Principal Thoughts: Delivering for our students in a post-COVID world

Principal Thoughts: Delivering for our students in a post-COVID world

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley picks out his two highlights of the past 12 months.   Is there any other higher education…
Introducing… Our Learning Designers

Introducing… Our Learning Designers

Plenty goes into ensuring UCEM’s supported online education is the very best it can be for our students. A large part of that work is carried out by our Digital…
‘It’s not just about the IT’ – Retaining and enhancing institutional identity in the move to online

‘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…
In focus: Our Management Finance and Science module

In focus: Our Management Finance and Science module

We asked MBA Construction and Real Estate Programme Leader, Marios Konstantinidis, to select a module unique to the MBA to give us a flavour of the programme. Marios chose the…
In focus: Our Management Finance and Science module

In focus: Our Management Finance and Science module

We asked MBA Construction and Real Estate Programme Leader, Marios Konstantinidis, to select a module unique to the MBA to give us a flavour of the programme. Marios chose the…
Principal Thoughts: Encouraging widening participation in the Built Environment

Principal Thoughts: Encouraging widening participation in the Built Environment

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley reflects on the Built Environment’s burgeoning widening participation initiatives and how UCEM is doing its bit to…
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…
8 tips to help you succeed in your exams

8 tips to help you succeed in your exams

All across the world, UCEM postgraduate students will be heading to their local assessment centre to take their exams next week. Ahead of the exams, we have selected eight tips…
Introducing… Our Careers Service

Introducing… Our Careers Service

Each month, we profile a different team or service across UCEM through our ‘Introducing…’ blog series. This month, it’s the turn of our Careers Service, which is led by our…
Nightline Awareness Week 2018: Guest blog by London Nightline Coordinator, Grace Handley

Nightline Awareness Week 2018: Guest blog by London Nightline Coordinator, Grace Handley

Nightline – a confidential listening, support and practical information service for students – is available to all UCEM students, wherever they are in the world, on our Virtual Learning Environment…
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…
A Case Study: From Equine Management to a Chartered Surveying apprenticeship – Laura Rafferty-Trow, Acquisition Manager at Spectrum Solicitors

A Case Study: From Equine Management to a Chartered Surveying apprenticeship – Laura Rafferty-Trow, Acquisition Manager at Spectrum Solicitors

Apprentice Chartered Surveyor, Laura Rafferty-Trow is currently working for Spectrum Solicitors as an Acquisition Manager. We spoke to her to find out why she chose to study with UCEM and…