In focus: Our nominees for the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2020 – Poppy Taylor

In focus: Our nominees for the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2020 – Poppy Taylor

Three UCEM apprentices and three alumni have been nominated in various categories at this year’s RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards.   In the lead-up to the Awards,...

In focus: Our nominees for the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2020 – Matthew Stevens

In focus: Our nominees for the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2020 – Matthew Stevens

Three UCEM apprentices and three alumni have been nominated in various categories at this year’s RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards.   In the lead-up to the Awards,...

In focus: Our nominees for the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2020 – Thomas Scarlett

In focus: Our nominees for the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2020 – Thomas Scarlett

Three UCEM apprentices and three alumni have been nominated in various categories at this year’s RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards.   In the lead-up to the Awards,...

Making it onto EMpower’s 100 Ethnic Minority Future Leaders list: Guest blog by our Chartered Surveyor apprentice, Sadaqat Hussain

Making it onto EMpower’s 100 Ethnic Minority Future Leaders list: Guest blog by our Chartered Surveyor apprentice, Sadaqat Hussain

Sadaqat Hussain, an Apprentice Surveyor for Cushman & Wakefield who studies on our Chartered Surveyor apprenticeship (Commercial Real Estate pathway), has made it on to the list of EMpower’s 100...

Student stories: Ashley’s passion for sustainability

Student stories: Ashley’s passion for sustainability

Why should we be sustainable? Our Surveying Technician apprentice (Quantity Surveying and Construction Pathway), Ashley White, became an advocate for sustainability after seeing the damaging impact on our ecosystem while...

National Apprenticeship Week visit round-up

National Apprenticeship Week visit round-up

Many of our Apprenticeship Outcomes Officers (AOOs) went to visit apprentices and their employers to mark National Apprenticeship Week last week.   We published a summary of the visits and...

Student stories: Nicki’s experience of being dyslexic and studying on a UCEM apprenticeship

Student stories: Nicki’s experience of being dyslexic and studying on a UCEM apprenticeship

To coincide with Dyslexia Awareness Week, our Surveying Technician Diploma apprentice, Nicki Robinson, has written about being dyslexic and the challenges it brings when studying. Career to date I started...

My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by Karl Bunting, UCEM Foundation Year Programme Leader

My life in the Built Environment: Guest blog by Karl Bunting, UCEM Foundation Year Programme Leader

Starting out I got into the Built Environment as an apprentice electrician. I became a Facilities Manager for Marks & Spencer having worked in various electrical based trades. Travel I...

What we are doing to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week

What we are doing to celebrate National Apprenticeship Week

Today (Monday, 4 March) marks the start of this year’s National Apprenticeship Week. It is an annual celebration of the positive impact of apprenticeships in the UK and one which...

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment news round-up: January 17, 2019

Lucy Roper’s weekly Built Environment news round-up: January 17, 2019

Each week, UCEM Information Governance Manager, Lucy Roper reports on the latest news stories from the Built Environment. This week, Lucy moves away from her dip into the latest from...

RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2018: Our apprentice and alumni nominees in focus

RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards 2018: Our apprentice and alumni nominees in focus

At the end of September, we learnt that 11 of our apprentices and alumni had been nominated in various categories for the RICS Matrics Young Surveyor of the Year Awards...

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...