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Podcast: A wider look at the impact of the built environment

How much of an impact does the built environment have on our daily lives? How does the sector address sustainability? What do you gain from a career in the built…

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Reading Prison competition: Some entries which didn’t make the shortlist

Next week, we will be revealing the four shortlisted entries from our competition in which secondary school students in Berkshire were invited to share their ideas on how to shape…

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Podcast: UCEM in conversation with… Lucy Gaitskell

Episode 9 of our ‘UCEM in conversation with…’ series sees UCEM PR and social media manager, Andrew Belt, talk to Rolcor Property director, Lucy Gaitskell. Life isn't straightforward and throws…

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My life in the built environment: Guest article by David Hunt, UCEM’s access and transitions programme leader

Early interest in real estate I wanted to do a job where I would not be stuck in an office all day. The big attraction of real estate when I…

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My life in the built environment: Guest article by our construction management programme leader, Christine Gausden

Early interest I wished to be part of the built environment from a very early age, quite literally pre-school, from the age of four. I was interested in buildings, most…

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Podcast: UCEM in conversation with… Nella Pang

Episode 8 of our ‘UCEM in conversation with…’ series sees UCEM PR and social media manager, Andrew Belt, talk to Omega RE managing director, Nella Pang. UCEM alumna, Nella discusses…

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Agile thinking, diplomacy and reaching out: Q&A with our outgoing student trustee and lead student representative, Phoebe Farrell

Student feedback is integral to UCEM’s operations, whether provided informally on our virtual learning environment (VLE) or formally by one of our student representatives, ambassadors or trustees. The trustee role…

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Apprentice stories: Amy’s first impressions of online learning

Amy Wightman is a graduate trainee at the the UK’s leading mixed-tenure developer, Countryside Properties. She is studying on our Chartered Surveyor apprenticeship, completing our MSc Real Estate programme as…

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Podcast: How has COVID-19 changed UCEM?

In the fourth podcast of our series looking at how COVID-19 has affected built environment professions and organisations, we speak to UCEM's Principal, Ashley Wheaton, and head of facilities, Kathy…

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Alumni stories: Shelley’s quantity surveying progress aided by two UCEM bursaries

We are committed to making our online learning programmes accessible to as wide a range of students as possible in our efforts to create a better built environment. As part…

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Pride Month: A celebration of being ‘out’ at work

June is Pride Month – a month where LGBTQ+ people and communities come together to celebrate the freedom to be themselves. Pride Month originally commemorated the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in…

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Introducing… Our new sustainability student ambassador

Our student ambassadors aim to inspire current and potential students at open events and webinars, and through networking. They also have a presence on social media and email communications where…