Doing companies’ assignments with students What kind of students are interested? Skills of teaching staff Conditions How to manage within the Education Programme?

Hanze University students 18 Schools School of Business Management

2058 students 3 different Courses Real Estate (Business Management, Human Resource Management)

School of Real Estate More than 800 students (300 first Year students) 45 employees RICS accreditated 3 Specializations: Commercial Property management, Asset management Area Development

Lies Oldenhof Project manager Real Estate Coaching talented students (Honours) Quality (Audit and Accreditation) Research Methods Companies’ assignments

Students Great variety, directly from secondary school, University of Groningen (academic level) or Professional Education (lower level) Only Professional Real Estate Education Master of Real Estate, accessible after 3 years of practice

Goal of the research Education Programme: Knowing different research types in applied research Define a research assignment Read a research report Arriving at the relevant conclusions Writing a thesis (4th year)

Companies’ assignments in the Education Programme 3rd year applied research part of the curriculum, 3 months, twice a year Internships Honours programme Thesis Tailor made

Coach Skills Background in Research Methods Flexible and creative, thinking step by step Focus on results Knowledge of the subject Accessible for students more than once in a week Able to structure but also selling the assignment Keeping students motivated

Success factors Split up a research in small(er) parts Knowledge of the principal available Information “just in time” Focus on bottlenecks (completion time!) Long term relation with the companies Project filing

Conclusions Establish a circle of Real Estate companies Analyze the question Let students and teachers choose, according to their preferences Confront students with the principal and his demands Use an project planning model (different research types)

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