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Introducing… Our apprenticeship directors

Apprenticeships have become an increasingly integral staple of UCEM’s education provision since we first offered them in 2015. We continually survey the apprenticeship landscape to ensure we are offering the…

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Introducing… Our apprenticeship outcomes officers

We have 18 apprenticeship outcomes officers (AOOs) in total who provide one-to-one support to our apprentices. The AOO role is all-encompassing and includes providing pastoral support and ensuring apprentices and…

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In focus: Our nominees for the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2020 – Dan Nixon

Three UCEM apprentices and three alumni have been nominated in various categories at this year’s RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards.   In the lead-up to the Awards,…

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National Apprenticeship Week visit round-up

Many of our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officers (AOOs) went to visit apprentices and their employers to mark National Apprenticeship Week last week.   We published a summary of the visits and…

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Introducing… Our business development team

UCEM started offering apprenticeships in 2015 just around the same time as the institution’s business development team was formed. Our business development team is central to our work on apprenticeships…

My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by Karl Bunting, UCEM Foundation Year Programme Leader

Starting out I got into the Built Environment as an apprentice electrician. I became a Facilities Manager for Marks & Spencer having worked in various electrical based trades. Travel I…

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Spotlight on Sadaqat Hussain, UCEM’s Asian Apprenticeship Awards nominee

UCEM’s Chartered Surveyor Degree apprentice, Sadaqat Hussain, has been nominated in the Construction category for the Asian Apprenticeship Awards in October. Sadaqat, an Apprentice Surveyor at Cushman & Wakefield, is…

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Principal Thoughts: Augar review a welcome development

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley runs the rule over the Augar review of post-18 education and funding, finding much to like should…

Ashley Wheaton UCEM Principal

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…

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National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Our AOO, David Meilhan goes on-site with Malcolm Hollis apprentice, Dan Nixon in Watford

To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week, we are sending out four of our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officers (AOOs) to shadow several apprentices throughout the week. The shadowing opportunities will provide our AOOs…

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Introducing… Our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officers

Having started our new ‘Introducing…’ blog series last month, this month, to coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, we speak to our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officers – or AOOs. We have 13…

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RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2018: Our apprentice and alumni nominees in focus

At the end of September, we learnt that 11 of our apprentices and alumni had been nominated in various categories for the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards…