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Online learning important component of levelling up in HE: Comment by UCEM Principal, Ashley Wheaton

Levelling up in higher education (HE) needn’t be solely addressed through bricks and mortar. I read with interest Mark Leach’s thought-provoking article for WonkHE on HE providers expanding geographically to…

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OER20 Conference: UCEM presentations

The Association for Learning Technology’s (ALT) annual Open Education Conference took place online earlier this month. The Conference brings together open education experts from across the UK and saw our…

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Principal Thoughts: Making our founder, Sir William Wells, proud

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley reflects on our centenary year activity and examines how the past 100 years have achieved the aims…

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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Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Brextension, Lidl’s sustainability efforts, VR and 3D zebra crossings

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 stories looking at the…

Dr Tharindu Liyanagunawardena

Introducing… Our Online Learning Research Centre

As an online university college, our staff are not as visible as the staff you would encounter at a traditional university. Therefore, you may not know how many colleagues we…

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Global learning: Q&A with Natasha Collins, our Real Estate Tutor in New York

UCEM’s online mode of study is a modern solution for our international student community but students aren’t the only people we engage with worldwide. We work with international professional bodies…

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Technology within education is great and ever-improving but the students must come first: UCEM’s Vice Principal – Online Education, Lynne Downey, responds to the Education Secretary

Damian Hinds, the UK’s Education Secretary, yesterday challenged the tech industry to launch an ‘education revolution’ for schools, colleges and universities. The MP is calling upon tech organisations to develop…

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Principal Thoughts: The Hackitt Report and the Impact on the Built Environment

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. In this edition, Ashley provides his insight into the likely implications of the Hackitt report and speaks with colleagues Jane…