My life in the built environment: Guest blog by UCEM BSc (Hons) Building Control programme leader, Dean Bieganek

My life in the built environment: Guest blog by UCEM BSc (Hons) Building Control programme leader, Dean Bieganek

Studies and early career I’m a chartered architectural technologist (MCIAT), with 30 years of combined experience in the built environment. I have two related qualifications from Canada – a Poly-technical…
Podcast: The importance of good design in the Built Environment

Podcast: The importance of good design in the Built Environment

Why is good design so important in the Built Environment? How do you define 'good' when it comes to building design? And how does the design part relate to building…
My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by our BSc (Hons) Building Control Programme Leader, Jon Hubert

My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by our BSc (Hons) Building Control Programme Leader, Jon Hubert

First Built Environment experience I finished school at 18 but didn’t get the grades needed to undertake the Philosophy and Economic History degree at the University of Bristol I had…
Principal Thoughts: Making our founder, Sir William Wells, proud

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…
Principal Thoughts: Apprenticeship agenda must be allowed to flourish

Principal Thoughts: Apprenticeship agenda must be allowed to flourish

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley reflects on personnel changes in government and makes the case for apprenticeships to remain high on the…
Principal Thoughts: Doing our bit to prevent another Grenfell

Principal Thoughts: Doing our bit to prevent another Grenfell

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley discusses the launch of UCEM’s new BSc (Hons) Building Control programme and the impact this can have…
Principal Thoughts: The apprenticeships agenda a year on (long read)

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…
Principal Thoughts: Advocating a more compassionate construction industry

Principal Thoughts: Advocating a more compassionate construction industry

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley surveys the UK construction industry and sees some encouraging signs in terms of protecting its workers and…