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Colleagues to students to business partners

Where do you go next after your studies at UCEM? Do you seek a promotion in your workplace, armed with your new degree? Is the degree a necessary step en…

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Introducing… Our apprentice programme student representatives

At UCEM, we want all our students to feel happy and supported in their studies. To help with this aim, each programme has one (or more) student representatives - a…

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Reflections, research and advice: Q&A with our recent academic prize winners

In addition to the conferment of certificates handed out to graduands at our graduation ceremonies, awards are also presented to those who attained the best overall performance on each of…

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Q&A with our new Board of Trustees apprentices

Two of our alumni became the first appointments to the Board of Trustees through its apprentice scheme last month. Laura Bell McMillan and Becky Powley both graduated from our MSc…

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The fourth person in Ethiopia to become a chartered surveyor: Q&A with our MSc Real Estate student, Netsanet Tsegaw

For the majority of UCEM students, becoming a chartered surveyor is the first major goal of their career. Getting to this point by completing the assessment of professional competence (APC),…

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What I’ve learnt – Upskilling in a difficult jobs market: Guest blog by our MSc Real Estate Programme Leader, David Hourihan

Among many other impacts, the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a worldwide downturn in the economy creating a harsher landscape in the jobs market.   Whilst the nature of this downturn…

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From the arts to chartership: Q&A with our MSc Real Estate alumna, Hannah Done

Hannah Done is a Chartered Surveyor in the Office Agency Team at JLL in Edinburgh. Hannah graduated from our MSc Real Estate programme last year and we caught up with…

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Student stories: Charlotte’s move into the world of property

Charlotte Toms is a Graduate Surveyor for Knight Frank in London. Having started off in a residential sales role after completing her undergraduate studies, she decided to pursue a career…

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Podcast: Q&A with our MSc Real Estate Programme Leader, David Hourihan

Our MSc Real Estate Programme Leader, David Hourihan, spoke to UCEM PR and Social Media Manager, Andrew Belt, about his career, and what he loves about working in real estate…

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My life in real estate: Guest blog by our real estate programme leader, David Hourihan

People often ask me what got me into real estate and, for me, it all began through having a basic interest in residential sales as an 18-year-old. I had no…

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Student stories: Fidell’s journey to become a Chartered Surveyor

Our MSc programmes are all conversion programmes meaning they are suitable for students who have a degree in another discipline. One such student was Fidell Brown, who decided to leave…