Principal Thoughts: Augar review a welcome development

Principal Thoughts: Augar review a welcome development

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley runs the rule over the Augar review of post-18 education and funding, finding much to like should…
Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment blog: Brextension, Lidl’s sustainability efforts, VR and 3D zebra crossings

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…
Introducing… Our Online Learning Research Centre

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

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

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…
Introducing our Facilities Management Supervisor apprenticeship

Introducing our Facilities Management Supervisor apprenticeship

All businesses which manage property need some form of facilities management, whether it’s managing use of physical space or providing software and systems that support an organisation’s key purpose. Increasingly,…
Principal Thoughts: UCEM’s bold new vision

Principal Thoughts: UCEM’s bold new vision

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. Having reflected on his first five years as Principal of UCEM in last month’s edition, Ashley looks ahead to the…
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

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…
Principal Thoughts: a discussion on online learning

Principal Thoughts: a discussion on online learning

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. In this edition, Ashley provides his insight into the world of online education and speaks with colleagues Fiona Harvey, Head…
A case study: How one of the UK’s top Real Estate companies has leveraged apprenticeships

A case study: How one of the UK’s top Real Estate companies has leveraged apprenticeships

In our latest employer case study blog, we speak with Ema Saunders, Graduate Programme Director at Savills, who provides insight into the benefits of apprenticeships and gives advice for other…
From Recruitment to Quantity Surveying: how leveraging the benefits of an apprenticeship can help you reach your career goals

From Recruitment to Quantity Surveying: how leveraging the benefits of an apprenticeship can help you reach your career goals

In our latest student case study blog, we speak with Tim Whitcher, Assistant Quantity Surveyor at Evolution5, who’s studying the Chartered Surveyor Quantity Surveying Pathway apprenticeship with UCEM. Realising my…
Q&A: As we’re nearing the end of National Apprenticeship Week, we asked one employer what they look for in an apprentice

Q&A: As we’re nearing the end of National Apprenticeship Week, we asked one employer what they look for in an apprentice

The Built Environment sector is currently experiencing a critical skills shortage. When the recession hit in 2008, the sector lost around 140,000 jobs. But we need construction talent more than…