UCEM Property Awards 2020: Our 33rd Property Award winner, Annie Hampson OBE

UCEM Property Awards 2020: Our 33rd Property Award winner, Annie Hampson OBE

Last Thursday (15 October), we held our 33rd Property Awards event online with Annie Hampson OBE becoming the latest recipient of the main UCEM Property Award.   This week, we...

Podcast: A discussion on sustainability and climate change with our MSc Building Surveying Programme Leader, James Ritson

Podcast: A discussion on sustainability and climate change with our MSc Building Surveying Programme Leader, James Ritson

What challenges does climate change bring to the Built Environment? How can Built Environment professionals meet these challenges? And what challenges are faced by our existing Built Environment in the...

Introducing the Research, Innovation and Partnerships Team

Introducing the Research, Innovation and Partnerships Team

UCEM’s Research, Innovation and Partnerships Team is small in number but broad in terms of the diverse range of work it undertakes. Aled Williams, UCEM’s Director of Research, Innovation and...

Principal Thoughts: Coronavirus – lessons for our planet and an update on UCEM’s position

Principal Thoughts: Coronavirus – lessons for our planet and an update on UCEM’s position

Welcome to the latest edition of Ashley Wheaton’s ‘Principal Thoughts’. This month, Ashley reflects on the past month’s activity relating to sustainability and provides an update on how UCEM is...

Reflections on sustainability from my working life: Guest blog by our Associate Tutor, Dr Kevin Waldie

Reflections on sustainability from my working life: Guest blog by our Associate Tutor, Dr Kevin Waldie

Dr Kevin Waldie is one of UCEM’s Associate Tutors and supervises undergraduate and postgraduate research projects. Studying social anthropology to doctorate level, Kevin has spent most of his career in...

Sustainable Futures Conference: Guest blog by our Research Assistant – Education and Sustainability, Dr Renuka Thakore

Sustainable Futures Conference: Guest blog by our Research Assistant – Education and Sustainability, Dr Renuka Thakore

UCEM recently hosted ‘Sustainable Futures: Progress through partnerships’ – an inaugural international research workshop for networking and partnership creation. Here, the organiser of the workshop, Dr Renuka Thakore, reports back...

Climate supercomputer, Environment Bill and BoKlok: Inside the March 2020 issue of Knowledge Foundations

Climate supercomputer, Environment Bill and BoKlok: Inside the March 2020 issue of Knowledge Foundations

The March 2020 issue of Knowledge Foundations is available to view now! In this month’s issue, you can read more on the following: UK invests £1.2bn into weather and climate...

Attending the UK-Jordan Researcher Links Workshop: Guest blog by our Research Assistant – Education and Sustainability, Dr Renuka Thakore

Attending the UK-Jordan Researcher Links Workshop: Guest blog by our Research Assistant – Education and Sustainability, Dr Renuka Thakore

Energy consumption is vital for societal sustainable development. Notably, every activity in our home consumes energy: from using home appliances to commuting to work or a place of entertainment. Jordan’s...