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Podcast: Digging Deeper – Projects

Episode 6 of Digging Deeper looks at the Project module our Level 6 students work on. Our latest cohort of Level 6 students will soon be tackling the Project…

Introducing… Our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officers

To coincide with National Apprenticeship Week, we decided to shine the spotlight on our apprenticeship outcomes officers – or AOOs. We have 18 AOOs in total who provide one-to-one…

Why studying online can be more accessible to those with disabilities and neurodiversity

Traditional, face-to-face teaching is not for everyone. Online learning can be a preferable studying experience for some, and an experience which has become more essential over the past year. Students…

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…

Research: Embedding sustainability within UCEM. Guest blog by our Research Assistant – Education & Sustainability, Dr Renuka Thakore

Our Research Assistant – Education & Sustainability, Dr Renuka Thakore, and Director of Research, Innovation and Partnerships, Aled Williams, recently presented on behalf of UCEM at the Associated Schools of…

Graduate stories: Murtuza’s Netflix binge when COVID interrupted celebrations

COVID-19 has turned 2020 into a very tough year but amidst the pervading gloom, there have been stories to warm the heart and people achieving great feats. Our June Graduation…

‘It’s not just about the IT’ – Retaining and enhancing institutional identity in the move to online

Universities’ fears about the quality of online learning and retaining an institutional identity when moving resources online have won a lot of column inches since COVID-19 changed the world we…

Why study on our Year 13 BSc Access Module? Guest blog by the Module Leader, Tony Selman

Year 13 students left in limbo by COVID-19 have until Monday (4 May) to apply onto our bespoke BSc Access Module. Applicants who have a BAME (black, Asian or minority…

Introducing… Our Academic Programme Support Tutors

Our ‘Introducing…’ blog series profiles different teams or services across UCEM. The latest team to feature in the series are the Academic Programme Support Tutors based at our Reading…

UCEM Property Awards 2019: What we learnt

Illustrious industry figures joined us at Haberdashers’ Hall in London for the 32nd UCEM Property Awards. Trophies were handed out to the 32nd UCEM Property Award winner, Sir James Wates,…

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Diversity, building innovation and a positive for social housing

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper points us in the direction of interesting stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy updates us on her visit to the…

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…