Inspire future surveyors

RICS professionals do amazing work shaping the built and natural environments. We know that future generations need inspiring to discover the fulfilment offered by a career within surveying, and we need the help of our inspirational professionals.

The RICS Inspire programme is our catalyst for showcasing the profession to the next generation. Initiatives run by the programme inspire young people and influencers about surveying's role in shaping our world and equipping young people with the skills needed to pursue a professional surveying career.

Interact with students as they make key decisions for their future careers.

Inspire Workshops have seen over 8,200 students from 40 schools across the UK take on different surveying roles, resulting in a significant increase of students considering a career in surveying.

Aimed at students in year 11 and 13 across the UK, inspire workshops have been developed from research which shows that school students engage most with activities which motivate and interest them - primarily in a non-academic format.

Using RICS’ insight about the profession and its desire to promote the vast number of career opportunities available to students. Inspire workshops gets students to form small teams, where they complete project-based tasks and challenges designed to provide a “taster” of the numerous careers within the industry, reflecting aspects of surveying and project management and the skills needed.

These workshops are run by specialist educational facilitators but RICS needs professionals to be Inspire Ambassadors, sharing their real-life experiences and industry knowledge to really bring the workshops to life.

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Design Engineer Construct (DEC) is an accredited GCSE and A level equivalent qualification specifically developed to create and inspire the next generation of Built Environment professionals.

Through a project-based approach, DEC applies pure academic subjects to the latest construction industry practices. The result is young people with real-world practical experience, employability skills and passion to succeed as built environment professionals.

This unique learning programme offers all employers, irrespective of size, the chance to engage with students genuinely interested in working towards a career in the built environment, resulting in a ‘home grown’ talent pipeline of work ready, knowledgeable young professionals ready who would have never previously considered a career in the built environment.

RICS adopted Clacton Coastal Academy as sponsored school to run a DEC programme and have seen amazing pupils coming out of the programme. We would strongly encourage all firms to consider adopting a DEC school as part of their talent development.

Find out more about DEC

RICS gets asked to attend and support a lot of schools and university visits. We always try to make this possible and we have a suite of materials to support volunteers, however last year we sent out over 50,000 brochures so we have to look strategically at each opportunity and the value it brings to the profession.

If you are going into or interested in visiting a school or university then register as an Inspire Ambassador using the form at the bottom if this page so that we can get in touch with agreed opportunities.

Why should you become an Accreditation Reviewer?

Engage: RICS encourages our professionals to lean in and engage with the next generation of surveyors.

Make a difference: Working with Accredited universities, programme leaders, and students helps to make a difference in the sector.

Gain and Share Knowledge: Use this as an opportunity to share your knowledge but also grow and learn from others.

“I am pleased to be involved in the RICS accreditation process. We as professional members have the chance to work with the future of our profession by providing necessary and constructive input during the review of each programme.”

Pol Tansens, MRICS

Head of Real Estate Investment Strategy, BNP Paribas Fortis

“My personal experience with the RICS accreditation process was great; I had a chance to meet international colleagues, share ideas and learn new practices, but most importantly improve every time.”

Marzia Morena, FRICS

Associate Professor, Politecnico di Milano

RICS is seeking to appoint Chartered Surveyors to support the Global Education and Qualification Standards department in the task of accrediting programmes worldwide. An Accreditation Reviewer will be responsible for reviewing programmes for accreditation and re-accreditation against the 10 criteria detailed in our accreditation policy.

For more information on becoming an Accreditation Reviewer please download and review the Accreditation Reviewer Role profile below.

Accreditation Reviewer: role profile (pdf 0.25MB)

Published date: 15 August 2019

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Inspire future surveyors

Inspire Workshops

Design Engineer Construct (DEC)

University and schools visits

Become an Accreditation Reviewer

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