Urban Studies
Job Profiles
To help you make an informed career choice Prospects have compiled comprehensive profiles on jobs and occupations throughout most sectors of industry and commerce. Each profile includes the following information:
- Job Description and Typical Role Activities
- Salary and Conditions
- Entry Requirements
- Further Training or Professional Study Required
- Career Development Paths and Opportunities
- Typical Employers and Vacancy Sources
- Related Jobs
- Graduate Case Studies
- Useful Contacts and Further Resources
Career Options
Discover career options relevant to your degree subject on the Prospects website. Don't forget - a wide variety of career options are open to students with 'any degree' subject! Find out:
- What skills you have developed by studying your particular subject area
- What your job options are with your degree
- Which career areas do most graduates with your degree go into
- What further study options are open to you
- Useful contacts and further resources
Graduate Job Sites
AgencyCentral - Access to recruitment agencies for graduates in Estate Management.
CIH - Chartered Institute of Housing. Website includes a 'Recruitment Contacts' section.
Estates Gazette - Estates Gazette - weekly magazine includes vacancies.
IRRV - Institute of Revenues Ratings and Valuation. IRRV Job Pages - current job vacancies in revenues, benefits, valuation and rating throughout the country.
Property People - The independent voice of housing. Weekly magazine of housing news and people with a jobs section.
Property Jobs - Graduate Opportunities section includes vacancies.
RICS - The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. 'Career Zone' contains Jobs and Salary Surveys.
Graduate Employers
Below is a selection of employers that recruit Urban Studies graduates.
Useful Links
Association of Town Centre Management - ATCM is Europe's largest membership organisation dedicated to helping town and city centre development. Online member list available of primarily public private partnerships from across the UK as well as both public and private sector stakeholders.
British Urban Regeneration Association - is a leading independent organisation for urban regeneration in the UK.
Directory of Planning Associates - the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Online Directory lists around 450 consultancies who provide expertise on any field of planning. The RTPI is the largest professional planning body in the world.
Estates Gazette - is published for property industry professionals, providing industry news, legal, financial and professional developments and publishes supplements on trends and specialist markets. The site includes a vacancy search section called Property Jobs.
Jobs in Estate Agency - is the website of Estate Agency Professionals, the only recruitment agency officially appointed by the National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA), the estate agency industry trade body.
Jobs in Surveying - is a searchable recruitment site.
National Association of Estate Agents - iis the leading professional body in estate agency and is represented through its members in more than 60 per cent of estate agency offices in the UK.
Property Week - is an industry publication which includes regional surveys, sector profiles, information on industry events and a searchable jobs page.
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors - is a global ‘standards and membership’ organisations for professionals involved in land, valuation, real estate, construction and environmental issues.
Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) - exists to advance the science and art of town planning for the benefit of the public. It is a membership organisation, and a registered charity.
Survey Association - is the representative organisation of UK private surveying firms.
Regen - An authoritative and up-to-date website for regeneration professionals, hosting latest information on community renewal, economic development and physical regeneration. There's also specialised information to help you further your career and a directory of organisations.
SURF - The SURF network aims to be the primary arena for debate on community regeneration in Scotland. The web site has a useful list of members of the network among other useful industry information.
Urban Design Directory - The Urban Design Directory on this site lists practices, commercial organisations, and educational establishments with urban design courses, who are members of the UDG. It is an invaluable guide to the urban design network.
National Register of Access Consultants - The National Register of Access Consultants (NRAC) is an independent register of accredited Access Auditors and Access Consultants who meet professional standards and criteria established by a peer review system. It is a UK-wide accreditation service for individuals who undertake access auditing and access consultancy.
RUDI - The Resource for Urban Design Information (RUDI) is the largest web resource dedicated to urban design and placemaking. There is a useful consultancy and service directory.
Royal Town Planning Institue - From Planning Magazine, the official magazine of The Royal Town Planning Institute, Planning jobs includes vacancies at all levels, experience and disciplines including town planning, economic development, enforcement, development control and planning consultants.