About

I am the Head of Built Environment within the College of Science and Engineering. I am responsible for the overall development and management of the Division, covering the subject areas of Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Construction, Architectural Technology and Interior Architecture. My other role in the University includes ERDF Low Carbon Project Lead. I actively engage with built environment professional bodies and wider academia, serving as a national committee member, external examiner and external panel member for UG and PG courses and editorial boards for international journals. I am also an active researcher and publish widely in pedagogy in the built environment, construction project management and property investment. I also have successfully supervised PhD, DBA and Professional Doctorate students through to completion in the UK and Australia.

Prior to joining the University, I was the Head of Property and Real Estate in the University of Salford which I led the development of discipline’s course portfolio development. I led the development of the online MSc Real Estate in the Middle East, in conjunction with the Dubai Real Estate Institute. I also held various appointments in UK and overseas higher education institutions.

Research interests

• Pedagogy in built environment education
• Graduate employability
• Curriculum development and enhancement
• Student satisfaction
• Construction project management
• Professional ethics in built environment
• Property economics

Membership of professional bodies

• Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy
• Member of Chartered Institute of Building
• Fellow of Leadership Foundation for Higher Education

Qualifications

• BSc in Real Estate, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
• MSc in Real Estate, University of Reading, UK)
• PhD in Construction Project Management, University of Wolverhampton
• MA in Education, Lancaster University
• PGCE in Higher Education Management and Administration, Open University
• Postgraduate Cert. in Higher Education, Nottingham Trent University

Recent conferences

Develop a framework to identify the relationship between student satisfaction and experience within the built environment area and their graduates’ employability within the UK, ARCOM Conference 2019, Leeds, UK

Development of smart cities concept in higher education sector, CIB World Building congress, June 2019, Hong Kong.

The roles of employers in the motivation of the quantity surveyors: The Malaysian construction industry, COBRA conference, April 2018, London.

Engaging sustainability good practice within the curriculum and property portfolio in the higher education sector, European Real Estate Society (ERES) Conference, June 2014, Bucharest, Romania

Experience in industry

Prior to returning to academia, I was a Project Manager in Blue Chips Company and Programme Manager responsible for leading multi-million European Social Funded project.

International experience

I was Acting Discipline Leader for Property and Real Estate and Course Director for PG Property courses in Deakin University, Australia. I was also Visiting Fellow for Deakin University. I was Honorary Lecturer for Laureate, USA, Adjunct Professor in Robert Kennedy College, Switzerland and I worked in Hong Kong and Northern Ireland.

In the media

Interview by the RICS Official Magazine: Modus, published in September 2016 edition. Article title: The Complete Graduate

Recent publications

• Poon, J. (2019) Postgraduate student satisfaction in the UK. Property Management. 37(1), pp.115-135
• Poon, J. (2017) Foreign direct investment in the UK real estate market. Pacific Rim Real Estate Journal. Journal. 23(3), 249-266
• Poon, J. (2017) Engaging sustainability good practice within the curriculum design and property portfolio in the Australian higher education sector. International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education. 18(1) 146-162
• Poon, J. (2017) Relationships between demographic factors and employment prospects of architecture, construction and urban planning graduates. International Journal of Construction Education and Research, 13(2), 83–101
• Poon, J. (2016) A study of real estate student satisfaction in Australia. Pacific Rim Property Research Journal (PRPRJ), 21(3), 215-233
• Poon, J. and Brownlow, M. (2015) Development of students’ commercial awareness within the curriculum of professionally accredited courses: A case study of property courses. Education and Training, 57(4), 1-25
• Poon, J. (2014) Do real estate courses sufficiently develop their graduates’ employability skills? Perspectives from multiple stakeholders. Education and Training, 56(6), 562-581
• Poon, J. and Brownlow, M. (2014) Students’ views on the incorporation of commercial awareness in real estate education. Property Management, 32(4), 326-351. (Highly Commended Award Winner 2015: Emerald Literati Network for Excellence)
• Poon, J., Hoxley, M. and Fuchs, W. (2011) Real estate education: an investigation of multiple stakeholders. Property Management, 29(5), 468–487. (Highly Commended Award Winner 2012: Emerald Literati Network for Excellence)
• Poon, J. and Hoxley, M. (2010) Use of moral theory to analyse Code of Practice for built environment professional organisation: a case study of Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. International Journal of Law in the Built Environment, 2(3), 260-275
• Adair, A., Berry, J., McGreal, S., Poon, J., Hutchison, N., Watkins, C. and Gibb, K. (2005) Investment performance within urban regeneration locations. Journal of Property Investment and Finance, 23(1), 7-21. (Outstanding Paper Award 2006: Emerald Literati Network for Excellence)
• Adair, A., Berry, J., McGreal, S., Poon, J., Hutchison, N., Watkins, C. and Gibb, K. (June 2003) Investment performance within urban regeneration locations: in 10th Conference of the European Real Estate Society, Helsinki, Finland. (Emerald Gerald Brown Award 2003 for Best Paper in the Area of Real Estate Investment and Valuation)