D’ArcySchool of Real Estate and Planning, University of Reading

Paloma Taltavull de La PazUniversity of Alicante

Introduction Presentation Provides a Seventeen Year Retrospective on The Evolving

Real Estate Education Agenda in Europe Analysis based on the education related contributions made at the Annual

European Real Estate Society Conferences between 1994 and 2009 and also at the pre-conference in 1993.

This period has seen considerable changes in the characteristics of real estate education in Europe. There has been a significant expansion in the number of students and

providers especially in countries with no tradition of real estate education

The balance of provision has shifted towards postgraduate modes incorporating both full-time and flexible delivery

There has been a shift towards the provision of Real Estate Education within a business school context

Introduction

This presentation attempts to provide a benchmark of the evolution of the European real estate education agenda based on conference contributions

It excludes the contributions made at the ERES Education Seminars

It identifies a total of seventy six education specific contributions including one plenary session, five panel sessions and one keynote address

Early Years 1993-99

1993 at the Pre-Conference in Reading – Real Estate Education was identified a core concern of the Future European Real Esate Society and The International Real Estate Society.

Four Principal Areas of Contribution Valuation Education Establishing Real Estate Education in Countries with

no Tradition of Provision Relationships between Education Provision and the

Requirements of Professional Bodies International Comparisons in Provision

2000-2004 Key Topics

Internationalisation of Programmes and Curriculum.

Real Estate Education within a Business Education Context

Accreditation Issues Real Estate and IT – Web Based Applications Individual Country Experiences

2000-2004

2003 – First and only Plenary Session on Real Estate Education Organised by RICS Focus on offering internationally recognised

qualifications Fostering Cross-Border Cooperation between

Education Providers. The RICS International Education Policy

2003 – First ERES Education Network Panel

2005-2009

Very Well Attended Education Panels a Key Feature of the Annual ConferencesFocus on Sharing International Experience International StudentsDeveloping Pan-European Platforms For Real

Estate Education

2005-2009

Key TopicsEmployability of GraduatesPostgraduate Real Estate Education Internationalisation Life Long Learning and Executive Education Industry Relationships and Sponsorship Research Led Education

Summary

The mix of topics has shifted over time from a focus on concerns such as consistency in valuation education and the development of real estate education in a wide range of European countries to an increasing focus on issues related to internationalisation and employability.

Need to Integrate the Annual Conference Contributions with Contributions made at the ERES Education Seminars from 2005

This will provide a more holistic overview of the evolving real estate education agenda in Europe.

The Challenge

Take this experience and build on the contributions of the last seventeen years as a means of identifying what are the core requirements of a High Quality European Real Estate Education

A key role for the ERES Education Seminar going Forward