Perera, Srinath, Pearson, John and Dodds, Lyn (2010) Alignment of professional, academic and industrial development needs for quantity surveyors. In: RICS COBRA Research Conference, 2-3 September 2010, Dauphine Université, Paris.
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Abstract
The academic, professional and training needs of Quantity Surveyors are pulled by different stakeholders in different directions. Academics are interested in producing a rounded graduate with the basic foundation in knowledge for further development whereas professional bodies are interested in graduates capable of progression to full professional status through the achievement of the required core competencies (RICS, 2009). The industry is looking for a graduate who can straight away contribute to the growth and daily functions of business activity. Hence, there is a three directional pull on the development needs of the Quantity Surveyor (QS). The present education system of the QS does not recognise these multi-directional needs and hence often produces a graduate whom the industry sees as not fulfilling their requirements. This leads to many problems with greater levels of employer and graduate dissatisfaction and obstacles to early career development of the QS graduate.
This research aims at investigating the changing development needs of Quantity Surveyors within a post recession industrial environment that satisfies the aspirations of industrial, professional and academic stakeholders. The paper will present the initial findings of the research based on a series of stakeholder interviews examining RICS competencies and academic curricular.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Subjects: | K200 Building K900 Others in Architecture, Building and Planning X200 Research and Study Skills in Education X300 Academic studies in Education X900 Others in Education |
Department: | Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Architecture and Built Environment |
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Depositing User: | Srinath Perera |
Date Deposited: | 18 Jun 2013 09:23 |
Last Modified: | 17 Dec 2023 14:37 |
URI: | https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/13011 |
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