Housing for Good: What we learnt
…1990s, he was able to buy a house with his girlfriend after leaving university but now, the possibility of university-leavers being able to buy a house is out of reach…
World Mental Health Day 2018 – What we can do to break the stigma and build awareness: Guest blog by UCEM Principal, Ashley Wheaton
…generate awareness, break the stigma and do our best to support those suffering in silence. A few useful websites: www.stress.org.uk/recognising-workplace-stress/ www.constructionindustryhelpline.com/ www.samaritans.org/ References: Alderson L (2018) ‘Mental health:…
Why studying online can be more accessible to those with disabilities and neurodiversity
…with studying with their disability. Sources: https://ablemagazine.co.uk/distancelearning/ https://www.onlineuniversities.com/articles/students/the-benefits-of-online-ed-for-disabled-students/ https://www.aoc.co.uk/exploring-online-learning-and-student-mental-health For more on the support available to you at UCEM, take a look at our Disability and wellbeing support webpage….
Sustainability network’s ‘considerable progress’
…getting companies to buy into proactive climate change initiatives Elio Jacob Hennrich Junior, representing the Federal Institute of Paraná in Brazil, advocated the creation of small grassroots movements to combat…
My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by our MSc Building Surveying Programme Leader, James Ritson
…whole sector through this programme. Building surveying covers the whole cycle from helping people to buy their first home to managing large projects and important buildings, such as national monuments….
UCEM Property Awards 2020 – Our Academic Excellence nominees: Laura Millican
…management of several significant fit-out packages on the hotel element of the project, providing robust commercial and risk management processes to deliver cost certainty for the client. Laura has also…
My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by James Ritson, UCEM Programme Leader for the MSc Building Surveying programme
…through this programme. Building surveying covers the whole cycle from helping people to buy their first home to managing large projects and important buildings, such as national monuments. James has…
Our students in focus: Debunking the myths surrounding online education
Everything is online now. You want to catch up with the latest news? Go online. You want to buy your weekly shopping? Order it online. You want to set up…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Diversity, building innovation and a positive for social housing
…on the latest developments in relation to the CLA’s Digital Content Store (DCS) – an innovative web-based platform that combines a searchable repository of digitised book and journal extracts with…
Lucy Roper’s Built Environment blog: Focus on housing and infrastructure
…housing. Among the recommendations are the suspension of the Right to Buy in England and the adoption of ‘community benefit clauses’ in planning policy to enable councils to maximise the…
How do students fall into debt and what should you be aware of. Guest blog by our Academic Registry Administrator, Alex Clark
…financially and advice on what pitfalls to avoid. Here, our Academic Registry Administrator, Alex Clark – himself, a recent Business Studies with Marketing graduate from Bournemouth University – presents his…
Student stories: Ashley’s passion for sustainability
…movie has been released, the population in clown fish has diminished significantly due to a high demand wanted for fish tanks. I, along with my fellow traveller, witnessed a man…