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Oxford Brookes Real Estate Society Annual Dinner
This year in May, PRE took a table at the annual OBREMS dinner held at The Institute of Directors on Pall Mall, London SW1 and were proud sponsors of the after dinner drinks. There were over 200 alumni members attending this years dinner. The committee helped raise over £7,000 which will enable bursaries for under privileged students who may have been unable to get reach their potential and pursue a career in the real estate profession.
OBREMS stands for the Oxford Brookes Real Estate Management Society and it is the alumni association for Oxford Brookes University graduates who work in the real estate sector. Our primary goal is to develop and strengthen the links between the School of Built Environment at Oxford Brookes University and its graduates through an active and engaged alumni community. We seek to achieve this by focusing on our three core pillars of: CONNECT, CELEBRATE and CHAMPION.
The Real Estate Alumni is a networking and social functions side of the Society. This is where we actively forge the strong relationships between the professional industry and Oxford Brookes University itself through our events and education programmes. Typical of the events we host and organise throughout the year are:
- APC Lectures;
- Oxford Brookes’ Mentoring Scheme;
- The recent launch and support of the Student Property Monthly;
- Panel debates for the University students on select core curriculum topics;
- Fire side chats with key industry leaders;
- President’s Cup Golf Challenge;
- Annual Dinner and Influencers Events.
Celebrating 10 successful years of more than 500 students having successfully benefited from the scheme.
The Mentoring Scheme was developed in 2012, jointly by OBREMS and the School of the Built Environment for second year and masters Brookes students studying real estate or planning/property development to support them in their studies and career from moving from academic into the property profession. Each Student is matched with an OBREMS mentor for 12 months until they graduate.
Now in its 10th successful year we are celebrating more than 500 students having successfully benefited from the scheme. There are now mentees becoming mentors and giving something back which is most rewarding for both parties. It also enables mentees to understand what the next generation of property professionals future appetites and career goals are. Knowledge is key in this profession and giving something back is extremely helpful and fulfilling.
This year the launch event was hosted by Savills and it was brilliant to be back to face-to-face networking. This year we matched a record 90 students with mentors and have had the highest take up of students getting graduate positions.
