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Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Making things better, the gender pay gap and a pet’s playground

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 the latest RICS Modus magazine’s theme of making things better, RIBA’s advice on how to…

Attending an Open Doors event in Bracknell: Guest blog by our Disability and Wellbeing Administrator, Phoebe Hughes

Each year, construction sites across the UK are opened to the public as part of Open Doors week – an initiative designed to encourage people to learn more about the industry and see such workplaces up close. Our intrepid Disability…

Centenary vlog: UCEM’s long-standing partnership with the British Council for Offices (BCO)

During the course of the 100 years The College of Estate Management (CEM) and then University College of Estate Management (UCEM) has operated in so far, there have been many cross-organisational collaborations. One such partnership is that held with the…

Student stories: How studying with UCEM changed Sara’s life

This month’s ‘Student stories’ blog comes from a recent graduate of ours, Sara Kelleher, who studied on our BSc (Hons) Real Estate Management programme from 2013-2018. She tells us her story about how she decided to change career and move…

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Brexit business advice, recent architectural feats and surprising facts about librarians

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 some of the advice being dished out to UK businesses in preparation for (possibly!) leaving…

UCEM’s centenary volunteering programme: Mucking in for Launchpad

UCEM staff are invited to take a charity day once a year. This contractual perk enables colleagues to arrange to volunteer for a charity or use a day’s work to devote to a community project. To highlight this opportunity, UCEM…

Principal Thoughts: The apprenticeships agenda a year on (long read)

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley reviews the progress, or lack of, since writing open letters to five government ministers about the apprenticeships agenda for National Apprenticeship Week 2018 and takes stock of…

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: The big stories in the sector

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy points us to concerning stories about Brexit-influenced panicking in the construction industry, falling house prices in England…

#UCEM100 April centenary blog: Iconic structures – The National Museum of Qatar

Our fourth monthly centenary blog sees us return to the theme of iconic structures; namely, The National Museum of Qatar (known as Desert Rose) in Doha. The museum – inspired by a desert rose – finally opened last week, 12…