Students completing this course have an excellent employment record. Full-time students complete an assessed Test of Professional Practice during the placement year. There may be 2 ESRC bursaries for full-time students accepted on the course. ESF funding may also be available for self-funding students. Such students will generally be working in a social housing organisation and will complete their Test of Professional Practice in the workplace.
Attendance is one day per week.
There is a programme of study visits and field trips to schemes of interest to housing practitioners. This may include a week long study visit to the Netherlands. As a well-established route into the housing profession, the course also seeks to develop transferable skills through regular individual and group presentations and simulation or role play. The course is assessed exclusively by coursework, including individual and group project work, essays and seminar presentations. In the second year optional work placement, students complete a Placement File which records their achievement at the workplace.