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UCEM makes raft of new appointments to its academic team

UCEM’s academic team is bolstered by the addition of nine appointments. The new roles comprise four internal promotions, three of whom are colleagues that have worked as associate tutors on…

UCEM’s built environment sustainability revolution gathers momentum with short course reaching 1,000 registrations

More than 1,000 people have signed up to UCEM’s free, online, ‘Energy and Carbon in the Built Environment’ CPD course. The short course – launched last month – offers an…

UCEM’s digital education team shortlisted for ALT Learning Technologist Team of the Year

UCEM’s digital education team will find out this evening whether it has been crowned the 2021 Learning Technologist Team of the Year. The team is shortlisted for the accolade by…

UCEM and DiverseCity Surveyors launch BAME mentoring scheme

UCEM and DiverseCity Surveyors have joined forces to launch a mentoring scheme designed to support black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) students succeed in the built environment. An initial group…

UCEM apprentice’s design and build project wins national offsite construction award

A design and build project which a UCEM apprentice worked on won in its category at the 2021 Offsite Construction Awards. Rio Nicolaou was the lead quantity surveyor on expansion…

Reading Town Hall comes alive for UCEM’s autumn graduations

Reading Town Hall came alive as more than 300 graduates celebrated their academic achievements across three graduation ceremonies last weekend. Just shy of 1,000 guests in total descended upon the…

UCEM appoints first Board of Trustees apprentices

Two UCEM alumni have become the first appointments to the Board of Trustees through its apprentice scheme. Becky Powley and Laura Bell McMillan were successful in their application from a…

UCEM alumna takes home asset and facilities management prize at RICS Matrics awards

A UCEM alumna was ‘delighted’ after winning in her category at the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2021 on Friday. Laura Walker, who graduated from UCEM’s BSc…

UCEM boosts its accessibility credentials with launch of course for staff

Colleagues at UCEM are encouraged to become accessibility experts thanks to the launch of an internal CPD course. The Accessibility Awareness course – created by UCEM learning technology researcher, Dr…

UCEM alumni, apprentices and student shortlisted at RICS Matrics awards

Seven UCEM alumni, two apprentices and a student are shortlisted in several categories at the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2021. Alicia Styring, Charlotte Turner, Gabrielle Boyles…

UCEM and The Prince’s Foundation launch free toolkit for rapidly growing cities or towns to develop sustainably

City leaders, local governments and built environment professionals in rapidly growing towns and cities can learn how to implement sustainable development thanks to a new, free toolkit. The Rapid Planning…

UCEM alumnus wins construction apprentice award

A UCEM alumnus was ‘over the moon’ after winning a regional construction apprentice award. Sam Prideaux, who studied on UCEM’s Chartered Surveyor apprenticeship (Quantity Surveying route), won ‘best construction apprentice’…