Recruiter details: The College of Estate Management

The future is distance learning

‘Qualify while working’

Distance learning is a valuable and increasingly popular method of study as it enables busy professionals to further their knowledge, gain qualifications likely to enhance their careers, and continue to earn at the same time.

The College of Estate Management’s programmes are designed to provide industry-related education that compliments the experience gained in the workplace, and therefore represent a cost-effective way of gaining prestigious qualifications.

Students will develop traditional technical skills alongside academic questioning and debate. With the College’s combination of comprehensive teaching of fundamentals and extensive practical experience, a College of Estate Management course will provide individuals with a sound professional base from which to develop their career.

Taught Courses

For those wishing to gain their first qualification, the undergraduate courses offer students the opportunity to ‘qualify while working’ and a cost effective alternative to university. Students can integrate studies with everyday work, build up their CV and obtain a professional qualification.

• CEM Diploma in Surveying Practice – entry level course leading to Tech RICS
• BSc (Hons) in Building Surveying, Construction Management, Estate Management, Property Management and Quantity Surveying - degree courses awarded by the University of Reading and recognised by the RICS and or CIOB.

The Graduate Development Programme enables those with a first degree in any subject an opportunity to make a career move, enter the surveying profession, become a qualified chartered surveyor and gain prestigious qualifications:

• MSc in Surveying or Postgraduate Diploma in Surveying – awarded by the University of Reading and recognised by the RICS
• CEM Postgraduate Diploma in Surveying – recognised by the RICS

For graduates with cognate qualifications or relevant work experience there are a broad range of postgraduate courses to enable them to develop postgraduate specialisations:

• MBA in Construction and Real Estate
• MSc in Real Estate
• MSc/PgDip in Property Investment
• MSc/PgDip in Facilities Management
• MSc/PgDip in Conservation of the Historic Environment
• PgDip in Project Management
• PgDip in Arbitration
• PgCert in Adjudication

(Masters courses awarded by the University of Reading)



‘Taking the distance out of distance learning’

The College has been organising distance learning before many universities were founded and offers a range of courses related to the property and construction industries with a special focus on accredited professional programmes.

With 3,500 students in over 80 countries, the College provides excellent student support with open access to tutors and course administrators and an online internet teaching system, the Virtual Learning Environment. Once a student enrolls on a distance-learning course, they will usually receive their study material in the post – a box containing text books, CDs, videos, introductory notes and details of how to log on to the course website. There will also be a course programme and a timetable of when assignments are required to be submitted and the dates of exams.

Candidates benefit from seeing the practical application of their academic studies from the very start. Students are offered significant on-line support, with help and notes on the coursework, as well as discussion forums with other students, problem-solving blogs and direct communication with course tutors. It is all designed to take the distance out of distance learning. Much of the study material is also available on-line, through Blackboard, the virtual learning environment, which means that students can study at work without having to haul a huge satchel of heavy books through the commuter rush hour.

Face-to-face teaching sessions with tutors are generally held two or three times a year, and exams are held at designated centres in the UK and overseas.

Most courses are recognised by one or more of the following bodies: The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, The Chartered Institute of Building, The Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors, The Singapore Institute of Surveyors and Valuers, The Board of Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents, Malaysia, and The Board of Quantity Surveyors, Malaysia. Studying with the College is a cost effective route to professional membership.