Irene Barclay

#UCEM100 March centenary blog: Inspiring women in the Built Environment – Irene Barclay

We are now into the third month of our centenary year with plenty more events to look forward to and heritage stories to share with you. For the March centenary…
Alex Clifton having a meeting with her manager

National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Our Lead AOO, Debi Gaskin-Palmer shadows our Lambert Smith Hampton apprentices, Alex Clifton and Jack Deakin in Lincoln

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we are sending out four of our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officers (AOOs) to shadow several apprentices throughout the week. The shadowing opportunities will provide our AOOs…
A watercolour with a poen aboout the ebb and flow of tides

Student stories: Louise’s journey to achieve good mental health

After launching our monthly ‘Student stories’ blog last month with Ranikque Hayden-Best describing her route to becoming a Quantity Surveyor, this month we hand over the reins to our BSc…
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Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Reasons to be cheerful

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy decides to give news about Brexit a…
Arlo Francis

National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Our AOO, Bethan Watts shadows our Savills apprentice, Arlo Francis in London

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we are sending out four of our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officers (AOOs) to shadow several apprentices throughout the week. The shadowing opportunities will provide our AOOs…
Our apprenticeship outcome officers

Introducing… Our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officers

Having started our new ‘Introducing…’ blog series last month, this month, to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, we speak to our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officers – or AOOs. We have 13…

What we are doing to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week

Today (Monday, 4 March) marks the start of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week. It is an annual celebration of the positive impact of apprenticeships in the UK and one which…
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Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Getting outdoors, planning for a no-deal Brexit and ‘Men at Work’

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, in honour of the glorious weather which has…
Crossrail

#UCEM100 February centenary blog: Iconic buildings – Crossrail

Having launched our monthly centenary blog last month, this month’s blog is the first on one of our centenary themes – namely, iconic buildings. During the course of 2019, we…
Ashley Wheaton UCEM Principal

Principal Thoughts: Advocating a more compassionate construction industry

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley surveys the UK construction industry and sees some encouraging signs in terms of protecting its workers and…
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Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Looking ahead to the near future

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy looks at what’s on the horizon for…
Dr Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

Introducing… Our Online Learning Research Centre

As an online university college, our staff are not as visible as the staff you would encounter at a traditional university. Therefore, you may not know how many colleagues we…