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Student stories: Ashley’s passion for sustainability

Why should we be sustainable? Our Surveying Technician apprentice (Quantity Surveying and Construction Pathway), Ashley White, became an advocate for sustainability after seeing the damaging impact on our ecosystem while…

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Q&A with our Chartered Surveyor apprentice, Bayezid Ahmed: Guest blog by our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officer, David Meilhan

As part of National Apprenticeship week, I went out to meet Bayezid Ahmed, one of our Chartered Surveyor apprentices on the Project Management pathway. I met Bayezid on site at…

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Podcast: Digging Deeper – Episode 1: Apprenticeships

Episode 1 of our new Digging Deeper podcast focuses on apprenticeships.   UCEM PR and Social Media Manager, Andrew Belt, is joined by UCEM Principal, Ashley Wheaton, UCEM Director of…

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UCEM Property Awards 2019: Meet the Alumni of the Year Award nominees

We will be welcoming guests to Haberdashers’ Hall in London for the 32nd edition of the UCEM Property Awards tomorrow.   In addition to the main Property Award, which goes…

Reducing food waste, reusing construction materials and renewable energy solutions: Our students’ and alumni’s 13 shortlisted Projects for Good

Upon arrival at our exclusive student and alumni centenary event in London last Thursday, guests were invited to look at the displays for our Projects for Good Exhibition.  The displays…

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Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Iconic buildings, structures and landmarks

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy brings us stories relating to one of…

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#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…

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National Apprenticeship Week 2019: Our Lead AOO, Sarah Olliver meets Faithful+Gould apprentices, Tom Collins and Naomi Brown in London

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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#UCEM100 February centenary blog: Iconic buildings – Crossrail

Having launched our monthly centenary blog last month, this month’s blog is the first on one of our centenary themes – namely, iconic buildings. During the course of 2019, we…

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Student stories: Ranikque’s determination to become a Quantity Surveyor

This month, we are publishing the first in a new monthly blog series looking at individual student stories. The blogs will provide an opportunity to give current UCEM students the…

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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…

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UCEM Property Awards 2018: Interview with a past winner

The 31st UCEM Property Awards take place tomorrow in London. Three guests will walk away with awards from the luncheon at Haberdashers’ Hall. There will be the main Property Award…