BSc Real Estate Management: Bristol 2018

The colourful houses of Cliftonwood Crescent

At the end of October (2018), the third year students on the BSc Real Estate Management headed off to Bristol for the annual PPT (Professional Practice Test) residential visit. The visit provides the students with an opportunity to study a local property market (in a location away from the south-east) and to apply all aspects of the real estate management subject disciplines to locally based case study problem solving.

And so to Bristol...Bristol is a city straddling the River Avon in the southwest of England with a prosperous maritime history. Amongst (many) other things, Bristol is home to the famous Clifton Suspension Bridge and (was home) to its equally famous engineer, Isambard Kingdom Brunel. It is also home to a great harbourside and some rather famous street art (and Banksy). Take a look a the red links to find out a bit more. Thanks to Mike Patrick and Steve Priddis for the photos.

The presentation from Jones Lang LaSalle

The students (and staff) were based at the Futures Inn in Bristol, where they were introduced to the field trip and their group scenarios. They were also given a series of presentations about the local area which included: an overview of investment in Bristol, the office market in Bristol, the retail market in Bristol and transport in Bristol. At the end of the first day students and staff went out for a group meal at ZaZa Bazaar. And then...

...students and staff went on a self-guided tour of the commercial areas of Bristol.

And a boat tour of Bristol Waterfront

On the last day and before returning to Oxford, the students attended the field trip debrief and were given further details about the field trip assignment and vivas. The final part of the PPT experience was held back at Oxford Brookes and consisted of the field trip vivas and submission of the final report.

For more information about the BSc Real Estate Management, take a look at the website or the blog posts concerning undergraduate students:

BSc Real Estate Management - course details
UG students at work - on the blog