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National Apprenticeship Week Case Study: Yehya Hawila, Assistant Quantity Surveyor at Costain

We last spoke to Yehya during National Apprenticeship Week 2017 so we thought it would be nice to catch up with him again to see what he’d been up to…

National Apprenticeship Week blog series: UCEM Principal, Ashley Wheaton, addresses Anne Milton (Minister of State at the Department for Education)

Dear Anne Milton National Apprenticeship Week is the perfect time to take stock of all the excellent work going on around the country to deliver high quality apprenticeships. Since 2015…

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My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by James Ritson, UCEM Programme Leader for the MSc Building Surveying programme

Early interest From a young age, I’d always been interested in creating things. I loved, and still love, puzzles and it was this inherent interest in creating things and piecing…

What is the solution to the Built Environment skills crisis?

This question was posed to a group of industry experts at the Built Environment Skills Summit towards the end of last year. Key representatives from organisations such as RICS, CIOB,…

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Why you should consider a Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship

You may be aware that Apprenticeships have changed. But the launch of the Senior Leader Master’s Degree Apprenticeship is a landmark shift in their evolution. It means that for the…

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#UCEMTwitterTakeover – Meet the Admissions Team

Starting this evening (18 December), UCEM’s Admissions Team will be taking to Twitter for weekly ‘Twitter takeover’ Q&A sessions. The friendly team, based at our Horizons office in Reading, will…

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My life in Building Surveying: Guest blog by Jane Ballantyne, UCEM Programme Leader for BSc (Hons) Building Surveying

The path to building surveying My first steps into higher education saw me go to University of Kent to study Philosophy but it wasn’t for me so I moved to…

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My life in Quantity Surveying and Education: Guest blog by Malcolm Kirkpatrick, UCEM Programme Leader for MSc Quantity Surveying

Education I started higher education in 1970, taking an HND in Building, Civil Engineering and Economics at Glamorgan Polytechnic. It was a very broad course and I didn’t know what…

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My life in Real Estate: Guest blog by David Hourihan, UCEM Programme Leader for MSc Real Estate

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…

Providing accessible webinar recordings at UCEM: Guest blog by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan

As a leading online education provider in the Built Environment sector, UCEM provides a range of online learning resources such as podcasts, videos, interactive e-learning materials, webinars and e-textbooks for…

Learning & Teaching Conference 2017: Guest blog by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan

Learning & Teaching Conference 2017: Guest blog by Dr Teeroumanee Nadan

Last month, three of the Online Education Department staff had the opportunity to present their work at the University of Chichester Learning & Teaching Conference 2017: Celebrating Excellence in Learning…

National Apprenticeship Week Briefing - 8th March

UCEM to present at 27th ICDE World Conference on Online Learning: Guest blog by Dr. Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

Guest blog by Dr. Tharindu Liyanagunawardena, Chair of UCEM Online Learning Research Centre I am pleased to announce that University College of Estate Management (UCEM) will be presenting a case…