Developing Higher Education Teaching Skills: Q&A with UCEM Tutor, David Hunt
UCEM is committed to offering the highest standard of teaching to its students and, as part of this commitment, a number of our Tutors have completed CPD teaching qualifications to…
Principal Thoughts: How globalisation is changing higher education
…communications; consequently, there’s more and more access to both ideas and knowledge and goods and services from across the globe. And the ensuing forces of global competition mean that businesses…
Our students in focus: Changing career path to pursue a future within the Built Environment
…as with the traditional method of studying. “The staff were always supportive, especially [UCEM Tutor] Paul Fitchett who helped make my learning experience very good and Amanda Milambo [UCEM BSc…
Our students in focus: Enhancing careers within the Built Environment
…of the module, all your core learning materials are set out on the VLE [Virtual Learning Environment] and you can see what topics you will be studying when. It also…
Principal Thoughts: Advocating a more compassionate construction industry
…there has been inconsistency in its commitment to using the highest-quality materials. Cutting costs can ultimately lead to questionable decisions being taken by some decision-makers in the industry. Yet, the…
Lucy Roper’s Built Environment news round-up: Celebrating success, being valued and a blueprint for the future
…learning materials on subject-specific areas. In 2018, I was invited to sit on the Emerald Library Advisory Network (LAN) – an online librarian community with global representation which provides opportunities…
Housing for Good: What we learnt
…on local and national governments to support One Planet Living. She also pointed to research which found that Bioregional communities had a higher percentage of residents that knew their neighbours…
Q&A with our Chartered Surveyor apprentice, Bayezid Ahmed: Guest blog by our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officer, David Meilhan
…part refurb. We are completing the shell and core on behalf of the client Anglo American UK Ltd/De Beers. The project started in March 2018 and is due for completion…
Student stories: Ashley’s passion for sustainability
…personally and professionally to make sustainability at the forefront in everything I do in order to contribute to a blueprint for the future generations to come. A few examples are;…
UCEM Property Awards 2020 – Our Academic Excellence nominees: Jasmine Walsh
…our Academic Excellence Award since it was added to the Property Awards in 2015. The Academic Excellence Award recognises the academic excellence and quality of a student’s research/dissertation submission….
UCEM Property Awards 2020 – Our Alumni of the Year nominees: Jodie Ronan
…to UCEM for me was that my studies could be flexible around my work commitments. I have a very onerous job so the fact that UCEM’s programme could be completed…
Research: Embedding sustainability within UCEM. Guest blog by our Research Assistant – Education & Sustainability, Dr Renuka Thakore
…colleagues and students. Research ‘Research’ performance is exemplary, buoyed by a strategy of enhancing research capability internally and externally. Two research centres, the Online Learning Research Centre (OLRC) and the…