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  <UnitCode Applicant="Y" Label="Unit code" Student="Y">
    <Code>PLAN64182</Code>
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  <UnitTitle Applicant="Y" Label="Unit title" Student="Y">
    <Title>Global Real Estate Markets Field Trip</Title>
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  <MaxUnits Applicant="Y" Label="Credit rating" Student="Y">
    <Units>15</Units>
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  <TeachingPeriods Applicant="Y" Label="Teaching period(s)" Student="Y">
    <Period>Semester 2</Period>
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  <AcademicCareer Applicant="Y" Label="Academic career" Student="Y">
    <Value>Postgraduate Taught</Value>
  </AcademicCareer>
  <UnitLevel Applicant="Y" Label="Unit level" Student="Y">
    <Level>Level 7</Level>
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  <StaffList Applicant="Y" Label="Teaching staff" RoleLabel="Course Unit Role" Student="Y">
    <StaffMember>
      <Name> </Name>
      <Role></Role>
    </StaffMember>
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  <OfferedBy Applicant="Y" Label="Offered by" Student="Y">
    <OrganisationList>
      <Organisation>
        <OrgName>Planning, Property and Environmental Management</OrgName>
      </Organisation>
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      <Group>
        <GroupName></GroupName>
      </Group>
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    <FheqLevels>
      <FheqLevel>
        <LevelNumber>1</LevelNumber>
        <LevelName>FHEQ level (Framework for Higher Education Qualifications) ' Masters/Integrated Masters P4 ' </LevelName>
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    </FheqLevels>
    <Ects>
      <MaxUnits>European Credit Transfer &amp; Accumulation System Rating :   7.5</MaxUnits>
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  <MarketingOverview Applicant="Y" Label="Marketing Course unit overview" Student="">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;This module gives you the opportunity to analyse real estate markets and, study property investment and development in global cities. You first learn about the broader institutional setting and property markets within a specific country and, the real estate investment and development context of your fieldtrip location. Given its hands on approach, industry-led activities, and real life applicability this module provides networking opportunities with an eye for students’ employability.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The core activity in the module is a fieldtrip to a specific global city, including: &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;• introduction to the country and city property markets focusing on both investment and development&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;• academic lectures (building up knowledge towards the fieldtrip)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;• practitioner led talks and presentations &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;• site visits and study tours &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <UnitOverview Applicant="" Label="Course unit overview" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;This module gives you the opportunity to analyse real estate markets and, study property investment and development in global cities. You first learn about the broader institutional setting and property markets within a specific country and, the real estate investment and development context of your fieldtrip location. Given its hands on approach, industry-led activities, and real life applicability this module provides networking opportunities with an eye for students’ employability.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The core activity in the module is a fieldtrip to a specific global city, including: &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;• introduction to the country and city property markets focusing on both investment and development&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;• academic lectures (building up knowledge towards the fieldtrip)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;• practitioner led talks and presentations &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;• site visits and study tours &amp;nbsp;&lt;br&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <Aims Applicant="Y" Label="Aims" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;The unit aims to:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;1 – Support students to explore real estate markets in global cities.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;2 – Provide students with the tools/methods to investigate the institutional framework underpinning the development and investment processes in global real estate markets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;3 - Develop students’ critical skills and logical reasoning in market analysis and performance evaluation.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;4 – Enable students to experience first-hand the spatial impact of capital flows into real estate markets.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <LearningOutcomes Applicant="Y" Label="Learning outcomes" Student="Y">
    <Content></Content>
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  <Knowledge Applicant="Y" Label="Knowledge and understanding" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;Distinguish between real estate markets in global and regional cities&lt;br/&gt;Analyse global real estate markets by employing established techniques&amp;nbsp;&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
  </Knowledge>
  <IntellectualSkills Applicant="Y" Label="Intellectual skills" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;Synthesise data from a variety of sources to profile property markets in global cities&lt;br&gt;Critically evaluate how the various institutional frameworks shape property investment and development in global cities&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
  </IntellectualSkills>
  <PracticalSkills Applicant="Y" Label="Practical skills" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;Explain the spatial implications of investment inflows into real estate markets&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
  </PracticalSkills>
  <TransferableSkills Applicant="Y" Label="Transferable skills and personal qualities" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;Work effectively in teams and individually to meet project deadlines&lt;br&gt;Present group work in a coherent and professional manner to both specialist and non-specialist audiences&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
  </TransferableSkills>
  <EmployabilitySkillsList Applicant="Y" Label="Employability skills" Student="Y">
    <Skill>
      <SkillId></SkillId>
      <SkillDescription></SkillDescription>
    </Skill>
  </EmployabilitySkillsList>
  <Syllabus Applicant="Y" Label="Syllabus" Student="Y">
    <Content></Content>
  </Syllabus>
  <TeachingMethods Applicant="Y" Label="Teaching and learning methods" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;Lectures, group presentations and, residential field trip&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <AssessmentMethods Applicant="Y" Label="Assessment methods" Student="Y">
    <IntroText> </IntroText>
    <OtherDescription>&lt;p&gt;Group oral presentation 10-15 minutes (max 300 words per student) - Weighting 15%&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Individual essay 2,000 words written essay - Weighting 85%&lt;br/&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</OtherDescription>
  </AssessmentMethods>
  <FeedbackMethods Applicant="Y" Label="Feedback methods" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;Formative feedback is provided immediately following presentation and written feedback within 15 working days via VLE&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <RequirementsList Applicant="Y" Label="Pre/co-requisites" Student="Y">
    <Requirement>
      <UnitCode></UnitCode>
      <UnitTitle></UnitTitle>
      <RequirementType></RequirementType>
      <Description></Description>
    </Requirement>
    <AdditionalRequirement></AdditionalRequirement>
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  <AcademicPrograms Applicant="Y" Label="Academic programmes" Student="Y">
    <AcademicProgram>
      <Program></Program>
      <Plan></Plan>
      <Level></Level>
      <Requirement></Requirement>
    </AcademicProgram>
  </AcademicPrograms>
  <FreeChoice Applicant="Y" Label="Available as a free choice unit?" Student="Y">
    <Content>N</Content>
  </FreeChoice>
  <Accreditation Applicant="Y" Label="Accreditation" Student="Y">
    <Content></Content>
  </Accreditation>
  <RecommendedReading Applicant="Y" Label="Recommended reading" Student="Y">
    <Content>&lt;p&gt;Baum, A. (2023, 4th ed.) Real Estate Investment: A Strategic Approach, Routledge, Abingdon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lizieri, C. (2009) Towers of Capital: Office Markets and International Financial Services, Blackwell-Wiley, Oxford.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;MacGregor, B. D, Schulz R, and. Green R. K (eds.) (2019) Routledge Companion to&lt;br/&gt;Real Estate Investment, Routledge, Abingdon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Moss, A. and Farrelly, K. (2025) Global Real Estate Capital Markets: Theory and Practice, Routledge, Abingdon.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;The above constitute the core reading list which will be supplemented with additional literature specific to the destination global city. This list, which comprises of relevant articles and books/book chapters, will be made available as part of the course unit guide.&lt;/p&gt;</Content>
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  <StudyHours Applicant="Y" Label="Study hours" Student="Y">
    <IntroText> </IntroText>
    <ScheduledHours Applicant="Y" Label="Scheduled activity hours" Student="Y">
      <ActivityHours>
        <ActivityType>Fieldwork</ActivityType>
        <Hours>40</Hours>
      </ActivityHours>
      <ActivityHours>
        <ActivityType>Lectures</ActivityType>
        <Hours>10</Hours>
      </ActivityHours>
    </ScheduledHours>
    <PlacementHours Applicant="Y" Label="Placement hours" Student="Y">
      <ActivityHours>
        <ActivityType></ActivityType>
        <Hours>0</Hours>
      </ActivityHours>
    </PlacementHours>
    <TotalHours Applicant="Y" Label="Independent study hours" Student="Y">
      <Hours>100</Hours>
    </TotalHours>
  </StudyHours>
  <Notes Applicant="Y" Label="Additional notes" Student="Y">
    <Content></Content>
  </Notes>
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